The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-02 00:00:00

Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with M a p s , T WELVE YEARS' WANDERINGS in the BRITISH COLONIES. By J. C. BYRNE. " Written in a spirit of honourable candour, and extremely well produced. The author is sensible, impartial, and well informed."— ri tannia. " A valuable and entertaining work."—Sunday Times. "Full of useful information."—Weekly Chronicle. "Two volumes of great value and interest."—Moming Advertiser. /Lollard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) UNITED STATES Steam-ship, for New York, CAPTAIN HACKSTAFF, will wait the arrival of the Down Train of Ten o'clock, ♦.M., on Sunday, and receive on board the Pas sengers leaving the Southampton-decks in a small steamer until Bait-peat, One P.N. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. To consludo with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John Jarvis Chucks. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, ➢irs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woelgar. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction ofMr. Kerschner. Re-engagement of ➢lr. G. Bennett. Enormous success of the Tower of Neale. THIS EVENING Will be performed THIII TOWER OF NESLE. Bur Wan. Mr. G. Bennett. After which, DID YOU EVER ? NOI I NEVER SAW SUCH A BABY! To conclude with a New Melodrama, entitled THE PLANK ACROSS THE STREET. Manager &not Treasurer, Mr. B. 8. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Yeirval of the Popular Equestrian Spectacle of Mazeppa. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Lord Byron's Ilippodrams;tic Spectacle of MAZEPPA; or, The Wild Horse. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS- TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GOD/VA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. Re-engagement of M. JULLIEN. Continuation of MISS 514 RA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson. Superb and Unique MENAGEitIE. Grata Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Sonthby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. Mons. Jullien, positively for One Week only, his last appearance in London this Season. In consequence of the unfavourable weather during his late en gagement, M. Jullien has kindly acceded to an arrangement for One Week, it being utterly impossible to continue it beyond that time. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by M. JULLIEN in person. The splendid Band of Sole Performers inciudee Messrs. 01of11, Collins, sett., George and Viotti Collins, Kcenig, Collinet, Richardson, Baker, &c.—Two Solos will be performed each Evening by Artists of Eminence.—Two favourite Songs by Inas Sara Flower—The Programme will contain a choice selection of Ancient and Modern Music, including the celebrated de scriptive Fantasia, called " The Destruction of Pompeii," composed by Koch Albert, and by desire the popular Quadrille of " The Hu guenots."—Also to be seen, during the day, Use beautiful Menagerie —Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, which elicited such rapturous approbation on the occasion of M. Jullien's Benefit, by the Messrs. South by Gates open at Ten ♦.H., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. The Last Grand Flower Show of the Season will take place on Wednesday, September 13, on a Scale of most extraordinary magni ficence for the exhibition of Dahlias, &c. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest, 63; Neon, 68. BAROMETER, 30.44.—W1ND W.; tine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT, Morning .. 47 min. after 4 1 Evening 53 min. after .. t , . -,-,-,,,,.. 4_," . i , • , , till , A 4 Asia ' - r-- - 1.7" - -*irk .• v.' , T+, , 411. 2 -t. •aage4.: r"lkaxis,,, ~, . ..0 - 4 77, ,,, ... ~..:,:. Ai 'rii.....'" bitralT :2,1111". LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1848. Not only do we consider the Government culpable in entertaining the project of a transference of Van couver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company, but we regard the members of the ruling Cabinet as de serving our most serious condemnation, for inasmuch as they permit the atrocious administration of that company to continue uncorrected. Every one who is not implicated, either directly or indirectly, in their transactions ; every one who is not either a shareholder or a director in the Hudson's Bay Company acknow ledges that the maintenance of their rule in the northern portions of North America has been, during a period of 178 years, most disastrous to the territories intrusted to their charge, and most destructive to the cause of the diffusion of civilization. The first char., ter granted to the company was dated as far back as 16TO—that company consisting of not more than ten or eleven individuals, whose mercantile enterprise tended even then materially to their own advantage, and in no manner to the commercial interest of the United Kingdom. About sixty or seventy years ago there were not more than four vessels employed by the company, and those vessels manned by merely 130 seamen—their exportation of commodities, being to the extent of 16,0001. in value, and bringing home returns to the amount of 29,3401. Since that period, the trade carried on through the four principal ports of Churchill, New Severn, Nelson, and Albany, ha been wonderfully extended—the result being exclu sively for the benefit of these gigantic monopolists. If we only bear in recollection the extraordinary nature of the eommodities drawn from the dominions of the Hudson's Bay Company, we shall be compelled to acknowledge that the British Government has bee . n hitherto most lax in abstaining from the demand of some sort of compensation from a body of men, who, through the application of its leniency, have been so singularly benefited. Without taking into account the enormous profits derivable from the Hudson's Bay fisheries, we will simply refer to the character of the trade in fur and peltry. In our preceding observa tions upon this subject, it'will be remembered, that we have maintained, in language as explicit as pos allele, that the interests of the company were directly opposed to the most visible interests of civilization and Christianity. We explained the accuracy of this assertion by remarking that the chief care of the directors would manifestly be to preserve their terri tories in such a condition as would be best calculated to promote the propagation of the wild animals whose skins are the principal commodities from which they derive their revenues. To attain this end the most obvious and the least difficult course is the prevention of colonization and the entire avoidance of anything approaching to a systematic cultivation of the soil. The wilder the condition of their do• minions the more prolific would be the source of their emolument. And the necessity of this prolific propagation among the wild beasts of North America becomes the more comprehensible when we reflect that those animals make up in numerical abundance for the diminutive character of the different species ; for instance, the tapurette, which is the largest animal in the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company, is scarcely bigger than a calf twelve months old, while the Asiatic elephant attains, in many instances, to the height of more than fifteen feet. Again, the cougar, which is the tiger ; the taquar, which is the leopard ; and the taquaretti, which is the panther of North America, are, in their respectivb dimensions, of comparative insignificance. In testimony of this, it is only necessary to observe, that while the Bengal tiger measures six feet in length, exclusive of the tail, the American cougar very seldom exceeds three feet from the tip of the nose to the buttock. As a token of how this smallness of size is counter balanced by pr o lifi c genera ti on we ma y men ti on th e fact,hdo that E uropean goats imported to the neighbour . f Hudson's Bay have been found to diminish in bulk in the course of a few generations , pro portion a s the size ofthe generati but in animal decreased , ' its powers w of propagation r increased, so that instead of bearing one or two kids at a time, it would produce as many as five, S i ; and sometimes even seven at a litter. It is c l ear , thereforegatio for undisturbed propa , that greater facilities are requisite in th e nor thern tracts of' the N or th American continent than g perhaps anywhere els e upon the l obeinssm f u o e r h tre general abundance is th e only compensation individual diminutiveness. To this end the Hudson's B ay company have hi therto dirtcted the whole of th e i r energies, at th e ex penis of humanity, of religion, and o f k nowledge The deductions derivable from the data o f th e i r in: glorious history assure us that in their estimation the extent of their dividends is of immeasurably more account than the progress of enlightenment or the spread of Christianity. As far back as theyear 1783 we find Mr. GUTHRIE inveighing against the quitous spirit " displayed by the Hudson's Bay Company in all their transactions. The shameful character of their policy has been by no means im proved since those words were written ,by that eminent geographer. Possessing an almost irre sponsible authority, holding over their subjects a power of life and death, a thousand opportunities have presented themselves for the exercise of a cruel and unprincipled domination. In proof of this we need only refer to the records of the Red River settlement, records fraught with circumstances damnatory of the character of the company. Until these statements are satisfactorily disproved, we do conceive the Go vernment to be most culpable, not only in thinking for one instant of resigning the noble island of Quadra to the Directory, but in permitting the continental administration of that Directory to pass unexamined and unpunished. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The intelligence they bring with regard to the affairs of Italy is not of a satisfactory character. Austria is evidently attempting to shuffle in order to take advantage of circumstances, and neglects :to return any definitive answer to the offers of media tion made by France and England—perhaps, she reckons on the probability of some reactionary move ment in favour of legitimacy in France, and the failure of the recent attempt at Montpellier will, in such case, hasten the movements of the proverbially tardy Cabinet of Vienna. In the meanwhile, it is satisfactory to find that the French Government will not suffer itself to be trifled with. The Moniteur du Soir contains the following semi-official announc ment of the intentions of General CAVAIGNAC : " The affairs of Italy have taken an unpleasant turn. After having delayed for so long a time its answer to the propositions of England and France, the Austrian Cabinet refuses to accept the mediation of these two powers, alleging that the question is resolved in point of fact, that Lombardy has entered ,once again under the hand of Austria, and that it is for the Emperor now to treat, and that 'without intermediation, for peace with the King of Piedmont. It may easily be comprehended what sort of peace that would be between the conqueror and the vanquished. It is evident that when Austria holds such language she must be speculating upon those internal embarrassments that she supposes are paralysing the action of the French Republic. But Austria labours under a great delusion. The Republic is too far engaged in the question to draw back. The Executive Government, in anticipation of a refusal, has already made preparations to meet such an event. The army of the Alps has been reinforced by a fifth division, and it has decided that if before the ter mination of the armistice Austria should not have given a more satisfactory reply, the French army will cross the frontier, and give its support to the Piedmontese army. " We yet hope that the Austrian Cabinet, better ad vised, will understand that since the 24th of February the Italian question has become essentially a French one; that the independence of Italy is placed under the gua rantee of the interests, the engagements, and the dig nity of France, and that the Republic cannot consent to inaugurate its accession in the world by one of those acts of weakness which have lost the Monarchy. "But if Austria should persist in her blunders, it would only remain for us to prove to her that the sons of the soldiers of Arcolo and of Lodi have not degenerated from their fathers." The Messager states that the Baron DE WESSEX.. BERG, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has declared to the mediating Powers that in no case will Austria consent to abandon Lombardy, to which, however, she is willing to grant as liberal institutions as possible. In the meantime France is taking prompt measures to secure the independence of Italy. A report was current to-day at the National As • sembly (says the Patrie of Thursday evening) that the Government had resolved in Council to send 4,000 men immediately to Venice, to defend it from invasion by the Austrians. This report, connected with the news in the Toulon journals this morning, that several ships of war were gone to form a station in the Adriatic, bears all the appearance of proba bility. The Journal des Debats says : "It is now positively stated that a French squadron has received orders to proceed immediately to Venice with a body of troops, ready to land if required. It is added that this demonstration was to take place with the concurrence of Great Britain, and that the integrity of the Venetian territory would be guaranteed by the two powers. On the other hand it is stated that the negotiations between the Courts of Vienna :and Turin will be more susceptible than has been supposed of a sa tisfactory solution, and that the Austrian Government has evinced a disposition to abandon a considerable part of Lombardy, including Milan and other fortified places. The pecuniary indemnity claimed by Austria will prove some obstacle to a definitive arrangement, but that con dition may doubtless be modified by means of nego tiations." The following announcement appears in the Moni teur de l'Arniee : "The Minister of War has just given orders to form a fifth division to the army of the Alps. Its head-quar ters will be established provisionally at Dijon. General Rachis has been appointed to the command, and the two brigades of infantry will be under the command of Ge nerals Depanis and Maiziire." Several regiments have been ordered from Algeria to form this fifth division, and their place in that colony will be filled up by new levies. The Democratie Pacifique declares that— " The Minister of War has given orders to form at Marseilles a brigade of 4,000 men, destined for Venice, and that the chef de cabinet of the Minister of War had left Paris yesterday to join the expedition. England, we are assured, is to send 4,000 men to the same desti nation." It adds— " We learn this evening that orders have been given to the fleet at Toulon to start immediately for Venice, where there are two French ships of war already. The fleet has orders to protect the town against the Aus trians, and if the situation of the Venetians should be come difficult, to support them with arms." The Constiblionmel states that General CA VAIGNAC declared to General MENGALDO, the Commander-in- Chief of the National Guards of Venice, that if the mediation were rejected, war would become exceed ingly probable. A meeting of the editors of various journals was held on Thursday, for the purpose of forming an association for the protection of the liberty of the Press. It would appear, from the following announcement in the Messager, that notwithstanding all General CAVAIGNAC'S efforts, the editors of the suppressed journals have discovered a method of giving their lucubrations daily to the public, in spite of him. The Messager says— " The Representant du Peuple, suspended, as well as several other journals, by a decree of the Executive Government, is, it is said, about to re-appear. It resumes its publications under another title, not at Paris, it is true, but at Lyons, which, as is well known, is the most active focus of Communist and Proudhonian doctrines. Lyons not being under martial law, the Representant du Peuple will thus be safe from a new confiscation. Pro visionally it can only be seized, and that with all the forms and means prescribed by the laws of the press. It is said that several other journals under suspension are about to follow its example. Among them are named the People Constituent, the Vraie .Republique, and the Bouche de Fer." General CAVAIONAC is to review the National Guard of Paris on Sunday. M. BENJAMIN DELESSERT, who was Prefect of Police under Louis PHILIPPE, is one of the candi dates for the representation of Paris. The Legitimatist outbreak at Montpellier has been completely suppressed. On this subject the Riede says— " We do not wish to draw any induction against the Legitimatist party from the deplorable accounts received from Montpellier. We feel perfectly convinced that the intelligent chiefs of this party are opposed to any at tempt calculated to lead France into civil war. We may be allowed, however, without bitterness or personal feel ing, to repeat the warnings we gave a few days ago. It would be an unpardonable folly on their part to persuade themselves that they could return to monarchical legiti macy without torrents of blood to be shed on more than one field of battle. We do not blame men for adhering to their old faults; but all citizens, friends of order and public peace, will comprehend, we are sure, that in the situation in which the country is now placed, it would be as culpable as dangerous to encourage even indirectly excitations calculated to provoke explosions of party hatred, and perhaps bloody dissensions." We read in the Courrier Francais :—" A serious difficulty, as is known, had arisen between England and the Emperor of Morocco, relative to some money differences between Dir. REDMAN, English consular agent at Tetuan, and the director of the Moorish Customs. It is stated that this difficulty, which threatened to produce grave complications, has just been arranged, in consequence of the mediation of the French Government. It is also rumoured that Spain has also decided to have recourse to our media tion, to put an end to the hostilities which have arisen between her and Morocco." In the sitting of the Committee appointed to decide as to what should be done with the documents found in the Tuileries after the revolution of February, M. ATHANASE CoQuEEEL, the Protestant Pastor of Paris observed that the further publication of these matters could not be of any advantage to the State, and that, consequently, all that ought to be done was to set aside with care the documents of a purely historical character, and to return the pri v at e p a p ers r i t e s her t w o or children, h l leldtrted bernes, q eubxi between t e hwa e u n eg n ne w d o wivesr t b h e y t w to the Royal Family. M. C o*UEREL o b serve d, th a t o e f ena F nd rance not to bands, b e t ween one member of aa mother ftmeirl y haannns and the others ; that the intercourse of a private life ought to be sacred, even when the matter concerned a royal family. He also considered that it might be advisable to examine if the editor of the Revue Retro spective, although originally sanctioned in his publi cation by the Mi n i s t er o f the Interior of the Pro visional Government, ought not to be now advised to discontinue the work. M. WOIRHAYE and M. DEILY VY took the same view of the question. The Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of SWE DEN has presented his credentials to General CA. VAIGNAC. We yesterday showed that the Government could not justly be censured for the postponement of Irish remedial measures during the present session of Par liament ; that, in fact, the absence of those legisla tive enactments calculated to improve the position and prospects of the country, was mainly, indeed altogether, attributable to the reckless and headstrong conduct of those who brought the peasantry into col lision with the authorities, and who, like the advo cates of physical force in this country, proved themselves the greatest enemies of rational progress, constitutional reforms, and a well secured extension of popular rights and privi leges. Had it not been for the Young Ireland party, we should now have to congratulate our Irish brethren on a very material improvement in the fran chise, which, although not going to the full extent we should ourselves have desired, would have nearly quadrupled the number of voters. That such a mea sure was most urgently required may be proved by the fact that, out of a population exceeding eighL. millions of persons, there are but 85,262 who are entitled to the legislative franchise—in other words, that nearly ninety-nine per cent. of the entire population are wholly unrepre sented. It requires no argument to prove the injustice and impolicy of a system that could produce a result so monstrous. The other measures were, however, of even more immediate urgency. The improvement in the franchise could not effect any very great present advantage; it would be a work of time before the country could reap the full be nefit thereof. It would certainly create a feeling of confidence in the justice of Parliament, would afford evidence of its determination to remedy the griev ances of Ireland, and would thus be very valuable as removing some of the discontent that prevails throughout the island. But it would scarcely affect the first great want, without which it is vain to hope for any permanent or lasting ameliora tion in the social condition of the people. Full and adequate employment for every person able and willing to work, at a fair and remunerating rate of wages, is that which is now required, and if that can be provided the country will speedily become prosperous and contented ; but until that can be effected it will remain in poverty and wretchedness, a burden upon the resources of the empire, and the chief difficulty of the Government. Some of the postponed measures would have power fully contributed to this great result. The Landlord and Tenant Bill, which would have induced the occupiers of the soil to expend their labour and capital in its better cultivation, would have been peculiarly valuable. The report of the Com mission, of which Lord DEVON was the head, strongly recommended that means should be taken to afford full compensation for permanent and lasting improve. ments, either in the shape of a certain tenure of the land, or of a pecuniary recompense in the event of the parties being turned out of possession, or the rent improperly raised. And yet, although three year s and a half have elapsed since that recommendation was given, nothing practical has as yet been done to carry it into effect. If the Ulster tenant-right which has operated so beneficially in the districts in which it has been recognised were legalised, and extended to the whole of the country, there would be no neces sity for the more limited measure, which, although a step in the right direction, could scarcely be expected to produce such happy results as a system that has stood the test of long experience, and which, we fearlessly assert, has been alike beneficial to all classes who came within its influence, not less so to the pro prietor of the soil than to the occupying tenant. The Bill Ifor facilitating the sale of incumbered estates is undoubtedly a useful law, which will ulti mately give a solvent and unembarrassed proprie tary, able to assist in carrying out important improvements, and to bring their respective estates into the highest degree of cultivation ; but it will be many year:, before the necessary changes can be effected, and perhaps during the progress of these alterations still less may be done than would other wise have been the case. But even, if the incum bered estates had actually changed hands (a matter which it will take many years to accomplish), the ob ject of the Legislature can never be fully carried out unless the energies of the occupiers be enlisted in the undertaking, and they exert themselves heart and hand in zealous co-operation with their landlords. To promote this cordial understanding should be the chief end and aim of the Government. The Premier in his present visit to Ireland may have an opportu nity of judging for himself the means by which the desideratum may be attained. He will see the people active, happy, and contented in one district, the fields well cropped, a judicious system of agriculture pur sued, and the utmost produce obtained from the lands ; wherever that is the case, he may assure himself that the Ulster tenant-right is in force, or that the tenantry, either from the possession of leases or the well-known character of their land lord, are certain of enjoying the full value of the im- provements they have effected by their own industry. In another locality he will see land of, perhaps, a superior quality, not yielding half the produce. He will find a lazy and idle peasantry, and hear of evictions, and distraints, of large arrears of rent to the landlord, and outrage and disturbance in the dis trict. The peasantry may be blamed, but they have no motive to exert themselves--they know not how long they may be continued in possession of their holdings ; it is, therefore, not worth while to improve them. So matters continue from year to year, while complaints are heard on every side of hard, hearted landlords and of improvident and good-for, nothing tenants. Is it not worth while trying, whe. ther if the practice were assimilated in these districts the results might not also be similar, and that the causes which produce an industrious and contented peasantry in Ulster, (might not be followed by like effects if brought into operation in Connaught or Munster? SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th and 27th ult. have arrived. There were rumours of Ministerial modifications, and of Carlist and Progressista conspiracies, rife in Madrid. GoiazAmts BRAVO and his family having refused to leave Madrid, had been sent off to France under an escort of police. There was a conference held yesterday at the hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at which the Marquis of NORMANDY was present. The affairs of Italy were discussed. General LAMORICIER E was for the immediate march of the army across the frontier, the counsels of General CAVAIGNAC were more pacifie. Troops and artillery are daily passing through Paris en route for Dijon. In the bureaux of the Assembly yesterday General CAVAIGNAC explained his conduct as regards the suppression of various journals. He stated that the Government had no desire to prevent their discussing the project of the Constitution, and that it was only for the safety of the Republic that he had made use °Phis power against extreme opinions. He consi- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING? SEPTEMBER 2, lB4B. dered that the Republic should not be attacked when it was being founded. General CAVAIGNAC referred also to the meeting of the conductors of newspapers, stating that it was of no importance, since those be longing to the more influential ones had not attended it. He also spoke of the intention of suspending the Constitutionnel, which he denied. Malmo, announcing that the armistice had been concluded, and the ratifications would he exchanged on Friday, September 1. M. VON BELOW had caused the above intelligence to be sent thither. RUSSIA. The Silesian Gazette says that the nobility of the three Governments nearest to St. Petersburgh are re solved to oppose the execution of the last Imperial ukase relative to the great levy of recruits, and to take up arms against the troops. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. THREE O'CLOCK.—The same disquietude as yester day, about Italian affairs, produced a further decline► both in Stocks and Railways. Bons di' Tr isor, 22i dis. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Sr.er 1. Namur and Liege, 4 1 4 ex int.—Northern of France, 6 3 % ex int.—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1 1 ,4 ex int.—Paris and Lyons, 4—Paris and Rouen, 17 ex div.—Paris and Stras bourg, 1 1 / 2 —Tours and Nantes, 13/4. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 'The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales, 6,000 bales. The sales of the week are 39,410 bales.—ln Railway Shares the business done was more limited. The Bank of England weekly return to the 26th ult. is again favourable under circumstances. The amount of the precious metals, in consequence of steady imports by private ship, as well as of the remittances from Russia, was larger, and the public deposits were increased, as is hoped, in consequence of duty payments rather than from:any anticipations of the new loan. The employment for the funds of the corporation does not increase, for the other securities stand nearly as before, and the cir culation was smaller. The principal features in the re turn aro these:— Notes issued 16,853,120 Increase 80,475 Rest . ... 3,556,686 Decrease Public Deposits 4,868,374 Increase ... 323,276 Other Deposits 8,715,882 Increase Seven Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Other Securities Increase Notes Increase Bullion Increase 132,116 Active circulation Decrease The mail from Brazil and Buenos Ayres brings no very satisfactory intelligence either of a political or mer cantile tenor. Trade was dull, and the River Plate question apparently as far as ever from a settlement. Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, papers to June 6 state that affairs at Natal were unsettled. Pretorius was endeavouring again to excite ill- will towards the British authorities; but it was hoped that the Boers ge nerally would not join him. The following is a statement relative to the Man chester market by Messrs. M'Nair, Greenhow, and Ir ving, which came to hand this morning:— " Unquestionable proofs have confirmed beyond all doubt, we lament to say, the existence of an extensive disease in the potato crop of the United Kingdom. This important fact, coupled with the prevalence of very un favourable weather during nearly the whole of the month, which naturally engendered much anxiety and alarm for the safety of the harvest, and the unsettled political condition of the continent of Europe, have ne cessarily exercised a very unfavourable and depressing influence over the trade of this district. Owing, however, to a favourable change in the weather during the last few days, and a pretty general belief that the existing differences between Germany and Denmark, and between Austria and the Italian States, will ere long be peaceably adjusted, the market has assumed a more cheerful aspect, attended with a slight improvement in the demand at somewhat firmer rates." The Stock Market is still depressed by the accounts from Paris, although they are in some respects of rather a more favourable character. Consols have been 851 i, New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. 861 L, and the Three per Cents. 86 to i. Bank Stock is 196 to 197. Exchequer-bills are 275. to 30s. premium. The Foreign Market presents a complete blank. Nominally Spanish Three per Cents, are 23 to I, Portu guese Four per Cents. 22 to 23, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 446 to 456. Railway Shares are rather flat again. BRITISH FUNDS This DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 196 197 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- B6 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 85% % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arms. 86% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 22 19 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 21; 2 d. March. 1,0001. Small 3O 31 p 25 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DON.r. IN RAILWAY SHAltEil AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 33, Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 16 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.148.... -- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 10/. Preference 2% — to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 4 71 .... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Du., tat Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - Do., al Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D .. Ditto, 18/., E. & H Ditto, 31. 108., E. & H... 3% — to i , :astern Counties Do. New Gua rant. 6 per Ct. 5 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — ...... to Do., do N 0.2,6 1. 13s. 4d... . ... to Do., Northern & E as t ern ,.. 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12% ... D0., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ..... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 173( — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto ...... .....—.... 20 ...... Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2i4 — East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 4! . 4( ...... East Lincolnshire - Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 123 - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New .. 64 _. ...... to Ditto, New port l3 - Ditto, ditto, New 3 3 /1 — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Di' New -. 2% 2d. June. Atto, New ... ,,4 — Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 65.8 d..• - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr r j, ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 .....-7 ........... t t to : —. 7% Great Northern l7 Do. London & York Exten. 2% Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 22%.. . . to -- Great North of England 100 ...... -- ...... to Ditto, INt w 404 4O ...... .... to Ditto, ditto ..... -.- ..... to Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. ...... to Ditto, New 154 .. ... ..... 14 ...... _ . ... to Great Western 9O ...... 81 x.d.... to 80 x.d. Ditto, Half Shares 5O ...... ... . Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 17% x.. to . .... Do. New 17/ ........ 13 .. ... "' 9 to _ % x . .d d . to Huddersfield and Manch es t er 28 .. ... Dittc, Thirds ............... ... 9 -- ...... to. Hull and Selby ................. ...... ..... .50 ...... ...... to -_ Ditto, Half Shares ... ...... 25 . ... 48 to x.d.... to to Ditto, Quarter Shares.... - 12% - — Do., Thirds to to 10 Lancashire and Yorkshi re ... 93 Ditto, ditto ......... 66 ... Ditto Half Shares ... 43 ... . ...... Ditto Quarter s to —. to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... C1A...-. s!i i to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ...... 13 ...... to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% — to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Iludders. and Sheff.) 38 and Goole ....... .. ....... 50 Do., West Ridi ng U nion... 6 "" . Do., Presto n an d Wyre ... 25 .... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% .. .... Leeds and Bradfo r d .50 • ••• to ..... Leeds,Dewsbury,& blanches. 50 Do., Half Share s Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — to Leeds and Thirsk ...—.. 5O Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... Liverpool, Crosby, and S out h- _ port.. 3% — to Liverpool, Manchester, ana Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2 1 ,/ e — London & Blackwall ......131. Gs. 8d.... Do. Extension ..... 22 1 ; Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 2 7, 3 /4 x.d. to 27% x.d. Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ... De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. „, Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 3 London and Greenwich... 124 15s. 4d - Ditto Preference lBl 178 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo 115 % 34... to Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 D). New 7 Do. Fifths Do. 40/. Shares... L. & M 25 ...... ..... to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . ..... to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. ( B.) 9 ..... ...... to Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...-. 50 Ditto, New 504....... ...... 42%..., .._. ... to Ditto, New 404... ..... -.. 34 ...... to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... to ....... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds ... . ....... lIL 13s. 4d Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .....11. 13s. 4d London, Salisbury, & Y eovi l 1% ...... 1 ii. ..".... to -- Londonderry and Coler a i ne... 27% ...... •- .... „ t -- Londonderry and En n i s kill en 25 ...... :::... Lowestoft (guar. 4 p er cent.) 20 .. to to .' . Ditto (guar. 6 p er cent. . ..... 3 .... .. .....• to &tench, Buxton, & M atlock 4 ...... to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ...... ....... .... t t o o =— 1 4 Ditto Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 . ..• ... ....... to Ditto, ditto (N o. 2 ) 25 . ..... ...... to Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3 ) 7% Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ...... to ... Ditto, ditto. ..... - ........... 11 •,..•• to GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the 27th August says— The Minister of the Interior has received the follow ing autograph letter from his Majesty : " My dear Baron Von Doblhoff,—lt affords me much gratification, on occasion of the defiling of the National Guard of Vienna and its neighbourhood, to receive their demonstrations of attachment, and at the same time to witness the proficiency in th e f ormat i on o f an armed power to which this useful institute has already attained. " I hereby charge you to make known my entire satis faction and acknowledgment on these points to all the departments of the National Guard. " I entertain the confident expectation that the guard, fully recognising its high calling, will ever uphold with energy and perseverance the laws of the constitutional monarchy, which the true welfare of our Fatherland demands, and of which they have given signal evidence during the last few days. " FERDINAND. " WESSENBERG. " Schoenbrunn, August 25." Field-Marshal RADETZKY has forwarded to the Minister of War ten of the Italian colours which were taken from the enemy ; one of them belonged to the Croatian, and the rest to the Piedmontese troops. They hare been deposited, with the keys of the city of Milan, in the Imperial arsenal of Vienna, with trophies of war of former times. The Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 27th, has the fol lowing on the Austro•ltalian question : " The Italian question appears to be a source of great embarrassment to our Ministry. The Government is halting between the true interests of Austria and the desires of a portion of the Radical party, and is at a loss what to decide. Two of the Ministers (Doblhoff and Schwarz er ) appear i nc li ne d to sacr i f i ce our richest provinces. We must avow the idea seems to us too silly to have been expressed in a Cabinet Council; and what inducement could there have been to lead Doblhoff to such views? It is scarcely comprehensible why our Ministers should just now be fatigued with th e most unpopular id ea o f sacri ficing the integrity of the Austrian empire, and why they should begin with Lombardy, with Milan, which three hundred years since was a fief of the empire, and was definitively conceded to Austria after Prince Eugene's victory near Turin, on the 7th September, 1706; Milan has thus been for 140 years an integral part of the Aus trian empire, and the Government is now in doubt whe ther it ought still to remain so? Do they wish to parcel out Austria according to dialects; or, simply, to cast out the Italian element. But in that case, on the same principle, the Venetian territory, South Tyrol, Trieste, and the coast lands, and even Dalmatia, would have to be abandoned. Thus Austria and Germany would be entirely cut off from the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas, and the consequences would soon be manifest. Austria was strong enough to overcome her enemies from without—shall she succumb to those within? On what grounds can Austria be requested to withdraw her frontier line from the Ticino to the Mincio? And why should the Ministry allow itself to be driven to this shameful determination by a portion of the Radical party? It is truly melancholy to think that at present the happiness and future prosperity of the Monarchy-- the welfare of 35 millions of beings—is in the hands of this faction. The Minister of War proved, by the activity he displayed in reinforcing the army in Italy, which led to the happy results obtained, that he esteemed the honour of the Austrian arms higher than is the case with many members of the Diet, and the interests of Austria are consulted by him more than by many of his colleagues; but we still hope that the Presi dent of the Cabinet is unjustly accused of sharing the anti-Austrian opinions of the Minister of Public Works. Let the Ministry, however, con sider that it is answerable for its acts to the whole population of the empire, and that all the population will demand an account for the m illi ons that have been spent towards the preservation of the Italian provinces, for the sacrifices they have made in money and in human life. All the subjects of Anstria have paid heavy sums, and thousands of her brave sons have fallen fighting to pre serve to their country the provinces which for centuries have belonged to Austria, and are they now to be sa crificed-to the will of a fow demagogical clubs? The people of Lombardy and Venice were happy under the sway of Austria; they had attained a degree of prosperity greater than in any other part of Italy, garlarddthesee of b beautiful p A ro f v te in r ce t s he we e r v e en d ts ese o r f ve m dl a y re c h al , le w d h t e h n e liberty of the press and a constitution were granted to the people of Austria, the revolution, which had long been under organization by the nobles, broke out in Italy—to excite the people in their favour, tho events at Vienna were kept a secret from them, or misrepresented. But the truth gradually revealed itself, and the nobles failed in their attempt to excite a general rising of the people. In vain did the Provisional Government of Milan issue its appeals to the inhabitants of the Valtelina, and of the lowlands; the appeals did not meet with that sympathy which the nobili had reckoned upon, and thus it was that the great cities only took an active part in the revolu tion. How, in truth, could it have been possible to over come so easily a population of four millions, with an army of eighty thousand of the best troops of Italy for their defense, if the great mass of the people had acted hand-in-hand with the nobles? When a nation is fully determined to constitute itself into a free and independent state, there is no power on earth capable of subjugating it. Thus the Netherlands threw off the yoke of Spain, and the Spaniards the dominion of France; and when the time shall have arrived for Italy to form a great and independent empire, no human power will be able to prevent it; but as yet, it is still further from that epoch than our German fatherland. It is, therefore, the duty of the Government to avoid exposing the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom to new poli tical tempests, and to protest in the most formal manner against every species of foreign intervention. Neither England nor France, nor any other powers, have any right whatever to interfere in the national affairs of Austria, or else Austria has ceased to be one of the great powers of Europe." PRUSSIA. Our accounts from Berlin are to the 29th. At that time the capital was in a very excited state, as several of the workmen had expressed their determi nation to rescue the prisoners who had been arrested on account of the former emeute, but at the time the last accounts left the public tranquillity had not been disturbed. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament, of the 29th ult., the following sections of Art. 3 of the fun damental law were disposed of :--- " Sec. 11. Every German has full liberty of faith and conscience.—Carried unanimously. " No one is bound to reveal his religious convictions, nor to unite himself to any particular religious com munion.—Carried. " No onicOnaccoun! of his religious convictions, may be deprived of his privileges, or otherwise prejudiced.— Rejected; noes 217, ayes 199. " Sec. 12. Every Geran is unrstricted in he familiar exercise of his re m ligion, both at home and in public. Crimes and offences committed in the exercise of this liberty are punishable_ according to law.— Carried. " Sec. 13. The enjoyment of civil and political rights is neither made conditional on, nor limited by, a reli gious confession. Such confession cannot interfere with political duties.—Carried." THE PROROGATION. (From the Supplement to the London Gasette.) PALACE OF WESTMINSTER. LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, SEPT. 1. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of the prorogation of Parlia ment, will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office before five o'clock on Monday, the 4th instant. Peers' eldest sons, wishing to be present at the proro gation, will have tickets for the Peers' eldest sons' box forwarded to them, upon a written or personal applica tion at the office. No strangers can be admitted on the day of the pro• rogation, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chain• berlain's Office. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. DREIDPUL ACCIDICNT—Two Lives Losv.—We have to record a dreadful accident, which took place about ten o'clock this morning, at the back of power street, in the grounds of the London University. A building is in the course of erection, intended as a ball for the unive rs i ty, and the accident resulted in the fol lowing manner: —A scaffolding, on which were several men at work, suddenly gave way, and precipitated the unfortunate workmen from a height of sixty feet to the bottom. Five of the workmen were conveyed away on shutters to the University Hospital. We have since heard that two of the unfortunate sufferers are dead, and three still remain in a v er y precarious state. The most painful part remains to be told, the two men who have list their lives have left wives and large families. ITALY. PIEDMONT AND LOMBARDY. Intelligence from Turin, to the 27th ult., has been received. The Land of GARABALDI, in its last encounter with the Austrians, had merely time to take refuge on board two steamers which had been seized at An cona, and to land at Magadino, in the canton of Tesino. The Swiss authorities had there compelled them to lay down their arms, which were immedi ately sent off to Bellinzona. General GARABALDI, who I had received two slight wounds, was preparing to set off to Lugano, where the Lombardian committee, under AlAzzim, was holding its sittings. This com mittee, notwithstanding its defeats, was making the greatest efforts to send assistance to some scattered bodies of volunteers who still kept the field. For this purpose they had made use of some money which they had taken from the public coffers on leaving Milan, and were making application to the nobles and rich emigrants to assist them to carry sal the war. This appeal, however, did not appear to have produced any very great re sults; for it is stated that all those who still bad any disposable funds were preparing to leave the canton. Some active emissaries of MAzzirti had also arrived in Piedmont to prevent any of the Lombardian volunteers from entering the Piedmontese army. Their mission, however, had not been very success ful, for all who had served under DURANDO declared they would not leave him, and should consider them selves proud to serve in the Piedmontese ranks. The KING was still at Alexandria, and although not quite recovered from his attack of fever, still occupied himself for the resumption of hostilities in the event of Austria turning a deaf ear to the pro posals of the two mediating powers. The Piedmontese troops have been well received at Genoa, and the great majority of the inhabitants are strongly in favour of the constitution of CHARLES ALBERT, and it is only the agitators and Republicans who still dream of the possibility of making the whole of Italy into one state. At Turin, but for the violent opposition of the Abbe GIOBERTI to the new Ministry, public tranquil. lity would have been perfectly restored, for the new Cabinet displays the greatest intelligence and energy. It is much to be regretted that the trio, GIOBERTI, SINEO, and BERTI, so powerful from the undoubted talent of its leader, should, at a moment when we have need of union and concord, spread alarm in peo ple's minds, and give rise to doubts as to the good in tentions of men whose characters have always been irreproachable. Since yesterday people who are generallly well-in formed state positively that the replies of Austria to the propositions made by France and England, al though as yet unacceptable, are, notwithstanding, of a nature to induce a hope that an arrangement is possible. GOD grant it ; for war would be a great calamity in the present state of Europe. But public opinion is so generally manifested in Italy for the independence and triumph of her nationality, that no treaty which does not admit those principies as it bases, could have more than an ephemeral existence, or secure the peace of Europe in any stable manner. Austria has, it is said, proposed to CHARLES ALBERT to cede to him Lombardy, so as to make the Adige the boundary of the Austrian dominions in Italy, on condition that he shall pay 400 millions of francs as an indemnity. To raise this sum would nearly ruin both Lombardy and Piedmont, and there is, therefore, every probability that CHARLES ALBERT will reject the offer. The National Savoisien says:— " Letters from Genoa inform us that the audacious re-action is raising fire and flames to increase its party, and has already been successful in the countries sur• rounding towns. A citizen wearing the uniform of a National Guard can no longer leave Genoa without being exposed to insults and threats, and sometimes to actual violence. In a village near Genoa, 30 National Guards, who had gone there simply to join in the cele bration of afete, were actually driven away by the inha • bitants of four parishes, assembled and armed with wea pons of all kinds. The magistracy bas instituted an in quiry, but this measure will be ineffective." The Risorgimento of Turin of the 28th ult. an nounces the resignation of Marquis CASTAGNETO, which CHARLES ALBERT has - accepted. It appears that the Austrians intend concentrating- 2,1,000 wen at Modena. The Duke affects great liberalism. It is said the Duke of PARMA isl also on his way to Parma to resume the reins of government. TUSCANY. The Pensiero Italiano of Genoa states from Leg horn, on the 23d of August, that Father GAVLZZI, who had been some time ago the cause of distur bances at Florence, on account of his political decla mations, had arrived at Leghorn on board the Achilles steamer. On his proceeding to Florence the Govern ment took extraordinary precautions ; the National Guard was under arms, and great excitement prevailed in consequence of the most absurd and contradictory rumours which gained belief among the people. At eleven o'clock of the 23d the excitement reached Leghorn; the people destroyed the telegraph, the Go vernment dispatches were intercepted, and numerous crowds formed. At two P.M. the Governor was obliged to take refuge in the fortress, while the people had seized several stand of arms. The National Club sat all the while, and the most serious questions w ere debated there. On the 25th the Governor has been forced to set Father GAvezar, who has been arrested by his or ders, at liberty. In the transports of triumph the people had nominated a commission composed of five members, under the Presidency of the Gonfalonieri of the city. It appears, howe ver , f rom a postscript to the letter, that, in consequence of the support given by the great body of the citizens to the autho rities, and the energy shown by the authorities them selves, this insurrectional movement had come to no thing. The Patria of Florence states that an European Congress will shortly be held to regulate the affairs of Italy. VENICE. The Austrian Lloyd's Journal of the 28th says— " Shortly before going to press we learned that Field- Marshal Radetzky has sent by a courier letters patent from the Sardinian Minister of War and the Marine to Admiral Albini, containing the command instantly to raise the blockade of Venice, to quit the Gulf with his fleet, and to cause the Sardinian troops there to march out for Sardinia. Lieutenant Field-Marshal Count Giulai in stantly sent Lieutenant Baron Wellersdorfl on board the steamer Vulcano with these dispatches." BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ZHer Majesty's packet Peterel, Lieut. Creser, came in this afternoon, just as the mail was about to start, from Rio Janeiro, whence she sailed on July 7, but subse quently received dates, when at Bahia, to the 16th. She sailed from Bahia on the 24th, and from Pernambuco on the 31st. It is reported by the dates to June 26, from the River Plate, that Rosas had refused to receive Mr. Hood as the representative of Great B r it a i n t o th e Ar gentine Republic, but that Captai n G ore an d C omman d er Herbert had interfered to pr even t R osas carr yi ng out his offensive policy. There was no news at Rio or th e Brazils generally. The disqui e tude which lately pre vailed at Pernambuco had been put down. The pack e t following had not arrived at Rio. The Peterel's frei g h t amounts to about 65,000/. Her passengers were Mes srs . Cox, Whately, Cole, Scott, and Leguai. The Rio circular represents trade as having been rarely so dull as it had been during the month of June, but an average amount of coffee transacti ons h ad b een effected at a partial decline of prices. DENMARK AND GERMANY. On the subject of the conclusion of the armistice between Denmark and Germany, which was last night announced in the House of Commons by Lord PALEIERSToN, the Hamburgh Borsenhalle, of Tuesday last, contains the following additional intel ligence : . te r i d e , w a s s - MTr.hCeon, utmost oe.en6slt,erlnVaatriednouwr-asstreexeet,i " The conflicting rumours of the last three days re- DREADFUL FIRE AND Loss OP LIFE.---Last night, specting the negotiations for an armistice have at length shortly before twelve o'clock, a fire broke out on the found a solution. The negotiations have been attended i t appears, with the exception of a little girl named with success, and in a few days we may confidently expect their ratification." it was known that every room was occupied by lodgers, The same journal contains the following post- who, script : Caroline Elizabeth Trutch, who was asleep in the second " A circular note has been addressed by the Swedish floor back, made their escape. The parish engine was Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated Malmii, August 25, to promptly at the spot, followed by the King -street sta the different Swedish Ministers at foreign Courts, ex- lion engine, the West of England, &c. There was an p ps r a e p in er is a e g s e o n f t. pressing the satisfaction he feels in being enabled to abundant supply of water, the effect of which, in a very commuaicate the intelligence that an armistice has been Denmark short time, tended to extinguish the devouring element, but as good as concluded between Germany and not before the house was completely gutted. The ouses (so gut wie abgeschlossen), and expresses the hope that adjoining, in the occupation of Mr. Ftrench, coffeehouse the ratification will shortly follow." proprietor, Mr. Mallett, printer, fortunately received not General A letter from Wismar, Aug. 28, says—" „ much damage, except by water. But in the rear, Mr. VON BELOW has just arrived here by steamer trainof injured by fire. About half -past one o'clock, as it was to Berlin. He is the bearer of the conditions e reported th a t t h e a b ove child was missing, a search was armistic e b e t ween Germany and Denmark, to be ra - made for h er , w h en she was found by a fireman, tified a t B er li n . The General stated that the ratifi- smothered by the smoke, being also very much burnt. cation would certainly take place at Berlin, and that, We are sorry to say that the inmates have lost all their in all probability, before the expiration of this week, wearing apparel, and are left completely destitute, their a Danish steamer would arrive at Travemunde, to an. wrkingimpliments being also completely destroyed._ t A e nounce the cessation of the blockade of the German .hb subscription is about to be entered into tor them by the harbours." ours. harbours." On Thursday last, the Count and Countess de Another letter from Wismar, of the 28th, adds, that Neuill , the ex-Kin andthe g plenipotentiaries are to meet at Lubeck on Thursday, Princ Y d J • • and Duchess d'Au e e oinville. and the Duke when the ratification, without doubt, would be finally i male, visited . of friends, 1 accompan i ed by a lar g e party concluded. The Germa n h ar b ours, in that case , wou ld b e d e - I the Chi nese Junk, " Keying." were received by dared fr ee f rom all molestations of war; an d our I Mr. Lane, one of the proprietors, who conducted them round the vessel. They appeared much delighted with vessels would b e a b le to p roce ed without any further i th e novelty, which continues, when the weather is fa obstruction, whil e the vessels and cargoes under de- vourable, to attract crowds of visitors. of tention at Copenhagen would be delivered up on ; Rumour in Lincoln places the opening _ period h o Lincoln at the Great Northern line from Peterborough Saturday, this week. t Letters from Lubeck of the 28th state that a noti. 1 ab o utthree weeks from the present time.—. Stanford fication had been received there that mcruing, from 1 Mercury. Ditto, ditto - Ditto Shdiciold and Line. 12 1 , ...... -- •••••• • Ditto. Grinish2,- Dock --- s , Ditto, Man. & Li n . Lnion 41. 25.... Midland . lOO Ditto, Consol. P re f erence ...100 .. ..... to 2 ' I' D Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 20 - ...... to -- Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per c en t.... 100 - - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ..... - - Ditto ditto 14/. 18s. .. - ...... to -- Midland, Leices. and Swan- to -- nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... Slidld. Great Western(lrish) 42 - ...... to •-• Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. - ...... to -- Newcastle and Carlisle . 100 - Ditto Quarter Shares - •••••• W '.. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. - Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 - ••• •••. tO - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ...„. to -- Newry, Warrenpoint, and Itostrevor .. ~.... 20 - "" ..to ---• Norfolk lOO Ditto New 20/. lO - Ditto Extension 5 pe r c t... 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 per ct. 5 - .............. to 7--- --7 Do. do. Waveney V a ll ey ... 2 Northern Counti es U n i on .... 4 --- to -- North British - to "'- Ditto Half Shares. ..... - ••• •• to -- Do. Quarters 6 IA - 5 43 .... Ditto. Extension - Ditto Thirds .... -.... 4 ...... - North and South-Western... 2 .. .. - -- ••• to -- North Staffordshire..... l2 4 . 8 % 1454 W -- North Wales ..... - , ..,. to --- North Western 834 -.—. to -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 74..., 8501.-4. to -- Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% - ...... t ° - Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New... Sheffield, Rotherham, a n d 17% 1 :::::: tWtoo --: G001e714 - -.... to Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 - Ditto. ditto, Class B. 5 - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - Ditto Halves. Ditto... 8 ... .. - . - Ditto, Uswestry l6 .... - ...... to -- Ditto ,New) 1 - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 - Shropshire Union... 4 ... .. 1.4 - South Devon ...... - Ditto, Preference ...... - ... 25 - South Staffordshire.... 51,4. .. - South Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 - - Ditto, New, No. 2........ ..... 22 - Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 25 _... it4 ........... tt t oo o _____-- Ditto New, No. 4. Third s 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 4 - Swans. and Loughor and Ca- ..gth. meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1,4 — ...... to -- 'saw Vale Extension ... ..... 6 - •....• to _ -- Vale of Neath .. ... to -- Waterford and Kilkenny lll ...... Waterford and Limerick... - Waterford, Wexford,Wiekl w , and Dublin . _ .... . to -.*- Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed — 4 2 3,4 ...... Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. ...... .. 9 ... ~ _ - West Cornwall 6 ...... te --- vVhitehaven and Furness l3 ..... ...- to ..." Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 35 ...... - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... to --• Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ...., 28 x.d... to --- Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. k N.) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 15 - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 3 York and North Midland .. 50 - , Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens tO •"'''' Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ... l6 - Ceylon .... 1,4 — - Demerara. Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . Datch Rhenish 7% East Indian Great Indian Peninsular - -ii -- W --' Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ••• •• to -- Louvain it la Sambre ......... 71A, — to _... Luxembourg - Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) - Madrid P - . V Aadrid and Valentin ...... .- 2 - to --' Namur and Liege........ Northern of France - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 1?,,i X. i. to -- Paris and Lyons Do. no iv ...... 4 ... .. to Paris and Orleans 2O - Paris and Rouen .. ... 20 Paris & Strasbourg ..... 8 ...... - Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - Tours & Nantes ... .- ..... .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, to -- and Hasselt . ........ ..... .. 20 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 60 - Colonial .... ........... ........ 26 ..... -to "- Commercial of L on d on ..... 20 ...... London Joint Stock ..... lO ..... London and Westminster.., 20 ..... - National Provincial of E ng ld. 85 ...... .... to -- Ditto, New .... 10 .. .. . ~. to National of Ireland 224_7._ ..... to -- Provincial of Ireland ...... Ditto, New lO ..... •••••• t° Union of Australia - Ditto, New 104,. .. - Union of London • •.... • --, Union of Madrid-- ............... 40 - AurrEs. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... _ Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... Australian ..... ....... . 2%. ..... —. ..... to -- Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 60 ...... ,to --. Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. .. .... 241,4...... "-._.• to -- Ditto St. John D e l Rey ... 15 ..... General Mining ... ......... ... 28 ...... _.•-- ..... to --- to --- Real del Mont e , Unregistered -- . .. _ -' Do. Black Debentures — '—.... to --- United Mexican ....... ........ 284 - COURSE OF Amsterdam .. . ... •• 12 1% Ditl,c), at sight .• 11 19 Rotterdam .... • 12 1 1 ,4 25 20 Liamburgh .. •. • • 31.13. 13 9S Altona•••• •• •• •••• Parts, 3 days'sight • • 25 40 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70 Marseilles •• - • 25 80 Bourdeaux • • • 25 80 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 4 Petereburgh, Sil. Rble.. 364 Berlin.. • „ Vienna, effec. 11 10 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 20 Madrid „„ „ „ 45% Barcelona • . • - EXCIIANGE. Gibraltar.. •""„, Leghorn • • 31 50 Naples • • • 3 0 0 Palermo, pe505.... .... 117 1 0p0rt0.... •. • • 51% Rio Janeiro • • 20 Messina • 117 Buenos Ayres .• • • —" New York. 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... moss OP ant.z.zorr, rat OL Foreign Gold it bars.. XS 17 Now Dollars t 4 11/ Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 00 0 Sliver la bars ........ 0 4 117 r Saville— .........::::: LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SErr...2.—Vind at noon W., light breeze, and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. I.—Wind Marie. Ynacia, Havannah; Adams, Gay, New Orleans; Bel mont, Grant, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Stephen Baldwin, Philadelphia ; Adelaide, Halifax ; Jumaa, Cal cutta; Bee, Valparaiso; Santos, Havannah ; Carmencite. ditto; William and Elizabeth, New Orleans; Goliath ditto ; Oceanus, ditto ; Josh. Porter, Philadelphia; Arlington, New York; Italy, ditto; Messenger, Quebec. Off port, Governor, Cuba; Persean, Portland. The Margiana, for Shields, ran on Burbo Bank yesterday afternoon, and while on shore was seen pumping ; ebe is supposed to have got off on the fl oo d and proceeded. PORT ASYAIG, SOUND OF 'SLAT, Atra. 29.—The Bridget, M'Cormick, of Waterford, from Liverpool to Restigouche, sprung a leak on the 27th instant, and foundered the following day off this coast; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. N. W , —Sid. Prins Fre derick der Nederladen, Batavia. COWES, SEPT. I.—Wind N.W.--Arrd. Horatio, Boa telle, Havannah; Gleaner, S m i t h SOUTHAMPTON W ATER ditto. West Indies. 'SEPT . , 2.—Ar r d. T ay steamer, TOFF PORT EIGNMOUTH LAND.— SEPT. I Tetis, M a d ras; R ajastian,Bombay. Dewdrop, Q ue b ec. . -- Wind N.W. to N.N.E.—Sid. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I . —Wind N.N.W.—Sid. Delhi, Quebec. FALMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind N.—Arrd. Petrel packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed 7th July,' Bahia 24th, and Pernam buco 31st; Carl Therese, Beck, Cape Haytien. Off port, Don, Stevenson, Quebec. JERSEY, AUG. 29 .—Arrd. Johnny, Labrador. BRISTOL, SEPT. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Emerald, Dugdale, Demerara; Eliza, St. Stephen's, New Bruns wick. Sld. Susan, Demerara. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. I.—Wind W.—Arrd. Abbots ford, Pearce, Quebec. SWANSEA, SEPT. I.—Wind N.—Sid. Anna Mary, Singapore. MILFORD.—Arr d. Maria, Rees. Quebec. Sld. Dis patch, Miramichi. Off port, a barque, from Moulmein. 1. NOTICE TO MARINERS. (From the Hong Kong Register.) On the 10th ult., a shoal was discovered from the Red Rover, in let. 19.8 North, long. 113.53 East. Four cuts of the lead gave 7 fathoms, 9, and 16, then no bottom, the vessel making about 4 knots at the time. The bot tom, consisting of white coral, was distinctly visible. Captain Ager having pointed out that out of his offi• eery had mad e a m i s t a k e i n transcribing the notice of the reef he discovered in his last voyage, by making the longitude 124 40 East, instead of 128.40, we again insert the notice with this correction.—Ed. bj , It The ship Earl of Clare, from Bombay towards Chins, on the 31st of March last, at noon, being in let. 17.50 North, and long. 128,40 East, .discovered sh oa l water alongside, an d saw t h e bottom d istinctly about 20 yards from the ship; large white shells and dark coloured rock. Immediately under the ship apparently no bot tom, and the water not discoloured, as it was over the shoal. From the nature of the bottom having been seen so very distinctly, A cannot but pronounce it nice; du- It, 0 1 'tl et off er Iu her, El ' , Mu, vari, lirl ie Jkl4l