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'ffm= 126 4 s% 103 1 4 9~ 211 - . y4x.1., s~. 14 19 2.4% rci _ : -6 4 30N 1744 11 9 1 4 671 id 5034 -- 1 , 6 Of 0' Id•► 0' 'l' S. 0 1 Ulf of Glasgow, from Calcutta to Liverpool, 29 ih. Both vessels had encountered a hurricane on the 23d of the same month, in lat. 8 S., long. S 9 E., by the Frolic, ar rived at Bombay. DUBLIN, JULY 31.—TheEleanor and Betsey, Aberyst- With, went on shore on the rocks at Skerries to-day, but got off again, and is now in Skerries harbour. DEAL, Auc. I—Wind, W.S.W. to W.. ,strong and squally.—Eliza At,n, Blytb, Quebec. 29th ult., Marmion, Jackson, Mater, ziv. lat. Jamaica, Sewell, Antigua; Caro line, Camperfield, West Indies; Manchester, Jarman, New York, and sailed for Rotterdam; Royal Adelaide, Smith; Wallace, New York; Britannia, Moody, and Saguenay, Coverdale, Quebec. Arrd. from the river. August Ist, Mountaineer, Smales, Quebec ; British Isles, Luckie, Berbice; Nimrod, Slaughter, Barbadoes. Put back, Junior, Jefferies, for Singapore, with loss of main top sail-yard; Java Packet, for Batavia. OFF MARGATE, JULY 31.—Eating, Grove, Domi ilea ; London, Freeman, Jamaica; Standard, Quebec. CARNARVON, JULY 31.—A brig with sails unfurled, and two fishing schooners beating about her, was ob served on the Birds Rocks 11th inst., by the Hindoo, arrived here. LOWESTOFFE, JULY 31.—A large steamer was seen this morning off this place, with loss of bowsprit, figure head, cutwater; boats put off to her, but she proceeded. LOWESTOFT, AUG. I.—The Catharine, of and for Whitby, was in contact yesterday morning, about ten miles off this port, with the Clarence steamer, from Leith to London, and sank immediately; crew saved. PETERHEAD, JULY 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Enter prize, Gardner, Greenland, with 4,000 sea ls and one fish ; Union, Robertson, Greenland, with one fish, superior; Arbuthnot, Greenland, with 2,000 seals and one fish. SHIELDS, AUG. I.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. 31st July, Mary, Laurenson, Calcutta; Aug. 1, Weatherby, Stroud, Quebec; Francis, Ayton, Quebec. OFF FRASERBURGH, JULY 25.—Nerus, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Aberdeen. IVIA.RKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN GE-WEDNESDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat :from our market this week have been on a somewhat extensive sale ; never theless, as a good clearance of the samples was effected on Monday, and as the quantity fresh up was compara tively small, the show to-day was far from extensive. Owing chiefly to the favourable change in the weather for harvest work, and the comparatively small number of buyers in attendance, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was by no means active. Still, however, the whole of the supply was readily disposed of, at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday. The best quanties of Foreign Wheat were in good request at full rates of currency. The middling and inferior kinds moved off steadily, at late rates. We had a very firm inquiry for Barley, the best samples of which produced a trifle more money. Malt was slow in sale, but not cheaper. There was a better inquiry for Oats, at a rise in the quotations of quite 6d per quarter. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Flour had an upward tendency. English Irish. foreign Wheat. 4,840 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oats. I Flour 320 qrs. 1,250 qrs. 1 3,050 5,180 3,010 Malt, 3,520 qrs. 33012,017G8 SOP MARKET. 'Our market comtinues exceedingly depressed, but we have no further decline to notice in the quotations. The duty is called from 205,0001 to 210,000/. Sussex Pockets, 212 s to 2L 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 214 s to 218 s; Mid and East Kant ditto, 218 s to 51 per cwt. WHITECIMPEL. Our market was but moderately supplied with each kind of Meat to-day; yet the general demand was far from active, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3 5 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2 d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81b, by the carcase. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) William Smith, alias Mahoney, alias Fitzgerald, about 17 years old, was indicted for stealing a purse, the pro perty of Mrs. Holmes Hall, from her person. Mr. Aristides Legall, a law student, stated that being in the Strand on Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, he savv the prisoner, in company with a man who has not been taken, and watched them. They went on toward s Temple-bar, and when they came to the " Baby jumper" shop they mingled with the crowd before the windo w , and in a few minutes the p risoner p assed a blue purse to his companion. The latter ran away, and Witness, calling out " Stop thief !" secured the boy, but the man escaped. .The proaecutrix, who had been standing at the window, nussed her purse, which was a blue one. The jury having found him Guilty , evi dence was given that he had been before convicted, and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) general meeting of this company was held to day, ''the offices o f the company, Exchange-buildings, Mr. , Lainson in the chair. The•report s t a ted that the business of the company bad progressed favourably, and that the directors had been enabled to proceed on the funds furnished by the call of last August, but that another call was necessary, and the directors had accordingly decided upon making /call of 21. 10s. per share, payable in September next. Abe cash account showed that the balance in hand from the last report was 147,3851. 6s. 9d. Amount received on calls since February, 748/.1 amount received in ad vance of call, 11,2751.; interest, 2,3711. 13s. 5d.; which, with other sources, produced an amount of 162,103/. °B. Bd. The amount had been expended, with the ex ception of 8,140/. 1 ls. 10d., with an amount on loan of 52 ,390/. ss. 6d. The CHAIRMAN briefly recapitulated the heads of the report and stated that a portion of eleven miles from corking would shortly be opened for traffic. The report was then unanimously adopted. Thanks Fare voted to the chairman and directors, and the meet log broke up. COURT CI RCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen accompanied by his Royal Highness th nee Albert', took an early walk in the Park at Osborne. The Younger members of the Royal Family also walked and rode in the grounds. The royal dinner party this day is expected to include -,'°!" 0 1 and L a dy C a th e rine Harcourt, the Hon. Airs. - "" 1 1 3 1)s, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Mr. P. Borthwick had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Tidd Pratt had also an interview, yesterday, with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. HMI MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box ber Majesty's Theatre was last evening occupied by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Cust, the Hon. Miss Macdonald, Captain the Hon. James MacdonalCand party. In her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box there were the Prin cess Metternich, the PrinceSs Melanie Metternich, the .Princeßichard of Metternich, the Countess Flahault, and the Baron of Hugel. Among the audience were his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse), his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duchess of Montrose, the Duke of Leeds, the Duchess of Richmond, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness de Brunow and Madlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Count B. bletaxa, the Baron Nicolay, the Count de Barke, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Douro, the Countess of Glengatl, the Earl of Lansdale, the Earl of Cadogan, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Viscount Ranelagh, the Vis count .Anson, Viscount Somerton, Lord Gardner, Lady Lyndhurst, Lord Elph instone, Lord W. Graham, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lor d Sandy!, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Fitzroy Somerset and the Misses Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Howard, Lady Palmer, Lady Warneford, Lady Colborne, the Ladies Somerset, Lady Ann Beckett, the Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart, M.P., M. Canofari, General the Hon. A. Upton, Colonel Fludyer, Colonel J. Dixon, Sir G. Carroll, Bart., Sir A. Maclean, Bart., and Lady Maclean, Sir J. John stone, Bart. and Lady Johnstone, Lady Mary Ross, Sir W. Baker and Lady Baker, Lady Augusta Paulett, Major-General Sir A. Woodford, Bart., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Mr. Peru tier, Mr. Moore, Major Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips , ltr.Dennistoun, Mr. and Mrs. Towneley, M. C. Koud riaffsky, Mr. C. Barry Balwin, M.P., Mr. Sturt, M.P., Captain Meynell, R.N., Mr. 0. Morgan, Mrs. Ascus, Major Buckley, Mrs. Percy, Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar, :Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Paule, &c. &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. — Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, and Mr. Mildmay, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera last evening with their presence. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Duchess of Grafton, Lady Seaford, and the 'Misses Hardy. Among the general company were his Royal Highness Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Ladies Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of Monte bello, Duchess Dowager of Bedford, Lady Rachael Rus sell, and Mr. and Mrs. William Russell, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Titch -leld, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Douro, Earl and Countess of Granville, Countess Dowager of Essex, Miss Johnstone, Sir John and Lady Walsh, Viscoun tess Dillon, Earl Darnley, the Countess of Mansfield and Ladies Murray, the Earl of Dysart, Viscount Sydney, Baroness Braye, Baroness Ranelagh, Viscount Templetown, Viscount Neville, Viscount Mandeville, Lady Caroline Maxse, Lady Emile Pennyfather, Lady Georgians Codrington, Lady Henrietta Somerset, Lady Charlotte Denison, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lord and I.sdy Carrington, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord and Hon. Lates Foley, Lord Eardley, Lady Webster , Lady Scott, 44 ady Morgan, Lady Domville and the Misses Domville, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, the Misses Burgoyne, Lady Quentin, Lord Charles Bruce , Lord W odehouse , Lord and Lady Stratheden ; Colonel and Ho n. Mrs. -,, '''usgibbon, Hon. A. Willoughby, Hon. G. Milles , Hon. ~ Fortescue, Hon. Miss Campbell, Hon. Mrs. Murray, lion. Mr. and Mrs. Ashburnham, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir Jasper anh Lady At kinson, Sir George Armytage, Sir Wm. de Bathe, Sir Abdy, Mr. and Mrs. Villeboyes, Mr. W. Roso, Mr. and Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mrs. Mountjoy Martyn, Mrs. Coghlan, Mrs. Pulsford, Mrs. John Stanley, Miss Mit chell and party, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Miss Richards, Colonel Oliver, Colonel Nield, Colonel M‘Dou tai, Captain Seymour, Captain Caddy, Captain Webster, at.N., Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.J. THE MAGAZINES. BLA CK IV 00D. The race of tourists—whose name, thanks to rail roads and steam-vessels, is now Legion—receives the malediction of Blackwood. Especially the professional lady tourists—women who, according to the apt ex pressions of the critic, " talk of faces they have never seen, describe fites to which they would never have been admitted, and quote conversations which they have never heard." Some we could name who come precisely under this category—authoresses with all the dogmatism and none of the genius of Mrs. Somerville, with much of the self-sufficiency . and very little indeed of the verve and brilliancy of Madame de Steel, Madame Daciers in everything but erudition, and Corinnes in everything but tact. The writer who eyed so superciliously the Americans in Philadelphia, the French in Paris, and the Italians in Rome might perchance detect the delineation of her own character in these sentences but for an obliquity of vision which defies the appreciation of truth. Although Miss Harriet Mar tineau is not classed among these melancholy profes sionals—" scattered over Europe, all pen in hand, all determined not to let a henroost remain undescribed, all portfolioed, all handbooked, all getting up a journal,' "—her theological lucubrations as to the career of Moses are justly the subject of the con demnation of the reviewer ; and certainly the flip pancy of such irreverent interpolations cannot be too severely condemned. " The Caxtons" conti nues to be the chief attraction of the magazine, and, if completed as it has commenced, will certainly stand among the most exquisite serials which have adorned the pages of Blackwood. Already Fame is not silent as to the authorship. It is whispered among the literary circles that the scholastic hand of a ripened genius is detectable throughout, that the mind which conceived Adam Warner could alone have imagined Augustine Caxton, that the great work on " Human Error" has something of a prototype and a foreshadowing in the mechanism of the Eureka, that, in short, the author of "The Caxtons" is no other than Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. Whether the notion be erroneous or correct, we are satisfied that .Bulwer might have created a roving blade like good Mr. Peacock, that the young scapegrace his companion is almost the double of Varney, that Trevanion promises to be a compa nion picture to Brandon, and that, under any cir cumstances, the story, as far as it has gone, is emi nently worthy of our distinguished countryman. It is the fate, at any rate, of Sir Bulwer - Lytton to have almost every noble anonymous effort in Eng lish literature at once fathered upon his genius— a circumstance, to our I hinking, which shows that the prolific, cultivated, elegant, and virile beauties of that genius are in some me asure appreciated. We have again and again expressed our conviction that the " New Timon" is his, that the splendid epic of " King Arthur" is his, that occasionally the cunning of his Imml is perceptible among the contributions to the Edinburgh Review ; and while we now acknowledge that there is much of the verisimilitude of his style in these opening chapters of the " Caxtons," we must acknowledge that, with all our admiration for the powers of Sir Bulwer Lytton, we could never have attributed to him such a sweetness of wisdom, such a gentleness of senti ment, and such a bewitching refinement of pathos, as are the principal characteristics of the work now appearing in the pages of Blackwood. The present instalment follows Pisistratus on his road to London. His accidental interviews with Mr. Tre vanion and afterwards with Lady Elinor and Fanny are admirably told; and in the entrance of the young pedestrian into London it is well said—" the Gra dual is a great disenchanter." Those who have pored for hours and hours over the dusty records of the lore of ages piled together in those glorious halls of learning the library of the British Museum, will relish the following passage—so true, so accurate, so genuine : " Pisistratus," said my father, one evening as he ar ranged his notes before him, and rubbed his spectacles. " Pisistratus, a great library is an awful place! There are interred all the remains of men since the Flood." " It is a burial-place!" quoth my Uncle Roland, who had that day found us out. " It is an Heraclea!" said my father. " Please, not such hard words," said the Captain, shaking his head. " Heraclea was the city of necromancers, in which they raised the dead. Do I want to speak to Cicero? I invoke him. Do I want to chat in the Athenian market place, and hear news two thousand years old? 1 write down my charm on a slip of paper, and a grave magician calls me up Aristophanes." The seventeenth chapter describes the wanderings of Uncle Roland de Caxton through the streets of London. The description is life-like, and the touch of feeling at the close, when the light breaks in upon Pisistratus is beautiful. " Life in the Far West" is continued in the old harum scarum spirit, so delightful to catch now and then in the narrative of a traveller from the days of Strabo down to those of Kinglake. " Art and its Prospects" is a bone of criticism, not a fos sil like the leg of a meratherium, neither a mur derous weapon like the jaw-bone which slew the Philistines, but a bone full of the marrow of research. "Eighteen Hundred and Twelve" is a ghastly reminiscence of one of the most awful catas trophes mentioned in ancient or modern history—the wonderful conquest of Russia by the Emperor Napoleon, and the destruction of his great army, not by the puny hand of man, but by the arm of the God of battles. " The Blue Dragoon," a tale of circumstantial evidence; " Laurels and Laureates," a paper of agreeable chit-chat about the old poets and poetasters of England ; " The Horse- dealer," a story translated from the Danish, and " Sketches in Paris," are all capital additions to the number, which is worthy of the prolonged fame and popularity of Blackwood. T ft F SUN, LON-DON. DOLMAN. " A few words from the Editor," are introductory to three letters—one from Lingard the historian of England, one from Tierney the historian of the Ro man Catholic Church, and one from Rock the anti quarian and topographer —eulogizing the spirit in which the magazine is conducted under its present editorship. In the estimation of the Catholic subscribers toDolman the praise of such men, but especially of such a man a 3 Lingard, will be as a crown of laurel. A long and interesting account of "The Opening of Saint George's," from the pen of the editor, contains, among other passages, a very graceful and to our mind, indeed, a very beautiful allusion to the remark made by a contemporary that the procession of 240 priests was conspicuous for its display of ugliness :—Thus speaks the writer who was one in that procession of secular clergy : "We certainly never plumed ourselves on mere personal beauty or comeliness of look. We are as God made us, and are thankful we are not Worse. A Catholic priest's—and especially a London priest's — habits are not certainly favourable to the cultivation of personal charms;—a hard, wearisome, and ,toiling life; poor diet, little sleep, and much and continued anxiety, and frequent ailments from unremitting attendance by fevered beds, in noisome cellars, and workhouses, and hospitals, soon dry up the fresh springs of youth, and bring on a premature old age." pp ar The opae cr h g nt e h n e, t France n re aa e n% s , s ice e o r f . itnhe Mr. 184 writer's B j,e, rtnh ie rn n ,gi a ,h n ra n i nm e i r t ye m om a n k tar e ni s his bcu oten r st e i nues his " Reminiscences of Cambridge," and Mr. Paley writes on " Popular Prophecies." The number is completed with the usual monthly criticisms and intelligence. COMMONS' IncLosunE.—By an Act of Parliament, which took effect a few days since (11 and 12 Viet., cap. 27), the inclosure of the following places was autho --cComormrioung,hsaamloreiyn-gc t o t n o m r p o e n , in Derby; Lincoln c • r O is r e e d ton : p and ; T a n S s P I decot Open Fields, Cambridge ; Church Stoke a - and tlurdley, Montgomery ; Hyssiugton, Montgomery and Salop ; Ashly-marsh, Westmoreland ; Dulverton, So merset ; Burghfield, Berks ; Barrow, S u ff o lk , Woi Pol t ' Suffolk ; Hesselt, Suffolk ; Egton, Yo r k ; Twardale Fell, Westmoreland ; Antrobus, Chester ; Ilton- moor, Devon , Chinnot, Oxford ; Mottram St. Andrew, Chester; ; Bris tow, Surrey; Cookbury - moor, Devon ; Ison-common, Somerset ; Winsford, Somerset ; Thornton-moor, York; Stoke-pew, Somerset ; Warborough, Oxford ; Upwood and Ramsay, Huntingdon ; St. Stephen's down, Corn wall ; Benmek, Cambridge ; Syminge, Kent ; Mid La vant, Sussex ; East-green. Suffolk ; Ealsworthy-moor, Devon; Monksoham, Suffolk; Ellisfield -common, South ampton ; Kingsley, Stet - lord ; Great Missenden, Buck ingham ; Bagley- wood, Berks ; the Grange-common, Carmarthen ; Shellwood Manor-waste, Surrey - n ea . keth- marsh, Lancaster , and Moorhouse, Nottingham. Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office, on Monday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. GRAVESEND RAlLWAY.—Considerable progress is making with this very expensive and tortuous work. An iron bridge is partly thrown over the New-cross-road, the construction of which is quite a novelty to the gene rality of passengers. Strong cast-iron girders, weighing seven tons or more each, are thrown over the excavation, or opening under the road. The flat part of these girders, forming what the workmen name a panel, rest upon brick piers and stone coping of great thickness. Upon the top, or carriage-way, the earth is bound to gether by iron ribs, and rendered immoveable. The in terest excited by the engineering and the labour exerted to overcome the difficulties of the soil is remarkable. Crowds are collected daily. They remain gazing on the navvies who are cutting through the hill, and nothing but a shower of rain will move them. MIXED GAUGE BETWEEN GLOUCESTER AND CHEL TENRAM.—The stations and sidings are in duplicate, and are totally distinct both at Gloucester and Cheltenham; and there are no intermediate stations. The carrying stock (engines, carriages, and trucks) for the two gauges are in duplicate, and totally distinct. When the railway was on one gauge only, there were only twelve pas senger-trains each way, which is ample for the trade between the two towns. There are now twenty-six trains a day each way, by which the working expenses must be greatly increased. The staff of servants is in duplicate at each station, and the number of policemen on the line is much increased.—From Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Locke' s Report. THE RIVER PLATE. We have received files of papirs fro n Buenos Ayres to the 6th May inclusive. The news of the revolution of February at Paris had caused great sensation. The new French Government was immediately recognized by the Minister of the United States and the Argentine Confederation. M. Le Long, the agent of the French Legionaries in Monte Video, had also given in his adhesion to the new order of things, curiously enough attributing to himself the cha racter of Charge d'Affaires of the Oriental Republic. The 6th May was the 956th day of the blockade. No movement of importance had taken place. The departure of Garibaldi and his condottieq was re garded as a good riddance.—(Garibaldi is at the present moment on the confines of Tyrol, with all his band, de fending the passes against the Austrians). On the 14th April, a dinner, expressly given, says the Courrier de la Plata, in honour of Baron Gros and Cap tain Gore, took place on board tin corvette bearing the broad pennant of the Brazilian Commodore. Amongst the guests were Rear-Admiral Le Predour, and Com modore Sir Thomas Herbert. According to the last accounts from the interior, affairs in Bolivia were beginning to assume a more quiet aspect. After an interregnum in the admi nistration subsequent to the disappearance succes sively of General Ballivian and General Guilarte from the political scene, General Velasco, proclaimed President by the people, made his entry into the ca pital on the 3d of February, and immediately set about re-organising the Government. His first appointments were—Don Casimiro Olaneta, Minister for Foreign Af fairs; Don Andres Maria Torrico, Home Department; General Belza, War; and Senor Asin de la Paz, Fi nance. Some disorderly officers attempted to excite fresh disturbances on the night of the Bth February, but were speedily put down. The President was about to visit La Paz for the purpose of regulating matters of importance, and hopes were entertained that the order and tranquillity re-established in all the departments of the Republic would soon be consolidated. The British Packet of the 29th of April (Buenos Ayres paper) says: — "Another week has elapsed, and although in the meantime we have had the arrival of a steamer from the scene of diplomatic action, nothing positive has trans pired in regard to the pending negotiations. The Harpy, which has come up, was placed at the disposal of Presi dent Oribe, to convey hither an envoy, but with respect to the object of this gentleman's mission the utmost re serve is kept. " In Monte Video, at the date of the last advices, all was doubt and uncertainty. The intrusive government published on the 19th a note which it had addressed the day previous to the so-called Notables,' informing them of the arrival of the new negotiators, and of the invitation it received from then. on the 28th ult., to enter into a pacific arrangement with President Oribe; but, at the same time that it gives to understand that it had received subsequent communications, it is silent with regard to their contents. The note alluded to denounces the existence of a plot to deliver the town to President Oribe, and calls upon the Notables' to devise means to enable the authority to frustrate any seditious attempt. This language, taken in connexion with a report put in circu lation that the intrusive Government was about to con tract provisions for five months, would seem to imply a determination on the part of the ruling clique to make a show of resistance to contemplated arrangements, anta gonistic to their views and wishes. " That the partisans of the rebel cause are strongly apprehensive of a result being arrived at adverse to their illegitimate interests, is clearly demonstrated by the tone of rabid virulence and desperation in which the two French organs of the armed foreigners speak. The editor of the Courrier de la Plata, in particular, has be come so outrageously violent and abusive, that the French agents have been compelled to disclaim all con nexion with the ci-decant pensioner on the bounty of the Legation. Since the above was written, we have been informed that Monte Video had been, or was about to be, de clared under martial law by an enactment of the Notables'." 'VESSELS OF WAR IN PORT ON ➢IAY 6. British—Steamer Harpy, Lieutenant James W. Tom nson. Brigantine Kestrel, 3 guns, Lieutenant Henry Baker. French—Brig Pandour, 10 guns, Lieutenant Duparc. United States—Brig Perry, 10 guns, Lieut. Tilton. COM3IERCIAL. The highest price of doubloons during the week end ing May 6, 360 dollars ; the lowest price, 344 dollars. Although not much is done, the market is a little more brisk. There has been some demand of bides for Spain this week, and sales have been effected at an advanced price. Exchange on England, 63 to 64} ; ditto on France, no transaction ; ditto on Rio Janeiro, 3 to 4 per cent. premium ; ditto on Monte Video, to 1, ditto:; ditto on United States, 21i per dollar. Discount, 14 to 2} per cent. Money. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Plate entries 'or to-morrow have closed as follows: — Trade Plate. Tantivy, 4 yrs—Monteagle, 4 yrs—Passion Flower, 3 yrs—Sell-defence, 3 yrs—Alpheia, 3 yrs—Lovelace, 3 yrs—Dean Swift, 6 yrs—b f by Lanercost, out of Zariffa, 3 yrs—Nectar, 3 yrs—and Man of my Heart, 5 yrs. The Southdown Stake is re-opened. The following horses are here for the Pavilion and Brighton Stakes, both of which will be run to-morrow:— Pavilion Stakes. British Consul, Philippa, and Buffalo Gal. Brighton Stakes. _ _ Footstool, Lady Wildair, The Cur, Ipecacuanha, Fis tiana, Antagonist, Marquis of Conyngham, Millwood, Reflection, and Self-defence. The Queen's Plate will be run for on Thursday; the entries for it are Miami, Weathercock, Antagonist, f by Muley Moloch, out of Guzman's darn, Lady Wildair, Alpheia, Pyrrhus the First, The Tartar, Fistiana, Foot stool, Red Hart, Marquis of Conyngham, and Man of my Heart. The other stakes have filled well. Mr. Topham, clerk of the Chester Races, succeeds the late Mr. Etty in the lesseeship of the Liverpool Race course. AQUATICS. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. This very respectable and old established aquatic con test, upon which the popular musical farce of The Wa terman is founded, took place yesterday. Added to the first prize, which was given to commemorate the ac cession of the family of her present Majesty to the throne of these realms, two others have been bequeathed by the late Sir W. Joliffe, being 41. 7s. 6d. and 21. 12s. 6d. for the second and third men, being the interest on South Sea Stock. Notwithstanding the very stormy state of the weather—and it singularly occurs that the most awful storm with which the metropolis has been visited for many years occurred on this day two years ago, the race attracted a vast assemblage of spectators, both on the water and on the shore. It is almost unne cessary to say that the distance is from the Swan at London Bridge to the Swan a t Chelsea. iiouse — JohnJe Richardh n Fry,A s h D 0 1CW 1 daynpnep,yi Stairs, H ng o e p We stminst er John Charles Culridge, Hoi4elydown ~„ ~, 0 Samuel C. Spurling, Woolwich James John Brooker, Bermondsey 0 0 The men were started a few minutes . I;efore"iii h water, in order to relieve them of a portion of the labour g •.• 0 01 in this extremely long distance, and kept the tide nearly up to Westminster. The race was very deficient of va riety, Ash taking the lead from the moment of starting r etaining the lead , and winning b y nearly 200 yards: Fry took the second place, and kept it up to the Mill bank Pier, where, becoming waterlogged, i he rowed into Chelsea Creek , and havin g , as it s alleged, gone on shore, his boat was emp tied, and he again started in pursuit of Dolwyn, who had rowed into the second place, overtook him, and came in about four lengths a-head of him. There was a great distance between the third and fourth. Brooker did not show a t Chelsea, his boat having gone down. An objection, immediately after the comin g in, was made to Fry receivi n g the second prime, on the ground that he had violated the rules of watermen's wagers, by leaving his boat while the water was taken out of her. Mr. Dards, the bargemaster of the Fish mongers' Company, who had the control of the wager, represented it to the master and warde ns, at their hall, at nine last night, when the coat and badge were pre sented, but the other prima are at present held in abeyance. Mr. James M. Arnott has been appointed Professor of Surgery at University College, in the room of the late Mr. Liston. PETE AT WILLOW BANK. The receipts for the 0 4 f 00 t / h . , a leaving ladies a e ess o esf about , , tr late fête amounte d t o a b ou t 2,0501., and the expenses to about contributed towards the funds now raising f o r com pleting th e mo d e l esta bli s h men t o f baths and balanceponsl 0 1 1 ,6 g o f 0 which othe they dis posal wash houses in Goulston-square, Whitechapel; and the balance to the baths and wash-houses in George-street, Euston square. MANCHESTER, JULY 31.—The indications of re turning improvement in the trade of this district have at last, we are happy to say, assumed a more practical cha racter, not so much, however, as regards any material additional gain realisable by spinners and manufacturers generally, as in the existence of a demand surpassing very considerably in extent that of any which has pre veiled for some time past. From the commencement to about the third week in the month the market was cha racterised by much animation. Since then it has become gradually more quiet, accompanied with an indisposition on the part of buyers to operate whilst the condition of Ireland and the unsettled state of matters on the conti nent remain as they are. The weather, too, not being so favourable as could be wished is beginning to originate anxiety with respect to the approaching harvest. There are rumours likewise (most likely very much exagge • rated) in circulation respecting the reappearance of dis ease in the potato crop. To these matters combinedly we consider the change of feeling here to be ascribable. The transactions of the month, which are large, would have been more extended had not producers demanded higher rates than purchasers were inclined to give. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Traffic for the week ended July 29, 1848 :—Coaching traffic, 1,214 Z is.; goods and cattle , 246/. 3s. 2d. Total, 1,4601.4 5 . 2 d . THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS.—AIthough both the prisoners, Th se ntenced, on ommasaNaylalratisnt, t a o nd und M er ic g h o ae t l he L e e x a t r r y e , me w p er e e_ that Michael consequently, in nalty of the law for t he murder of John Williams, we have heard, from undoubted authority, Leary has since been reprieved; he wi ll THE MILITARY..—The troops lying at the Ipswich t a u ll ra p l ro li b fe a . b_ili c ty an b ib e ri t a r n a .nsported for the term o f his na _ militia staff under Barracks have had notice to a be si r m e i a l d ar y t n o ot m ic a e r h ch as at be th en given to Captain Beckham and the the shortest possible notice, and ,Express. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST .`2, 1848. word " afternoon," in line 13, down to the word " ser vice," in line 16. Mr. BUME seconded the amendment. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it 5B Majority against it Mr. HUME then moved, that the words, " tea and coffee-shops" be struck out of the Bill. They had been instrumental in reducing the number of drunkards, and of spreading knowledge, and great injury would result if they were closed at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and not opened before five o'clock on Sunday morning, as proposed in the clause. Mr. W. PATTEN said many of these shops were now resorted to after the public-houses were closed, because the proprietors managed to sell liquors, and thus evade the law. Sir G. GREY supported the clause as it stood, believ ing that many of these shops were frequented by persons of the worst class. Mr. OSBORNE opposed the clause, as it would make one law for the poor and another for the rich. He saw no more reason why these coffee-shops should be closed than clubs. Mr. HUME said if coffee-shops were closed, cabmen, and others who were compelled to be in the streets, would be unable to get any refreshment. Mr. WAKLEY said this Bill would transgress the legitimate limits of legislation. Heretofore the principle on which the House had acted was the closing of those houses that sold intoxicating liquors : the Bill would press most unjustly upon the poor, who, when they were compelled to be in the streets at night, in order to earn a subsistence, would be prevented from getting a cup of coffee. Colonel THOMPSON said the avowed object of the Bill was to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors. Now neither tea nor coffee were intoxicating beverages, and it would be a wanton interference with the liberty of the subject to interfere in the way proposed. and would, moreover, bring the Government and the House into contempt and ridicule. After a short discussion the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it .. 44 Majority Several other verbal amendments were then agreed to, and the Bill passed. LAW OF MARRIAGE. In answer to a question from Sir R. INGLIS, Mr. S. WORTLEY said it was his intention to post pone his motion for the introduction of a Bill for amend ing the 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 54, so far as related to marriages;within certain degrees of affinity, until next session. IP 'foirtf , yeati SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'Clock. LORDS AMENDMENTS. The Lords Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Aberavon Market Bill. Leith Municipality and Police Trusts, Markets, Paving, and Sanitary Improvement Bill. Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation Connecting Branch and Improvement) Bill. SECOND READING. The Earl of Sheffield's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. WALSALL IMPROVEMENT. On the motion of Mr. SPOOIsiERrt;;s ordered — That the report on the Walsall Improvement Bill be taken into consideration on Thursday, provided a bre viate of the amended Bill be laid on the table the day before ; and one day's notice thereof be given in the Private Bill-office. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Dorsetshire against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. LIVERPOOL—SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS. Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liverpool praying the House to disregard the petitions that had been presented to the House the other night from Liver pool, praying for an extension of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act to that town. BAKERS. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the journeymen bakers of Brighton in favour of the Bake houses Bill. SPAIN. Mr. BANKES postponed his motion relative to the expulsion of the English Minister from Madrid to Thursday next. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND? BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill , Mr. SHARM.AN CRAWFORD said that as h e f oun d it was impossible to go on e ff ectually w i t h t h e Bill during the present session, he should move to discharge the order for going into Committee. In doing so, he trusted that the Government woald turn their attention to the subject in another session, and bring in some Bill on the subject. After some observations from Mr. Ilume, Mr. P. Scrope, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the order for going into Committee on the Bill was discharged. BAKEHOUSE BILL. On the motion of Mr. BROTaERTON, the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill was dis charged. LIFE POLICIES OF INSURANCE BILL. On the motion of Mr. FAGAN, the order of the day for the committal of this Bill was discharged. REMEDIES AGAINST THE HUNDRED BILL. Sir WILLIAM CLAY moved the second reading of this Bill. The law as it at present existed on this subject was absurd and anomalous, and the object of the present measure was to place it on a better footing. He believed that the measure met with the general approbation of the public, as it would have the effect of amending the law as it at present existed with respect to the compensation of parties whose pro perty had been destroyed in consequence of outbreaks and riots. Sir G. GREY felt bound to oppose the second reading of the Bill. believing that much better tests might be applied to make the hundred liable for damages caused by riot than those proposed by the present measure. Mr. BANKES was sorry the Right Hon. Gentleman had refused to give his assent to the measure going into Committee. He believed that there was a great deal of good in the measure, and that it was one that ought to be well considered by the Government. The Government had received upon a late occasion great assistance from special constables, and it was, in his opinion, their duty to do all in their power to protect and secure their pro perty while special constables were discharging an im portant and most onerous duty to their country. He thought if the Government looked so lightly upon the value of the property of such men, they would upon emergencies taking place find it no easy matter to get tradesmen to take upon themselves the onerous duty of special constables. He thought that the Government ought to allow the Bill to go into Committee, and if they would not, he trusted that the Honourable Baronet who had introduced the measure would divide the House upon the motion for the second reading of the Bill, in order that it might be known who were in favour of the principle of the Bill and who were not. Mr. BERNAL thought it would be much better for the Government to introduce some short measure on the subject than go into Committee on a Bill brought in by an individual Member. Mr. HUME said those whose property was destroyed during a riot had a strong claim upon the liberality of the Government; but he agreed with the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down that the mode in which the Government should afford compensation to such persons should be left to the law officers of the Crown. This Bill had been long enough before the House to attract the attention of the Government, and he thought they were to blame for not having taken it up. It embraced a subject of the utmost importance, and he thought the House ought not to separate without applying some re medy to the difficulty this Bill grappled with.—(Hear.) Mr. SPOONER said the law as it now stood was ex ceedingly defective, and he felt strongly that it was the duty of Government to take the matter into their own hands. Government compelled parties to leave their own projects to protect the peace in some other part of the town, and it was really too bad to tell those per sons that they had no right to claim compensation for the loss and destruction of their property. The principle of the Bill the Right Hon. Baronet admitted to be good, and he could not understand, under these circumstances, how the Government could object to adopt the Bill, and make such improvements in it as they thought the public service required. Captain PECHELL regretted the decision the Right Hon. Baronet had come to on the subject, for he could assure the House that all the large towns in the country were looking with great anxiety f or t h e passing of such a measure as this. Really, the n , somet hing o ught to be done, and he trusted, therefore, th e Ri g ht Hon. Baronet would reconsider the decision he h a d co me to. Mr. ELLIOT suggested that the parties who were instrumental in calling riotous and tumultuous assem blages together should be made responsible for t he damage done to property by the rioters. Mr. CARDWELL bore testimony to the accuracy of the Hoe. and Gallant Captain's statement, that most of the large towns were looking with anxiety to the passing of this Bill, and he begged to state that he held in his hand a petition from the Liverpool Society for the Protection of Trade in favour of the measure. The difficulties which now stood in the way of a party receiving compensation were of a legal character, and all reasonable persons must agree with him that they ought to be removed. Sir G. GREY was understood to promise that if the Bill were withdrawn the subject should have the best consideration of the law-officers of the Crown during the recess, with a view of introducing a Bill next session. Mr. HENLEY was decidedly in favour of the prin., ciple of the Bill, but he thought it better to refer the subject to the law officers of the Crown before any measure was adopted. Sir WILLIAM CLAY said if the Right Hon. Bart. would consent to the second reading of the Bill, he would leave it in his hands to make what alterations the law officers of the Crown suggested. Sir G. GREY had no objection to the second reading, but he doubted whether the Bill could be further pro ceeded with this session. Vv The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day week. SALE OF BEER BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. C. BERKELSY said he had an amendment to move. - . - _ - —.... The SPEAKER said that the Hon Member could only move it on the question that the Bill do pass. separate The Bill was then read a third time. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr.:IIASTIE moved, as a substitute for clause six, the following clause :—‘, And it be enacted, exptehnastes,evsherayll offen ju ee stice sha o l f l person offending against this Act shall di be vis l i i o a n b , le c t i o ty " shall reside; penalty not exceeding five pounds for every suc h offence; nanffdenceev.eryAsnedpairtatehasaleenaeshtaledl, btehadteemined a England all penalties under this Act shall be recoverable with expenses, on conviction before any t b h o e rou p g e h a , " be committedof,orror place , thew where e r e c t o h u we n h t p y ea , rr et party riding,off theen d i n g be recoverable on conviction before the sheriff or an and that in Scotland the penalties, with justice of the peace of the county, or any bailie ant of the y city, borough, or place, where the offence shall be com mitted, or where the party offending shall reside; and the procedure for recovery of penalties may be of a summary nature, without any written pleadings or re cord of evidence ; and it shall be competent for the court to grant warrant for the recovery of the penalties and expenses failing payment within fourteen days after conviction, by distress and sale of the goods y i and chattels o f the res p ective offenders, or b_ mprison ment for a period at the discretion of the court not ex ceeding sixty days, it being hereby provided that a re cord shall be preserved of t he c h arge and of the judg- ment pronounced.' Mr. HUME objected to the clause. said he had no obj • Mr. T. EGERTON objecti on to it. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL thought the clause would create a difficulty in the recovery of the penalties imposed by the Bill, and it was, therefore better to omit it.' The LORD-A.DVOCATE suggested the clause had better be withdrawn, and words introduced into the Bill making penalties recoverable before magistrates as well as before justices of the peace. h t d' The clause was negatived wit ou a 'nu m Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY moved the omission of the words " before half•past twelve o'clock in the after noon, or where the," and insert " before the termina tion of," in line 13. House After some discussion the divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it ......................... Majority Mr. M. GIBSON moved to substitute in clause one, "twelve o'clock at noon" for " half•past twelve o'clock in the afternoon," and to leave out the words after the CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PREVENTION BILL. Mr. MACKINNON moved the second reading of this Bill, and intimated that if the motion was assented to he did not intend to proceed further with the Bill this ses sion, as there did not appear to be any prospect of passing it in the present state of business before the House. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY trusted that, as there was no prospect of passing the Bill this session, the lion. Member would withdraw it altogether. After a few observations from Mr. Cornewall Lewis, the Attorney-General, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Healey, and Lord Morpeth, who recommended the Hon. Member to withdraw the Bill,. . . Mr. MACKINNON ultimately consented to adopt the suggestion, and postpone it until next session. SMOKE PREVENTION BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. MACKINNON said it was not his intention to proceed, during the present session, with the Smoke Prevention Bill. STEAM NAVIGATION BILL. The second reading of this Bill was postponed till to morrow. WINDSOR CASTLE BILL. On the motion for the House going into Committee on the Windsor Castle and Town Approaches Improve ment Bill, Mr. B. OSBORNE said he would not oppose the mo tion for going into Committee; but when the House was in Committee, he should move the expulsion of those clauses which stipulated for the shutting up of all the public thoroughfares in Windsor Park. Mr. HUME trusted the House would postpone going into Committee on the Bill for a week, or until the House had before them the report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, as to whether they could under take properly the subject. No man was more competent than the Noble Lord now at the head of the Woods and Forests to couduct the department that he now so ably filled ; but he trusted the House would not take away the rights of the people in the manner proposed by the present Bill. He would therefore move as an amend ment that the committal of the Bill shouldibe postponed for a week. Lord MORPETH felt bound to oppose the amend ment of the Hon. Member for Montrose, knowing that the report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests would not throw any light on the sub ject. He bad no disposition, and never had, to do anything that was detrimental to the public; his only object was to do good to the public, and it had been so ever since he had held the office he had now the honour to fill.—(Hear.):: He wished, at the same time, to consider the interests of the public and the comforts of the Sovereign. After some observations from Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY, Colonel SALWEY addressed the House in support of the amendment of the Hon. Member for Montrose. Colonel REID supported the committal of the Bill, feeling assured that no public rights were invaded by it, and that if it did not pass the comfort of the present beloved Sovereign of this country would be greatly in terfered with. Sir E. COLEBROOKE believed that the public would gain much more than they would lose by the pre sent measure. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the House went into Committee on the Bill. On Clause 1 being proposed, Mr. OSBORNE called upon the Committee to insert a clause binding the railway companies to contribute all the money required for the proposed works, or guaran.. teeing that the cost should not exceed 85,0001. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would intro duce a clause upon bringing up the report which would obviate all objections. Mr. HUME thought it was highly .desirable that such a clause should be introduced. They were told by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the cost of the improvements at Buckingham Palace should not exceed teioldi had hwa ttcthoh contributeseotnr 9 ae sO i lomwr , O oat Oorywe were also the companies Mr. an 8 5 verbal on 3 : oh e , t O rro o . eL O bl L aeo , uce w s aeK h isl E e e i r dn e p a urt s ophto t ee h r isß e t yo o o o u ought Clause 1 was th en agreed to, and so h amend ments. The House then resumed, and The CHAIRMAN reported progress. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow. CALEDONIAN CANAL. The Caledonian Canal Bill was read a third time and passed. LOAN . The report on the Loan Societies SOCIETIES Bill was brought up and agreed to. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION ACT. Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS moved, in the absence of the Secretary at War, to bring in a Bill to continue the Militia Ballot Suspension Act. The Bill was subsequently brought in and read a first time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed, but the petitioners did not succeed in taking off any additional votes. The petitioners announced their intention to abandon the objecti on f oun d e d on the non-payment of the Dublin wide -streets rate. ITALY. A flying slip of the Milan Gazette, received this day, publishes the folloNying:— " EXTRAORD I NARY BULLETIN. " JULY 27, HALF-PAST THREE, P.M. " Authentic advices received from parties arrived from the camp attest the fact that the Italian army preserves its numerical superiority, and is -assembled in complete battle array around Goito. Thither has also repaired the division of General Sonnaz, which left Peschiera well armed and well supplied with provisions, &c., so as to be in a position still to sustain a ►ong siege. " The accounts already given that 2,000 prisoners were taken in the recent battle, and that the loss of the enemy in killed and wounded was far greater than on our side, are confirmed. " The Provisional Government has destined General Zuechi to take the command of the available troops con centrated in Brescia. General Fanti has already set out in the direction of that city to take the command of a corps of upwards of 5,000 men there assembled. Colonel GritEui will leave to-morrow with the troops now sta tioned in Milan, and the mobilized' National Guard. These prompt subsidies will reinforce the courage of the inhabitants resident in the vicinity of the theatre of war, who manifest the best spirit in favour of the national cause. " The Government has appointed a Committee of Pub lic Defence, which will constitute the central source of all provisions required by the imperious exigencies of the circumstances for the defence of the country. The latest accounts received from the camp advise us that our troops have attacked the foe at Volta, but the result of this movement is, as yet, unknown. An almost intact army of 60,000 combatants, however, ought to inspire a con siderable degroe of confidence. " By order of the Provisional Government, (Signed) " G. CARCANO, Sec." The same sheet contains another extraordinary bulletin, dated a few hours earlier. We annex it at length : EXTRAORDINARY BULLETIN. " MILAN, JULY 27, Two o'CLock, " We have received official advises of the battle which has been fought during the last few days. " The enemy, strengthened by reinforcements, at tempted an assault on the whole line, availing them selves of the support of the three fortresses of Mantua, Legnano, and Verona. On Sunday, July 23, the advanced corps of the army, overcome by a numerical superiority at Eivoli and Somma Campagna, were compelled to abandon those strong positions, after an honourable resistance. "On Monday, 24th instant, King Charles Albert, having proceeded from Marmirolo to Villa Franca, our troops regained the positions of Somma,e loss of the Campagna. The battle was long and sanguinary. The enemy was greater than our own, and the day closed with the prospect of a complete victory for the following day. But on Tuesdny, whilst our artillery was fulminat ing from the heights of Somma Campagna, afresh corps of the enemy, headed by Radetzky, having sallied from Verona, where it had been concentrated, after leaving Legnano and Vicenza, arrived at the scene of action and attacked the Italian army. The King, perceiving the danger of maintaining positions so exposed and extensive, gave orders to the Piedmontese army to fall back on Villa Franca. During the night it continued its retreat, conducting 2,500 prisoners, without being molested by the enemy, as far as Goito, where it intended to rest from the extraor dinary fatigues of the three preceding days, and unite with the corps of reserve on the line of the Mincio. Peschiera is bravely defended by the left wing of the army, commanded by General Sonnaz. - "By order of the Provisional Government, (Signed) "G. CARCANO, Secretary." The Milan Gazette of the 26th ult. quotes the fol lowing letter from Venice of the 21st :—" A person has just arrived from Padua, to demand prompt assistance from the commander of the city, the inhabitants of Padua having revolted, dis armed the Croatians, and shut the gates of the town. This popular movement was occasioned by the execution of three persons by order of the Austrian General D'ASPRE. At Treviso the popula tion has torn down all the proclamations, declaring the place in a state of siege. The small Austrian garrison was in imminent danger." The Avennire d'ltalia, of the 27th ult., announces that General PEPS had left Venice and occupied Padua. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS• Among other circumstances which invest the Lords' "Report on Commercial Distress" with unusual in terest and importance, must be reckoned the fact that it is clearly the work of a half-awakened bullionist. had it been drawn by such men as Lord Stanhope or Mr. Spooner, the public would only have s aid, " Oh! we knew what Lord Stanhope would be sure to say; but how came he to be allowed to draw the report?" It is quite otherwise when we receive such a document from the pen of a Whig, a Whig financier, nay,te. Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Grey and Melbourne times! It amounts, then, to a confession, to an admission of former errors, made by a man who, relieved from the entanglements of office, and left at liberty to follow the truth wherever it may lead him, frankly acknowledges I that, in several important particulars, 2the legisla tion of the last ten or twenty years has been egregiously mistaken. The three points more particularly pointed out, in this report, as requiring immediate amendment, are, as iwe have already stated;-1. The mischievous opera tion of the limit fixed, by the Act of 1844, to the Bank issues. 2. The objectionable principle of thus taking away the responsibility of the Bank, and then leaving it, with all its enormous power, and public cha racter, to speculate unreservedly for profit, by any means and all means, like any private adventurer. And 3. The enormous and wholly inexcusable folly of still further fettering the Bank by refusing it the liberty to increase its silver bullion beyond a certain amount; that bullion being just the cheapest, easiest, and safest commodity with which it could commonly deal. On these three points the Lord's Report leaves the Act of 1844, to use a common phrase, " not a leg to stand upon." Will the men of indomitable conceit, the Peels, Jones Loyds, Charles Woods, &e., own their error, and consent to amend their ways? We much doubt it. We fear that their vanity and amour propre is too strong to permit them the exercise of can dour and frank surrender. They will probably stand upon possession. They will say, "We have made the Act of 1844, and we will not undo our own work. It is for you to repeal that Act, if you can. You have beaten us in the Lords, we h ave b eaten you in the Commons; it is a drawn game; but we aro in possession; and you cannot get us out." If this is their language, then the country will probably have to undergo one more " great tribulation," before it is sufficiently excited to break the yoke of the bullionists up for ever. For our own part, greeting this report of the Lords with the greatest plea sure, as a clear, frank, able exposition of some of the chief blunders of Sir Robert Peel's last measure, we re main of the opinion which we have often before expressed that a sound and effectual reform of our monetary system would go much further than these first and most needed reforms. True, common sense demands, as an honest bullionist has, in this report, admitted, that the Bank should not be prevented from buying silver to any extent it chose, or from issuing notes for that silver ; inasmuch as the simplest and easiest of all transactions would be, whenever a necessity appeared, to sell the silver—the general currency of the continent—and so to reduce its outstanding notes. Similarly, does experience show, that the iron law, of just 14,000,0001. issue,:in good times and in bad times, in days when money is abundant, and in days when it is scarce, is a preposterous enact ment, and cannot be maintained in such days as those of October last. If these things are not at once rectified, it will clearly be because Sir Robert Peel loves Sir Robt. Peel's infallibility better than he loves the prosperity of England. But these amendments would only render the present' system tolerable—they would not make it a wise or good system. The grand questions would still remain to be asked :—ls it right or fitting that any one, or any body of men, save the Sovereign and her re sponsible servants, should be permitted to coin money in this realm of England? Is it decorous or safe, that the whole power of making the paper money of the realm should be given to a company of merchants and trades men of London, whose first object avowedly is, not the good of the community, but their own trading profits? Is it consistent with common sense, that the mercantile interests of the country being wholly dependent upon a proper supply of money the care of that supply should be entrusted, not to a respon sible Minister of Commerce, but to this private, trading company of merchants and traders ? We feel assured that to these questions there can be but one answer given. Future ages will hardly credit the fact, that in these days of boasted enlightenment, the English Go vernment and Legislature should have left its monetary system wholly in the hands of a trading company ; which company, having regard to its own profits when money was cheap, made it cheaper ; and when it was dear, made it dearer ; and thus contrived to augment its gains at a moment when every other trading community in England was suffering loss, in many cases, even to the extent of ruin !—Herald. SWINDLING AT OXFORD. The Oxford Herald of Saturday gives an account of an ingenious swindle practised by a recent visitor to that city. On the 25d of last month an elderly gen tleman, who appeared to be nearly blind, together with a young gentleman, his son of course, of about eighteen years of age, called at the house of a Mr. Par ker, baker, of Botley, who had some lodgings to let. He was a gentleman of easy and pleasant manners—he said he had come to Oxford to consult the eminent oculist, Mr. Cleoburey, who had declined to operate upon his eyes for six months. He wished, therefore, to take lodgings in the neighbourhood for that time. Mr. and Mrs. Parker soon struck a bargain with the pleasant old gentleman, and were highly pleased with their new lodger. He 'seemed to have plenty of money, more over lived well, and so forth, and even offered to lend his landlord a hundred pounds on moderate interest if he wished. The landlord, however, said he had no occasion for this accommodation, but thanked Mr. Rowan (as the old gentleman was called) for his kind offers. Mr. Rowan then went to the bank and deposited a hundred pounds, and quickly silenced all suspicion, if any arose, with his cheque-book. Hi a next step was to go to the shop of Mr. Hobdell, silver smith, and there make purchase of a watch and a silver mustard pot. The latter he left to have his name engraved on,, and the former he took away with him. He would pay for them both when the mustard-pot was sent home. Of Mz. Hobdell he inquired the address of some respect abbe solicitor. Mr. Hobdell referred him to a gentle mtin, and directed him to write to Mr. James Curtis, of Abingdon, for 191. 15s. due to him for rent, and to threaten legal proceedings if he did not pay immediately. Accordingly Mr. Matthews wrote for the amount, including his charge of ss. for the application. To this letter the promptest attention was paid, for by the return of post Mr. Matthews received two 101. notes, accompanied with an angry epistle from Mr. Curtis, who remarked in it that Mr. Rowan ought to have first pressed others who owed him larger sums for rent, and for a longer period. When Mr. Row an called on Mr. Matthews, he expressed him self satisfied with the way in which this business had been done, and Mr. Matthews handed him his cheque on Messrs. Wooten and Co. for 19/. 15s. Mr. Mint thews was then instructed to apply to a Mr. Hudson, of Wallingford, for 851., being the amount which Mr. Ro Ivan represented he had advanced on some deeds. T 1 Lis application was equally successful, and as promptly att ended to, for immediately after its receipt a person re presenting himself to be the veritable Mr. Hudson waited on Mr. Matthews, and, pulling his money out, said be cai 3ie to pay the debt, and asked for the deeds to be given up to him; but as they were not in the solicitor's posses sic la he could not do so, and accordingly it was agreedito pu t the matter off till the following Monday morning. EL ire, then, was another point gained, that of having t a res pectable solicitor, to whom there was an opportu ni t y of of referring; and that this was of some use w as n seei.t for Mr. Rowan favoured several other .. were trades men with orders. Clothes and sent to him in abundance. and fish and wines, and spirits a nd e tjicliP p eer o r l b run and all that he desired, poured in u i him, a n d d tF e a h t o h n e c e lived. oh his Fee comfort ling and in di t p h o e s tsieon: fworhoMrp.rSesyetnriohnedds,foarni Mr, Rowan was so much pleaendiimcaslewaniitanof some carreepuhtais h his r'esM us Per u c. al ßo c w ar a e n . the e e tofrolltoowokingof s h un im da , y t , h and gave _ . i s t e h d mi me h d i is :l r o ns fet d r v i ( n i cd n en e se r . on the following Monday) fo r hi s p l a 2 i L d t d h o a w t nof the h keeeeyrres beallo wed o w ere w amiss ed s oh ms i a n t jos a n th ,e following Saturda y to draw out 1081. from their _ del .e at a m n o d u amount r o . f th y e m d o ra d ft e o x f ee e e o d u e r d se b T solicitor was col gdeil hfetrieemncaenin asfocr w hS h : o m Wnh a ast re c s o p ul ec d ta t b n t file: td d ein o g f rehnists t w y an tli s at ba r? e respectability b auk, being 81. more than he had put in. The next d 41 ,y, while dinner was being got ready, Mr. Rowan t c. ok an airing in a fly. He was late coming h ome , he ‘wever, for dinner was ready before he had returned. H i s guests also arrived, and were somewhat disap . pointed at their host's lateness, and at last, as he did e no t come home at all, the truth flashed out. A n un av ailing pursuit was immediately wi is traced m n ad ala e ln . ed M r . R owan in nd vainof him. for London,obsequious andtradesm en there was extda to day his th eir money. His landlord had received no rent, and hi id spent 141. upon his lodger, whil e hi s landlady had en ads him a set of shirts, whi c h he took wi .: , tll him as a keepsake. The bill due on Monday vita ' dishonoured as s ;nutter of course. The account that had been overdrawn remained unsettle and Mr. Hudson never called on Mr. Matthews for the deeds. Some gentleman, however, who seemed to bear a strong resemblance to Mr. Hudson, was found to have gone to London by the same train as Mr. Rowan, and some persons thought that this gentleman was Mr. Curtis as well. In the mean time, as these gentlemen seem to understand their trade so well, Mr. Rowan will doubt less favour many more persons, if they are not on their guard, with his urbane manners and his numerous orders. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—The wind and raia of last week has made the hops turn up their leaves and look sickly. Other appearances discourage the expectation of any thing like a crop. The succession of large growths the last few years, with the unseasonable spring and the considerations that they have not been even fairly manured this year on account of the crop, however large or small, not paying the grower, causes the duty to stand from 190,000/. to 200,0004 but they must even have fine weather to do even this. TALDING, WEST FARLEIGH, CHART.—Bine not abun dant, some weak and rather yellowish. Some lice on a few grounds. STAPELHIIRMT.—Coming into burr; generally looking healthy and promising. MEREWORTH.—The hops continue growing and com ing out in burr very fast. There is not so much bine as last year, and the crop cannot b e l arge . EAST PECHHAM.—Bing not quite so healthy. The high winds and cold nights have been much against the progress of the plantation. The duty is much over stated, according to the appearance of this district. UECGMB.—The wet weather this last fortnight, ac companied with cold winds, has considerably affected the hops, and stopped their growth; they are not look ing so well as at the beginning of July; there is much slack bine that will not reach the tops of the poles. 'This year we shall be quite one-fourth short of last year's duty, if we get kindly weather for the next three weeks. CRANBROOK.—The bine has done but little this fort night—some yellow, otherwise very slack—the stronger very much whipped by the late high winds and cold nights, and if such weather continue much longer the crop will come much short of expectation. In the sheltered situations the burr is coming forward and looks tolerable. GOCroitrnsT.—The hops have made but little pro gress since our last report. The late weather has in jured them, and there is an inclination to fire-blast. ROLTENDEN.—Some of our best grounds are doing pretty well, but a considerable part of the old grounds have much fire-blast, and cannot do much. Some lice have also made their appearance. CANTERRITRY.—With the discovery of a great quan tity of bine which will produce little or no fruit, and the damage done by the late high winds and rains, a mate rial declension has taken place in the duty, which is now laid at only 180,0001., with indications of some 20,0001. less should the weather not greatly improve. General accounts speak of the hops retrograding by reason of the cold winds.—Maidstone Journal. THE GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. —A dinner to celebrate the establishment of this new office took place at the Brunswick, Blackwell, last evening . About 100 partooht of he banquet, which was presided over by Alfred Smee, Esq., M.D., surgeon to the Bank of England. The objeet of the office is the assurance of lives declined by other offices as not being first-rate, at a small increase on the ordinary premium. TRIBUEE TO BRITISH TALENT.—We hear a great deal of the diabolical manner in which the unfortunate negroes are packed together in the slave-ships. A gen tleman who gave his evidence on this subject before the House of Commons, declared that it was impossible for human ingenuity to cram more people into an equal space. Here, however, he was mistaken. It is with honest pride we inform the public that England excels the rest of the world in this, as well as every other science. The Brasilian merchants have sent over five agents of great experience in the slave trade to study the superior mode of loading practised on b oar d our river steamers.—Puppet Show. OPENING OF RAlLWAYs.—Yesterday the Chester and Holyhead Railway was, with the excption of three miles and a half adjoining the Menai Straits, opened throughout for goods and passenger traffic. This open ing will materially accelerate the communication between London and Dublin ; the mails from either capital will now arrive in both cities at five A.M. The Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester Railway lessening the distance between the former and the latter town ten miles, was yesterday opened for public traffic. ST. HELEN'S AND RUNCORN RAILWAY AND CANAL. —LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this railway was held this afternoon, in the Clarendom Rooms. In th e a b sence o f t h e chair man of the company (Mr. Gilbert Greenall, M.P.), Mr. Thomas Ross, one of the directors, presided. The meet ing was numerously attended. The secretary read the report, from which we take the following extracts " It will be no matter of surprise to the shareholders that the extensive depression of trade during the past twelve months has much affected the revenue of this in common with nearly every other company in the kingdom; the falling off in the income of the last twelve months being upwards of 2,7001., while the diminution in the expendi ture is only 9001.; thus showing a diminished surplus of 1,8001. The whole of this falling off is in the coal trade, the difference in the two periods being 60,000 tons, whilst there has been a slight increase on the income from passengers and merchandize. The directors do not doubt that on the revival of the general trade of the country, the deficiency will be quickly re moved. From the accounts it appeared that, on revenue account, the canal income for the half-year was 6,372 L 95., and the expenses 2,658 L ss. 3d., leaving a surplus of 3,6142 3s. 9d. The in come from the railway was 6,4191. 11 s. Bd., and the expenses 3,852/. 135., leaving a surplus of 2,566/.lBs. Bd., and a total surplus of 6,1811. 2s. sd. Deducting the interest on the canal and railway bonds, and the guaran teed dividend on the preference shares, left a net profit of 5551. 4s. 2d., and adding this to the balance from the last account left a clear balance in favour of the com pany of 5,8301. 11s. 3d. The capital account showed the entire receipts of the company, including payments on shares, mortgages, debts owing to the company, ba lance of purchase money due to the canal company, and surplus on traffic account, to he 415,1541. 13s. 6d.; and the disbursements showed that there had been expended on the railway 209,1731. 12s. Bd.; on the canal, 176,0001.; and on the new branches 30,9811. Os. 10d." The report was received and adopted. A resolution of the directors for the forfeiture of upwards of 2,000 shares, held by Mr. Jonathan Higginson, a bankrupt, was confirmed; and after the usual Tote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. REF - ORM MEETING IN WESTMINSTER.—Last night thehee s t p m r a, sr i eee n lmesy s et t e .inrent r rg. , or, for the purpose, as th e bill s a public meeting was held at the T em p erance H a ll , we i e pdn x ree p dst r he e ne s s t s ha e oct d hri , vtaley : rs:ya o fstt f rreermh t a i k ,h i nsepga cCharlesdoorsi o wi into Broadway, au n eun consideration clng Wt L nn u i s l h d i i n ng gto w n a , s E d s e q n . were thrown open. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that he fully concurred in the points of the People's Charter, with a qualification for universal suffrage—(Hear, hear.) He then went through the points of the Charter seriatim. He would rather work for honour than for wages—(Cheers)—hut if they liked to pay him he would have no objectionto accept it.— (Much laughter, &c.) He had promised at his election to attend all meetings that might be held for a legitimate purpose, and he was now present in accordance with that pledge.—(Cheers.) Mr. Kydd moved the first resolution, viz., " That this meeting is of opinion that the monopoly of the elective franchise by any class is unjust in pricciple, unsafe in its operation, and injurious in its results ; that in a country professedly of free institu tions every man of sane mind, unconvicted of crime, and of not less than twenty-one years of age, should pos sess the right of voting for a representative in Parlia ment ; and this meeting is fully convinced that perma nent prosperity can only be obtained and secured through , the emancipation of all classes from political t hraldom.' —(Cheers.) Mr. Basset seconded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. Mr. Stallwood then moved the next resolution—" That this meeting pledges itself to continue its exertions, by all legal and constitutional means, until such time as every man shall be a dmitted within the pale of the constitution—his vote protected by the ballot—the property qualification aboliabed—the electoral districts rendered equal—the old constitutional method of paying Members for their services, and an nual parliaments should be restored.' The resolution having been seconded was carried nem. con. Other gen tlemen having addressed the meetin g , a vote of thanka to the chairman closed the p roceedin g s. M EETING OY LABOURERS REFU SING TO PAT Poor- RATES.—At Great Bardfield Petty Session on the 24th three men named Rev. Messrs. Lainp et and Barnard, u ltimo, before J. IValford, Esq., Chairman, and the Ramsey, Jealous, and Coal, were summoned for pans many of th e poor in the non payment of poor-rates.. t lt appears that summonses having been issu ed s pa rish of Great Bardfield, who, our correspondent statea, have never before been called upon to pay the rates, on Saturday night last a meeting was held, and about 200 labourers assembled. Several spoke and declared meeting, o la b t o h u e r e h r e s n , as numerousO a s bench th e y were not able to pay the rates, a man with a wife an d five children, only getting Bs. per week, an d hearty young men who went to plough only Gs. p er week. On Mondayat attended t he a nd the court was the whole of th e time ' in great con fusion. The parties summoned l a id t h e i r cases be fore the bench, who told them it was impossible for the magistrates to excuse them. They (the bench) had but one duty to perform, and i t was a painful as they must order them to pay. This causd reat one, which continued some time, the parties g d ex citeme nt, l. they would not pay, and distress warrants bein g ec declaring quence granted. The whole body intimated 111 "Ise to the magistrates that they would all act as one , and w ould defy any person t o execute the warrants. Essex He ra ld. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL S A Bill, brought from the Lords, entitled " An Act to abate the nuisance of smoke from certain furnaces and chimneys," provides, ";that from , om and after the Ist day of January, 1849, opaque smoke shall not be permitted to issue from any chimney of a furnace for any longer period of time than is bont fide necessary for the kindling of the fire of such fur nace." Clause 3 enacts " that from and after the said Ist day of January, 1849, if opaque smoke shall issue from any such chimney for any longer time than is hereinbefore limited in that behalf, the occupier of the furnace connected with such chimney shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding a" BANK or BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—A special meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the offices, St. Helen's-place, yesterday afternoon, to ap point a director in the room of George Pemberton, Esq., resigned. H. Barnwell, Esq., having been called, to the chair, John Seward, Esq., was unanimously elected to fill up the vacancy in the board of directors, end the meeting separated. ••••••••••• 43% 34 31%