The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-26 00:00:00

nOYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM, COPENHAGEN FIELDS. The QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION will be held on THURSDAY, the sth of September, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street. JOHN MACKENZIE, Deputy-Chairman of the Committee. August 26, MS. NEWMARKET RAILWAY• ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors or this Company, advertised to take Owe on the 31st instant, is ADJOURNED to some future day, and of which due no ice will be given by public advertisement. By order, GEORGE MANNERS, Chairman. JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Deputy-Chairman. GEO. WM. BROWN, Secretary. 5, Church-passage, Guildhall, Aug. 26, 1848. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, :)e performed THE HARVEST HOME. which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Redford ; AIL Mr. Wright ; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vin cent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largarcette, Mr. P. Bedford ; Jullen, Madame Celeste. KoYAE sURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. _ _ Engageanent of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. Reappearance or Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G. Bennett. after which MONSIEUR JACQUES. Monsieur Jacques, M. A. Wigan; Nina, Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by Mr. Wigan's successful comic Drama, entitled NEXT DOOR. Jack Skylark, Mr. A. Wigan; Jemima Evans, Mrs. A Wigan. To conclude with THE WANDERING TRIBE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pinball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, W1:1 be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MIOIT ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications al the Box-office, the gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendour on Monday, August 28. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. • New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNDAYESDAY, THURSDAY. and FRI. View of Rome:—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Fnlo Performers includes Messrs. Ciotti, Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Griesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie--Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most mag nificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. bouthby Gates open at Ten A.m., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. On Wednesday next M. JULLIEN'S Benefit, on which occasion Miss Miran, Mr. Sims Reeves, and other Artists have kindly pro ferred their 811 - vices. Admission. as usual. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest, 64; Noon, 62. BAnomETER, 29.93. WIND E.S.E.. ; morning, slight showers ; afternoon, cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 min. after 0 I Eveming .. 14 min. after 0 .I'iii ,1 ,.., .' ~-.•:. 4, , ,4 - .. :4 t . ~ , - -v "t *::1 0 :.. ii*,!.' -r. 'll . ,„,..F.'&61,4‘ ff;.•;v-, ..- -4-. 4. '' .. ~ .. ~,„ ,f' 0 , , ' ~... • IN A 0 ( .; ..- ""qt..:„•,......, .., ....,,,,,...• et . A 0 ~„, ~,, ~ 3, -v" ''~ thi fr •1, `..,,V,P1.,..•.• 4r ~ . t `,..... 4 ~ ,1,.. .... . . , , ......, ... A, . . . , • -- o ~ ~#r- LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1848. Some idea may be formed of the weariness and las situde of the popular representatives at this protracted period of the session, from the fact that when the House went into Committee last night to hear the concluding financial statement for the Parlia mentary year, there were but thirty-eight Members present, so that it might have been in the power of a single individual to have insisted upon a " count out" on one of the most important, and, generally speaking, most inte resting events of the session, the actual condition of the national Exchequer, and the manner in which the deficiency of the public income, to meet the public expenditure, would have to be provided for. The present statement is of a mixed character, and if we cannot offer any very cordial congratulations to the community in general OH the state of affairs, there is, at least, a negative consolation that may be admi nistered ; it is quite as well as could have been ex pected, considering the fearful ordeal through which the country has passed, the general depression under which every branch of trade, manufacture, and com- merce has laboured, the great dearth of employment, and 'the intense political excitement which, in this country, greatly endangered the public tranquillity at one period, and in Ireland burst forth into open and undisguised rebellion—a rebellion which, thanks to the wisdom and firmness of the distinguished noble man who now so ably ills the viceroyalty of Ireland, was so speedily, so completely, and so easily sup pressed, without any extraordinary shedding of blood in the field or on the scaffold. The first great feature of the present statement is, that there has been a reduction in the amount of the estimates originally submitted to Parliament of no less than 828,0001. sterling. This is a direct and po sitive saving, and it is still more satisfactory to announce that it has been effected without any diminution in the efficiency of any of the branches of the public service. Strict economy was neces sarily required, but there was no decrease in the force available for the protection of the country from foreign attack or internal commotion. This is as it should be. It proves that Ministers have entered upon the path which we trust they will follow to the end, the path of economy and retrenchment. The particular items in which the reductions have been made are as follows, viz., on the navy estimates, 208,0001.; on the army,150,2001. ; ordnance, 123,0001.. miscellaneous, 235,000/. ; and militia, 150,0001. These amounted in the whole to 866,2001., but on the other side of the account there were 38,2001. to be added ; that is to say, 25,0001. for pensioners, and 13,200/. for miscellaneous, leaving altogether a saving of 828,000/. available for the service of the country. The next subject of congratulation to the public is on the excess of the actual over the estimated reve nue of no less than 920,0001. Of this, 340,000/, affords real cause for rejoicing, being occasioned by the large crop of barley last year, which exceeded our utmost hopes, and led to the making of an: increased quantity of malt, and thus im proved the Excise revenue. The next item is one purely accidental, which figures for the last time in the national balance•sheet, viz., 80,0001., the last remnant of the China money; this is a useful windfal in its way, but it cannot, as we have said, again be looked for. The other improvement is one of a dif ferent description—it is occasioned by an anticipa tion of next. year's resources, and therefore, there is no cause of rejoicing thereat. It is, in fact, merely carrying what are termed " the appropriations in aid " to the credit of the current year in place of permitting them to remain in the Exchequer. A sum of 500,000/. is thus obtained for present emer gencies, but of course our future revenue will be dimininished, pro tanto. By these means the deficiency which had been es timated at 2,040,000/., or thereabouts, will actually be but 292,3351., a very material improvement indeed in the financial position of the country from that which had been anticipated some months since. We now, however, come to the dark part of the picture. There is, unf o rtunately, an extraordinary expendi tureb which must b e prov id e d f or , i n addition to the expenditure e-named deficiency of 292,3351. on the ordinary of the y ea r. Thi s extraordinary expen diture consists of four items, viz., 1 ' 100 . 000/ for the r Kafir war, 24 5,411/, fo na i. val excess, 262,5451. for Irish distre ss , and 130,9651, for providing medical assistance for destitute em 6 igrants to Canada, an omi nous item, but one which weregret to say was but These too urgently dem an d ed. m ounted in the whole to 1,738,9211., whi c h , with the a other deficiency, leaves altogether 2,031,956/, t be provided for. This Sir CHARLES woos proposes eitherpose b atoeffect by borrowing the money in the ma by the issue of Exchequer - bills, the sale of stock, or by mixture of these methods. This is, indeed, the mosta objectionable part of the whole. It is a recurrence to the old system of meeting a temporary difficulty by a permanent increase of the national burdens, by imposing additional charges upon our pos terity. If this should be at all justifi able even during the raging of a sanguinary war, when the preservation of the institutions and the liberties of the nation demand such a sacrifice, the circumstances must indeed be of an extraordinary character to render such a course at all defensible ; and we must say that they have not, in our opinion, as yet arrived at such a point. On Monday we shall return to the consideration of this subject. Perhaps no circumstance could have reminded us more forcibly of the relative position in which the Russian empire stands towards the more civilized kingdoms of Christendom than the monstrous ru mours which have been lately afloat of a revolution breaking out simultaneously at Moscow and St. Pe tersburgh. Such an occurrence would have been nothing less than the consummation of the regenera tive movement on the Continent. It would have illustrated the extraordinary history of 1848 by the final catastrophe of despotism. Nothing, however, it must be acknowledged, as yet justifies the most san guine imagination in the hopo of a convulsion such as would result in the downfal of the Government of NICHOLAS. A very considerable time must elapse before the vassals of the CZAR will be able to compre hend the blessings of freedom, and the miseries of their blind and infatuated obedience. Until the light of this knowledge streams beyond the Dneiper and penetrates even as far as the Volga, Western Europe must await her destinies in patience, uncer tain whether the intellectual force of her influences will prove triumphant over the brute barbarism of the Tahtars, or whether the Voltjaks, and the Cos sacks, and the Kalmuks, are doomed to ravage the fertility and the pomp of Germany, of Italy, and of the Spanish peninsula, as the Ostrogoths desolated the palaces of Rome and the Imperial gardens of the Campania. According to those who view futurity through a more timorous medium than ourselves, the latter result appears to be the most probable—they already recognise in CAVAIGNAC the BELISARIIIS of Western Europe, they behold in THIERs the Ginuom of its overthrow, and the generals of the dynasty of MICHAEL ROMANOFF seem to them only new examples of the savage genius of ALAnic and ODOACER. Con jectures like the foregoing are nevertheless unsuited to a practical age, and we merely allude to them for the purpose of reprobating their frivolity, and of pointing to a more rational channel for the expectations of the Europeans—such a channel as has been already dug out by the laborious researches of the ingenious and erudite scholar, the historian FALLMERAYER. As early as the spring of 1813 the Emperor NA POLEON perceived the accuracy of those ideas which afterwards ripened into one of his most memorable prophecies. He appreciated the vigour of the Russian barbarians, their masculine power as con trasted with the enervation of the more western races, the ambition which was even then breaking in upon their passions, their lust of the riches of Southern Europe, their envy of the luxuries heaped together in the cities of the German principalities, and the sullen wrath with which they would retire again into their wildernesses to brood over the splen dour of which they had obtained a glimpse, over the delicacies which their lips had tasted, over the pomps which they themselves had, during one delicious in - terval, partaken. NAPOLEON appreciated all this in 1813; his views were confirmed by the incursions into France, in 1814 and 1815, of the Russian soldiers under ALEXANDER ; he knew well enough that those soldiers would carry back tales of the wealth of the West enough of themselves to render the most peaceful barbarians pre datory, and he knew, moreover, by the wisdom derived from the records of history, and from his own amazing experience, that those tales would only be increased by tradition. Hence it was that in the course of his profound and prophetic conversa tions at Longwood—those conversations which, more even than the deeds of his heroic life, revealed the vast and noble capacity of his intellect—NAPOLEON predicted that the Russians would ultimately revenge upon the European Sovereigns the insult inflicted by them upon the liberties of the French nation. And this prediction will be inevitably fulfilled, if the kingdoms of Western Europe do not ward off the blow by one of those great and historical acts of justice which shed an imperishable glory on the human race, Europe may confirm the progress already made in the advancement of civilization—she may secure her self from the possibility of a disastrous invasion poured upon her from the steppes of Russia—she may even render the ultimate regeneration and en lightenment of Russia a thing capable of accomplish ment. And how ? By the restoration of the nationality of Poland. Not otherwise ! As things remain at this moment it is impossible that civiliza tion can be safe from the assaults of barbarism. Every month Western Europe is more liable to attack—every month the power of the CZAR be comes more formidable—and latterly there have been a multitude of almost irresistible inducements to invasion on the part of Russia. The distraction of Germany, the agitation in the Italian peninsula, the occupation of the Prussian arms at Schleswig, and of the Austrian arms in Lombardy, the excite ment of the Hungarians, the ardour of the Walla chians, the hesitation of the Bulgarians, have all tempted the Emperor NICHOLAS to precipitate his plans and to march with his colossal forces across the plains of Lithuania. Of the facilities afforded to Russian ambition by the successive partitions of Poland it is scarcely possible to speak in lan guage too ominous. When we say that the last of those diabolical acts of spoliation brought the Russian frontier within sixty German miles from Vienna, and within fifty from Berlin, it is surely unnecessary to pronounce the positions of Prussia and Austria, as compared with the superior dominions of the CZAR, as fearfully perilous. With the assistance of steam, Russia might transport an army of overwhelming power in a very few hours from the remotest corner of Podolia or Volhynia to the very centre of Galicia—it might be at Prague, and even at Vienna, before RADETZKY could cross the Carpa thian mountains. In like manner the Russian forces might be hurried forward to the seizure of Breslau and the occupation of Silesia. A 3 far as the lines of territorial demarcation are at present mapped out upon the eastern hemisphere, there is no safe guard to Europe—none whatever—against any such incursion on the part of the Russian EMPEROR. One only means of security--of security not only to her self but to her awful and holy heritage, the cause of civilization—remains to continental Europe. That means of security is the restoration of the kingdom and the nationality of Poland. According to the Count VALERIAN KRASINSKI, in his late remarkable work on " Panslavism," Europe is laying herself open to a double danger by the delay of this great work of justice—she is repelling the divided powers of Poland from herself into the arms of Russia, for the augmentation of the already monstrous strength of that barbarian empire, and for the consolidation of the various Slavonic races into one concrete and gigantic nation, resistance to the autho rity of which would be madness on the part of the continental Sovereigns. How far these anticipations of the Polish Count are correct we shall explain at an early opportunity, by examining more in detai his dream of a predominant Panslavism. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDB IN A CAB.--This morn ing at an early hour the following extraordinary act of suicide was committed by a gentleman unknown, in the hackney cab, No. 2,397. The driver thereof, Henry Pethers ' was hired near Westminster - bridge by the deceased, who told him to drive to Gower-street, and then pulled up the windows. On reaching Store-street, Pethers heard a sound as of glass breaking, but on glancing round, seeing that his vehicle was not damaged, he proceeded on. On arriving at the end of Gower-street he alighted and opened the door, and found deceased reclining in one corner of the seat, his head, from which blood was flowing, frightfully shattered, and a pistol firmly grasped in his right hand. The cabman imme diately raised an alarm, and deceased was conveyed to the University College Hospital, where, on examination, lite was found to be quite extinct, a bullet having entered the roof of the mouth and lodged in the brain. The deceased ap peared to be between 25 and 30 years of age, of dark com plexion, dark brown hair, and grey eyes, dressed in a brown shooting-jacket, a blue striped shirt marked F. R. S. 1845, low shoes, grey stockings, and black silk hat. No money was ou his person, but in his pockets was a small bag of bullets, a quantity of percussion-caps, a snuff-box, comb, seal, two watch-keys, whistle, box of lucifer-matches, four old copper coins, several latch keys, and a card on which was p "Thomas Debenham,l, Queen's-row, Pimlico." The body lies at the hospital to be owned, and awaits a coroner's inquest. PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTII-DAY.—This being the natal day of her Majesty's Consort, the morning was ushered in by peals from the parish bells of the metropolis, and the royal standard hoisted on the Tower, Somerset House, and other public buildings. In the forenoon the members of the theß l 1. iig Artillery hneos; Company wbheiienhg di n with their band assembled at their ro o o y y aa members ~m , ..e m s s: ln. Thß e u t ru a n d i e l l-row, City-road, in honour of the day, his t h n_ a. honour e of w Colonel of that distinguished corps, stmheenevoefnt.his together this evening at their Royal Highness will sup toge coroinsE,Le._lLee _e o n:, sent off yesterday evening from the the ci t o " y i e u ruors lTthe Governor of Canada, and also for of the other North American provinces. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The National Assembly, in its sitting of Thursday, adopted the measotre of postal reform proposed by M. GOUDCIIAUX. The rate of postage is fixed at 20 cen times (twopence) on all letters not exceeding the weight of 7i grammes ; 40 centimes on all letters ex ceeding 7i, but not exceeding 15 grammes, and If. on all letters and parcels exceeding 15, but not ex ceeding 100 grammes. Beyond the weight of 100 grammes no packet will be carried by the Post-office. Stamps are to be used as in England, and the mea sure is to come in force on the Ist January, 1849. The Moniteur publishes the decree suspending the publication of the Gazette de France. It sets forth that— " Considering that this journal contains incessant attacks against the Republic, and excitations tending to destroy this form of government in order to put in its place the monar chical form ; " Considering that these attacks and these excitations are of a nature, under present circumstances, to turn citizens one against another, and thus to raise civil war in Paris and in the departments— " Decrees—That from this day the Gazette de France is and remains suspended." An attempt was made by the proprietors of the Communist journal, the Lampion, the publication of which was suspended by the decree of Tuesday, to continue it under a new name, the Bouche de Fer. General CAVAIGNAC, however, would not suffer his decrees to be set at nought by such trifling as this, and accordingly the Bouche de Fer was seized imme diately on its publication. The meeting of journalists called by EMILE DE GIRARDIN was held yesterday, at which it was agreed that a protest should be drawn up against the decrees of General CAVAIGNAC, suspending the publication of certain newspapers, and that such protest should be presented to the Assembly. The meeting and the protest, however, were alike failures. Neither the Debats, the Constitutionnel, the National, the Siecle, the Union, nor, in fact, any of the leading journals, were represented at it, and, with the exception of the name of M.'EMILE DE GIRARDIN, there is not at tached to the protest the signature of any individual of note either in the political or in the literary world. The fact is, that all the true friends of order and of the Republic are perfectly aware of the existence of a vast conspiracy for the plunder and murder of the industrious classes, the conspirators being the non productive idlers of every description. Monarchists and Communists who,'however much they may differ on other points, agree in their hatred of those who gain their living by their industry, and in their de sire to rob them of the fruits of their labours. The drones are endeavouring to rob the working bees. It is to be hoped that the bees will succeed in expelling the drones. The National thus alludes to the attempts which are being made by the Legitimatist party to produce con fusion:— " Bad rumours are spread about. It is reported on all sides that the last of the Royalist parties is seeking to take advantage of the misery of the working classes, in order to seduce and pervert them ; that clandestine meetings are held in Paris, and others more numerous in the open country; in fine, that money destined for charitable purposes is used to hire bands of insurgents now organizing. We know not what may be true or false in these manoeuvres of a faction on its last legs; but we do not fear the result. The last sixty years have enlightened the people, who can now judge of the future by the past. They know what were worth the promises of 1815 and the programmes of 1830. They have faith in the Republic they have founded, and the calumnies that are in the dark directed against it, although conjoined with passing sufferings, cannot prevail against its principles. The honest workman will not serve any cause for mere hire. He cherishes his convictions, and does not sell them. Ic would be doing him an injury to doubt his patriotism and disinterestedness. We will not be guilty of such injustice." It is said that the Legitimatists had fixed upon yes terday, the 25th, the fete of St. Lours, fur the outbreak of the united Royalist and Communist insurrection, but General C.avaiasrec is, we believe, amply provided with means to meet the threatened danger. The Opinion Republique says— " A million of cartridges have been distributed to the Na tional Guard. " Yesterday several carriages with shells and howitzers passed along the quay going towards the Ecole Militaire ; eight ammunition waggons heavily laden proceeded from Vincennes to the same destination. " At Vincennes one hundred field pieces are in the court yard ready to be put to. There are four in the Hotel de Ville, forty in the Temple, four in the court of the Tuileries, eight in the Luxembourg, four at the Palais d'Orsay, six teen in the court and garden of the National Assembly, and a whole park in the Ecole Militaire, Champs de Mars. Mount Valerian and several other forts have cannons of siege planted on their ramparts." The following have been stated as candidates for the seats vacant in the representation of Paris in the Na tional Assembly :—Messrs. GOUIN, ACHILLE FOULD, EMILE DE GIRARDIN, EDMOND ADAM, Secretary- General of the Prefecture ; THORE, editor of La Vraie Republique; and RASPAIL, who is now a prisoner at Vincennes. It is said that the speech which M. CAUSSIDIERE is to read in his defence in the debate on the report of the Committee on the insurrection, has been written for him by M. LINCIAT, who was at one time secretary to the late Prince Pomabrac, and who was subsequently employed by Count MOLE and various of the Ministers of Louis PHILIPPE. The important discussion on the report of the Com mittee of Invastigation into the insurrection of June commenced in the Assembly yesterday, at twelve o'clock:; M. ARMAND MARRAST. President of the Na tional Assembly, in the chair. The following is a re port of this important debate, up to'the hour of post:— The order of the day was the discussion on the report of the Committee of Investigation into the insurrection of June. The President, in a discussion of such gravity, thought it unnecessary to appeal to the patriotism and good feeling of the Assembly. He trusted that they would contribute as much as possible to promote union and concord amongst all the chil dren of the Republic. He trusted also that the representa tives would aid him in having the Parliamentary rules strictly observed.— (Approbation.) Colonel Charras would propose that the priority should be given to such representatives as wished to take part in the discussion on a personal matter. The President—This proposition is to give to the persons incriminated, or who have to complain of the evidence given, the right of speaking before all others.—(Murmurs.) The question, being put to the vote, was carried in the affirmative. Admiral easy came forward to complain that M. Lacrosse, in his evidence given on the 11th of June, relative to the invasion of the Assembly, had accused hint of having re mained seated in his place next to M. Charras in tranquillity, when he might have been more usefully employed in freeing the Assembly of its invaders. He had to declare that the memory of M. Lacrosse had proved treacherous. He (the Admiral) was then Minister of Marine, and M. Charras, Minister of War, and did not deserve the imputation thus cast on them. M. Lacrosse had not addressed them, as he stated, on the day in question, and it was no doubt to others that this observation had been mad e . M Lacrosse maintained that he had stated nothing but what had .really occurred. The honourable representative entered into the details of the incident, and concluded by de claring that the truth demanded that he should persist in what he had already af f irmed. Colonel Charras next ascended the tribune, and said that M. Lacrosse had on that day in question only asked him whe ther it would not be better to take measures to free the Assembly. He (M. Charras) had replied that he was not the commander of the force about the Assembly, but General Courtais, and that consequently be could not take upon him to give orders. Beyond that nothing further had passed. M. Ceyras complained that in the report his conduct had been altogether misrepresented. It had been inti mated that on May 15th he had taken part with Barbes, Blanqui, and other invaders of the Chamber; whereas he was altogether opposed to those persons and their views. He was represented as having gone to the Hotel de Ville to take part with the outbreak. He had been twice exa mined before the Committee —once as Government commis sioner, and next as representative; and he thought that the that evidence which he had then given ought to have kept him free from any accusation. In fact, he was represented as He was proceed- Terrorist, a Socialist, or anything that was objectionable,a in place of what he was, a true Republican. T n he no ll t Honour able a i r c able Representative then gave an account of his goinh ou 'n company with M. Falloux and M. de Mornay to the H r ot i el de Ville on the 15th of May, in the epen da st him as straying the invaders of the Assembly, hut to oppose them. He next complained of the manner in which the Government Commissioners had been treated in the report, saying t a n d is b p ee o n in i t oo w lt h e e d n up a o c n ry as ar " o l s i e ct a o g rs a . i ' n ' from the question. He then repeated his former assertions i t n h g ey on h about his conduct on the 15th of May, and descended from the tribune. M. Portalis expressed his regret that he, who had been Procureur of the Republic, should have been obliged to ad dress the Assembly in his own defence, particularly as he felt conscious of having always fully and conscientiously per• formed his duty. In the evidence of N. Arago there was an imputation on him as having, on May 3, been present at a meeting held at AL Ledru Rollin's, the object of that meet ing being to devise measures to act against the Republic. That intelligence bad come from M. M Duclerc, who had it from Louis Blanc. M. Portalis declared solemnly that he had not been present at that meeting, nor did he know anything whatever about it. He had al ways considered himself honoured by the friend ship of M. Ledru Rollin, but he never was acquainted with M. LoTtis Blanc. The Honourable Gentleman then re ferred to the case of Sobrier, whom he wanted to have arrested, but who was allowed to remain at large by the con nivance of the Government. He referred also to the arms given by M. Arago to Sobrier, when that gentleman must have known that Sobrier was not a safe person. He con cluded by repelling, in indignant terms, the imputations cast on him by the evidence of M. Arago. M. Landrin also complained of the language of M. Arago, in comprising hint amongst the persons who had plotted to overthrow the moderate portion of the Government. He spoke in very animated language, and defied any one to sub stantiate such a charge against him. M. Arago entered into explanations of his statements against those-two gentlemen. He declared he had spoken according to what he had heard from M. Ledru•Rollin..„; M. Ledru•Rollin—l claim permission to speak. Arago went on to explain the giving of arms to Sobrier affirming that Colonel Brissol having brought him an order from the Minister of the Interior, he did not think it fit to refuse them. The Hon. Representative repeated the sub stance of his evidence before the Committee, again declaring that what he said was in consequ ence o f what M. Ledru- Rollin had affirmed to him. r e t d i c o u f l a h r d r i e n f g e r i r m e Portalis and M. Ledru-Roilin said that he wa w s w a iat c sh c p u ila s i. t p o r . ope r r ie m h e a e d tin e g er s t , a a i n n c l l y th o a ft t en ot s ' M po a k 3 e - n 3 Land rin on the affairs of the Republic, they being the law offi cers of the Government, and he the Minister of the Interior. But there was , uothing r e pr ehensi b l e in such conversation s , nor in the meetings at which they took place. At that of May 3 he had not been present, and he could not therefore have spoken to M. Arago in the manner which that gentle man had mentioned. Ile had not seen those gentlemen for some days before that spoken of, as he, and indeed almo s t a ll the political men, were busied with the elections. It was true that he had spoken to M. Arago of various political matters, and in a moment of animation he might have gone whatbeyond Portalis andu b! meant w h h e a c t e w rtn aa ly e n r e t v ed e : attributed to M. M. Arago again repeated his assertions, and concluded by declaridg that he must maintain his affirmation, notwith standing M. Ledru-Rollin —(St-nsation.) M. Quinet complained that in the deposition of M. Turck it had been asserted that he (the Colonel of the 11th Legion ) had not come forward on May 15. He had to declare that this assertion was quite unfounded, as then and at ail tunes he had always been ready to perform his duty honourably and loyally to his country. The Hon. Representative con tinued to speak for some time, until at last, the Assembly becoming inattentive, he descended from the tribune. M. Turck replied, that he had given his evidence as he believed it to be true at the time. The returns sent in de clared that the column of the 11th Legion had shown an un willingness to move, and accordingly he had stated it in his evidence. M. Baune also complained of the words attributed to him on June 24, by M. Turck. That gentleman had declared that he (M. Baune) had stated that it was necessary to sweep away, to kill, 400 or 500 representatives, if the Repub lic was to go on successfully ; that Marat, Robespierre. and other Republicans of the olden time were at first mild, but that they were obliged in the end to change their views ; that the present Assembly ought to begin where the others had ceased. The Honourable Deputy then asked permission to give a sketch of his political career to show that lie was quite incapable of such sanguinary language. He concluded by denying in the strongest manner the truth of the asser tion of M. Turck, whom, he observed, he scarce l y k new b y s i g h t . Turck replied that he could not be mistaken in the Person of M. Baune; it was true he was not personally ac quainted with him, but he perfectly well knew his person, and still more, he recognized his voice, which was too re markable to be mistaken for that of another representative. [III. Baune has a peculiarly hoarse voice. ] He could only account for the language of the Hon. Representative by supposing that the excitement under which he laboured had changed his usual way of thinking. He must maintain the perfect veracity of his testimony before the committee of in vestigation. Repellin, who had been a Government commissioner in the South of France, complained of the manner in which his conduct was represented in the documents given in the third volume of the evidence just published. He maintained that his conduct had been unexceptional, and he defied any per eon to bring forward and prove any act that could really re flect on his conduct. M. Larabit explained his motives for giving leave of ab sence to a number of young men, whose office was to go amongst the troops and revive their zeal. He complained that his motives had been misrepresented. He had consulted the Minister of the Interior before acting as he had done. M. Martin ascended the tribune to protest against the evidence of M. Piscatory, which stated that the directors of the Orleans Railway Company had prevented the National Guards from coming to Paris at the time of the insurrection. The Hon. Gentleman went on to show that this charge was unfounded, but at last, the Assembly becoming impatient of his continuance in the tribune, he descended. M. Bac wished to draw the attention of the Assembly to the fact of certain documents being published when they re lated to a club of the representatives of the people. He alluded to the papers belonging to the Societe des Representants Re publicains, which held its sittings in the Rue Castiglione. He declared such publication to be an act against the inviola bility of the representatives, and gave it as his opinion that such publication was intended to give a false impression to the country, that the representatives in question were con nected with the insurrection either remotely or actively. He maintained that the Committee had no right to publish these documents—(Cries of "Yes, yes")—nor had the National Assembly a right to order such publication.—(Renewed exclamations.) M. Bauchart (the reporter of the Committee) replied that it was not the Committee who had decided on publishing the documents in question, but the National Assembly.—(Cries of " No, no" from the Left.) These documents had been seized on the person of an insurgent, had been transmitted to the commander of the National Guard, and by him to the Committee. The Committee had placed the document under seal, and had not intended to publish it, when the order of the Assembly had insisted on the publication. An observation here fell from 111. Lefranc amidst much noise, which called forth the animadverson of the President, who, believing it to be M Devignier, accused him of troubling order. M. Devignier said—lt is a lie ! (c'est un mensonge 1) — (Great uproar; the President's bell ringing, and the Members crying out from their places.) M. Lefrant complained that the document alluded to was published to raise a prejudice against the Republican repre sentatives. He declared that this was ill-advised from those who would one day have to demand grace from the other side.—(Great agitation.) The Hon. Representative went on for some time in violent language, which was greatly ap plauded by the extreme Left. M. Raynal complained that the published document nar rated how his house had been entered by the police, and his place visited, under the pretext that secret meetings were held there. He declared that the whole of the asser tions made by M. Samson, the Commissary of Police, about papers having been found burnt in the grate, were all false. Never had he, he declared, been implicated in private meet ings, or in doing anything that could call for a visit from the police. M. J. Favre wished to make a single denial. M. Arago had coupled his name with that of MM. Portalis and Lan drin as having been accustomed to meet at M. Led ru-Rol lin's. He could declare that nothing of the sort had occur red, and that M. Arago must have been misinformed. The PRESIDENT—The list of persons who conceived that they had a :right to complain of the evidence has now come to a close. The Tribune is to M. Ledru-Rollin.—(blove ment of attention). M. Ledru Rollin observed that in this grave matter, which would leave its trace in history, he wished to speak with the utmost moderatioa ; and if ,on the other occasions on which he had spoken on this subject his words had gone beyond the line of propriety, it was contrary to his wish. The present proceedings were not without precedent. Ia October, 1789, an investigation was also ordered to inquire into the general state of things and the conduct of the men at the head of affairs. The National Assembly had then acted wisely, and passed to the order of the day. The present House could now act in the same way if it pleased, or might enter on another course of a very different nature, which would be disturb ance, trouble, and, perhaps, civil war. Let it be borne in mind that the Provisional Government was without any res triction, was unlimited in its power; yet now the report en deavoured to cause the events of June 23 and May 15 to be connected back with something more remote—ln other words, with the Provisional Government. He did not stand there to defend himself, as he was perfectly protected. On June 23d was he not at his post ? On May 15th had he not done his duty ? And for anything that had occurred before the meeting of the Assembly, was he not safe by the memorable declaration that the Pro visional Government had merited well of their country.-- (Movement.) But he would reply to the ch arges aga i nst him, because he felt the purity of his motives. He was accused of having sent out Commissioners into the provinces of an ultra character; he was charged with sending forth circulars of an extreme tendency. Y es , h e h a d done so, for he wished to bring into the National A ssem bl y R epublicans of the Veille. Yes, he tried to realise the principles which he felt so profoundly—to found the true Republic. But he defied any one to bring forward the case o f one Commis sioner that had acted improperly. (Laughter.) Those who had acted ill were commissioners of the police, and not of the Government.—(oh !oh !) The Honourable Repre sentative then referred to the affair of Belgium, and in sisted that everything had been conducted most fairly and honourably. In the course of thi s part o f h i s speech, the Hon. Representative having declared that the falling Ministers were in Belgium a universal mark of denial arose. Then, turning to the right of the Chamber, he commenced a violent attackon the old Members of the Left, though without naming any one. He accused them of now doing what they had been doing for the last 18 years, na me l y, a i ming at power. They had been, he said, powerless, formerly, in their position, and now they were the same. Wh enever an important occa sion presented itself, they were wanting to their country and to themselves. He inst ance d the banquet in February, as an instance in point. He asked, could anything be worse than the commercial s t ate o f t h e country Now, again, B that course could not u when the revolution took pl ace; everything was even then in the pursued—that greatest of immoveability. p reva il—could not he of beneht to the coun t ry . I t was t h e only way to bringin the R e d R epu b l i c, by not Yielding to what was justly d emanded. But why speak of the Red Republic ? " B e li eve me ," sa id disorder. the Honourable Gentleman, the " Red Republic is a vain word."—(Moyement.) Socialism, however, he did not consider so vain a matter. The Honourable Repre sentative then declared that lie wanted labour for all, family joys for all. domestic comfort f or a ll . H e spoke for some time in favour of giving the working classes a firmer position in the country. He declared that unless the working • classes were provided for more effectively, they would in the end make a position for themselves; property, he declared, was almost an empty name at present in France, as every part of the territory was mortgaged for the full value. He instanced the fact of the Government giving a few days before 75 millions worth of the state forests, to raise money, as a case in point. After supporting Socialism for some time the Hon. Represenstative declared that if the members of the Assembly were really republican they would act so as to carry out the principles of the Republic, he thought the country might be saved, but if not, fresh troubles must in evitably arise. The Hon. Representative spoke with great energy, was occasionally applauded, sometimes laughed at, and at the end allowed to leave the tribune with scarcely a cheer. The President--M. Louis Blanc claims the tribune. Some of the servants brought in the stool formerly the inseparable companion of the Honourable Representative when in the tribune, though of late neglected. However, on this occasion, it was again put in requisition. M. Louts BLANC commenced by passing a high eulogium on the Republic, and the persons who had s u pp or t e d i t under the monarchy. He declared that he believed the late Revolution to he eminently social, the chief point of which being the organization of labour.—(Murmurs.) He had brought forward his views in the Provisional Government, and met with opposition from some of his colleagues, He wanted Ito give in his resignation, but the others refused, fearing some popular movement. (Left sitting.) BOURSE, PARIS, FRIDAY, AUG. 25. THRIEZ O'CLOCK.—There was a slight reaction at the Bourse to-day. The funds rose per cent. ; but the business done was exceedingly limited. The Bank returns being favourable, the shares of that establishment rose con - siderably. The result of the debate in the Assembly was locked tor with great interest, but nothing was known when the House closed. For the Account, the French Three per Cents, have risen 25c. ; Five per Cents. have risen 50c. : Loan has risen 75c. For Money, the Three per Cents. have risen 50c. ; Five per Cents. have risen 75c. ; Loan is the same as yesterday; Bons du Tresor not quoted; Bank of France Shares have risen sf. ; Belgian Bank Shares and Two-and-a -}lalf per Cents. not quoted. Spanish Active, Three per Cents., Passi ve , R oman, an d R o th sc hild' s R ece i pts are with out any change.—Exchange on London (30 days), 25 32i ; ditto (90 days), 25 22k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AuG. 25. Namur and Liege, 4%—Northern of France, 5% — Paris and Lyons, .s —Ditto, 4 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 8. THE REPORTED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. The Hamburgle Borsenhalle, of the 21st, says:— " We learn from a traveller who was at Leibnitz, in Upper Silesia, two leagues only from the Polish frontiers, on the 15th inst., that the report of a revolution in Warsaw had not been confirmed, but was looked upon there as a pure inven tion. The same person states that at Czentochan, the first Polish fr on ti er village, 4,000 Russian infantry were stationed, and smaller bodi es of t roo ps were placed in th e villa g es al ong the frontiers." Private and com merc i a l letters from St. Peters burgh and scow, the former of the 16th instant, which have just been received by steamer (via Lubeck), do not say one syllable of any disturbance having broken out in those cities. • - - The inhabitants of St. Petersburgh are rejoicing in the gradual diminution of the cholera. The diurnal cases now amount to only 14 or 15.—Haniburyli Borsen ,hulle, Aug. 21. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. SERIOUS RIOTS AT BERLIN. On Sunday an alarming riot took place at Berlin. It appears that a democratic club has been formed at Char lottenburg, as a branch of the democratic congress of MARK BRANDENBURG, which sits at Berlin. On Sunday the reactionary party, which muster in great strength at Charlottenburg, very imprudently attacked the house in which the democratic club was holding its delibera tions; and, having made a public entry, dragged the members of the club into the street, beat several of them away, and drove others to their houses. The autho rities, civil and military, of Charlottenburg, witnessed their lawless proceedings, but did not attempt to interfere. Many members of theof the club received severe injuries, and several were stabbed. No sooner had the intelligence of this attack arrived at Berlin than the democrats of that city determined to get up a demonstration against the reactionaries. Ac cordingly, they placarded the city with notices calling on the people to assemble; and in the evening au im mense crowd assembled at the Ossernplatze, and pro ceeded to attack the house of the Minister AUERSWALD, where there was a grand soirée. A body of armed police attempted to disperse the rioters, but were driven back. The Burgher Guard were at length called out, and after great exertions succeded in restoring tranquillity. The following account appears in the Hamburgh I3orsenhalle:— In consequence of the events at Charlottenburg, immense crowds of the people assembled yesterday evening, and throughout the greater part of the night, and committed the most shameful excesses under the Linden, in Wil helms Strasse, and in the vicinity. They broke the windows of the Hotel of President AUERSWALD, de stroyed a great part of the barrier at Linden, tore up the pavements in the Behrenstrasse, and commenced erecting barricades. The constables were driven back, and many wounded, in consequence of which the bur gerwetor was called out, and after great exertions the disturbances were at last put down." On Monday M. KULIOLIETTE, the Minister, informed the Assembly that be had presented to the KING for his sanction a project of law to prevent the recurrence of these disturbances. At nine P.M. of the 22d tranquillity remained undis turbed. ITALY. PIEDMONT. The New Ministry have published their programme, which differs in no essential respect from the protest of the Ministry, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday. The following is the most important portion of this document : " Under the grave circumstances in which the country is now placed, it is not a trifling task to enter on the direc tion of the Government; it is, therefore, not surprising, that the composition of the present Ministry has been attended with some difficulty. It now, however, presents itself with confidence before the country, strong in the proofs it has given of sincere love to the country on the part of its members, and in the convictio n th a t no one can exceed it in devotedness to the Italian cause. " The Ministry which has just retired has seen the accom plishment of our last misfortunes; it has not been discou raged, and it has made an appeal to the energy of the country. The one that succeeds it will imitate its ex ample, and make, if possible, still greater efforts to recom pose the army, and to arm the people. " The armistice which has been concluded must be re respected as a military fact, but it cannot be accepted as a political compromise which deetroys faits accomplis, and serves as the basis of ulterior negotiations. " But two great friendly nations, who proclaim respect for nationalities, and second the development of the liberty of the people, having offered their mediation to put an end to a war whiclnecame a European one, and to secure an honourable peace, the Ministry hails with gratitude the friendly and disinterested co-operation of the two mediating powers. _ _ " It is proved that the two powers, who are aware of the public opinion and the feeling of nations, fully appre ciating the actual situation of Italy and the causes which have led to the war, will know how to arrive at durable and honourable arrangements which may be acceptable, and which will avoid the necessity of a war, which, from the ardour and the generosity of the nation, and the generous support of our powerful neighbours, ,cannot be of doubtful result." The Piedinontes Gazette of the 19th announces, from the Vatellina, that Col. APICE still holds out, and that an Austrian detachment, which had made a recognition as far as the extremity of the Lake of Como, had been repulsed. _ A letter from Turin, dated the 19th, quoted by the National Savoisien, says:—" Yesterday the Political Club, after the close of its evening sitting, went in a body, followed by an immense crowd of people, to carry its congratulations to GIOBERTI, PLEZZA, and COLLEGNO. GIOBERTI appeared on the balcony, and delivered a warm and eloquent speech, which was greeted with loud applause. He recommended the people not to despair of the cause of Italy. The crowd afterwards went to the residence of the French Ambassador, hoping that he was already returned; but he was not arrived. They then dispersed at a late hour. The Ministry is formed, as I have announced to you, but with this difference, that DE FERRARIS and Coll.". have refused to form part of it, and ad interim, their two departments are filled by MM. SOSTEGNO and MERLO. There are daily arriving here men from the reserve, and others who have had furloughs granted them, but are recalled into active service. They were all immediately sent to join their respective corps. The enrolment of the Garde Mobile is finished. Our army, were it only supported by a French army of reserve, would make a supreme effort, and would certainly drive away the Austrians ; but we must have other generals,: and principally a new commander-in chief." The Central Political Club of Turin, having, as already stated, sent a deputation to King CHARLES ALBERT to learn from his own mouth the real causes of the capitu lation of Milan, the Advocate BROFFERIO, one of the deputies, has published a report of this mission, of which very numerous copies have been distributed. It contains the following passage:— " It has pleased you to select me to give an exact ac count of the particular circumstances of our painful situation. I, therefore, proceed to make known all that was said, all that was thought, particularly by the officers, whose opinions may be thus summed up. The arm will not again pass the Tesino. At no price will it re sume the war, because it has no confidence in the in habitants of the other provinces, and is irritated to the highest degreo at having been left alone on the field of battle after so many fine promises. This is what I heard. But it was not all ; for there were many things said which I must pass by in silence, although it costs me much to do so. After what I have seen and heard nothing more remains for the Piedmoutese than to think of their own interests and defend their owe institutions. I conclude with an invocation which was never more fatally appropriate than it is at this moment—God save COURT CIRCULAR. OSfIoRNE, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince, accom panied by the ,Prince llohenlohe and Royal Family, took an early walk this morning, and the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, and younger branches of the Royal Family, and of the Hohenlohe Langenbourg Fa mily, walked and rode in the grounds of Osborne. The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and the Princess Eliza, his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse, the Earl Spencer, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Baroness de Speth. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at Osborne, at one o'clock to-day. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Earl of Minto, Earl Grey, E irl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Lord Morpeth, Earl Fortes cue, and Earl Spencer. Mr. C. Grevillo was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Lo ,rds Grey, Fortescue, Auckland, Morpeth, Camp bell, and Minto, left the Waterloo-bridge terminus of the London a n d S ou th-W es t e rn Railway, yesterday morning, at five minutes before nine o'clock, to attend the Queen's Privy Council at Osborne, Isle of Wight, and proceeded by special train to Gosport, crossed in the Lightning steam-packet, landed at Osborne Pier, and arrived at Osborne at half-past twelve o'clock. The same Ministers and Officers of State partook of a dejeuner after the Privy Council, re-embarked in the Lightning, re-crossed to Gosport, and returned to town by a 'special train shortly before seven o'clock in the evening. Mr. llowden and Mr. M`Claren, f rom Edi n b urgh, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home- office. CENTURY OF CARICATURE.—The power of ridicule no one will deny; the hardiest political candidate for fame and the boldest contemner of the proprieties of society have been known to wince under its withering influence. During th e l as t century, when caricature by the unrivalled gen i us of Gillray attained a height of perfection to which it had no pretension before, the interesting and amusing details of ' con t e mporary history, secret memoirs , po li t i cal anec dote and extraordinary public incidents and character, which do not fall within the province of the his torian or annalist, were reflected and brought before the eye in their laughable and grotesque peculiarities with wonderful facility, and a keen perception of the absurd and ridiculous, by this pencil of the great artist. His produc tions, indeed, become the ablest illustrations of the history of the time when accompanied by the anecdote of the contem porary wits and the political writers. This design has been accomplished by Mr. Wright in his new and most entertain ing work, " England under the House of Hanover." In this amusing book we have a storehouse of anecdote, jeaz d'espr it, political songs and satires, which for variety and extent is extraordinary, and the narrative is illustrated by more than three hundred caricatures by Gillray.—Evening paper. T HE MAILS TO DUBLIN.—A new arrangement for the transmission of the mails from Dublin to London, via Liverpool, will come into operation from and after the 18th of September next. The mail packet from Liverpool will then leave Kingstown pier at 4.30 P.M., instead of 6.30, as at present. The object of that arrangement is to ensure the ar rival of the mail from Dublin at Liverpool at such an hour in the morning as to permit it to be forwarded from the latter town to London by the 6 A.M. train. It is said that with a view to this as well as other changes, more powerful boats will be put on the line to Liverpool. All the correspondence between Ireland and those places to which Liverpool oilers the speediest communication will go this route, all that for London direct and the places on that line will go via Holy head. MUTTON ITAms.—An importation of 92 barrels of mutton hams has taken place by a vessel arrived from New York, in addition to nearly 20,000 bushels of corn, and a large general cargo of provisions, the production of the United States of America. These mutton hams are, as may be gathered from the term, the ham of the sheep, dried and preserved in a mode similar to that adopted with respect to hams of pork, and are a recently introduced article of im portationfrom the United States• MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO 7 lIREE. In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday, the sales were 4,000 to 5,000 bales. Taking the whole week the trade has been quiet, and prices have been rather in fa vour of buyers. The Railway Share Market at Liverpool was better yesterday, more business having been done at fuller rates. The Bank of England weekly return to the 19th inst. is important, and presents greater 'changes than might have been anticipated. The withdrawal of private ba lances was still in progress; and, as before remarked, under this head, probably on account of harvest pay ments, as well as to providt for purchases of foreign corn. The amount of the precious metals was diminished to a greater extent than was expected, and so far confirms our view, that there has been more disposition of late to specu late in foreign grain. The Government deposits are rising to an amount which looks more " respect able." The general business of the Bank has been slightly increased:— Notes issued 26,763,645 Increase 69,720 Rest . ... 3,608,790 Increase •••• 3,348 Public Deposits 4,545,098 Increase Other Deposits 8,575,809 Decrease Seven Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Other Securities Increase 5,840 Notes Decrease Bullion Increase Active circulation Increase The Chancellor's budget has to-day been the founda tion of all the " talk" among city politicians. Opinions vary, but it may be affirmed probably without the least fear of contradiction that no one expected anything very good. To get off with a deficiency even of two millions sterling, after alterations in our tariff, of which it was predicted by monopolists that the result would be the undoubted loss of five or six millions to the revenue, and the ruin of our mercantile and agricultural interest into the bargain, is not so bad after all, especially if it be borne in mind that reduction of expenditure has not been carried to anything like the extent it may and aught to be carried, and that the political convulsions abroad have not afforded a chance of testing fairly the principles of free trade. An issue of Exchequer-bills or a creation of stock in the present easy condition of the money market, may be effected without occasioning the slightest pres sure, and all are pleased that the actual present position of the Government is made known. What Ireland may yet require depends upon the •• clouds." The Stock Market has been flatter to-day on account of the new loan, some parties conceiving that there would be none required. The exports of gold coin, &c., from London direct this week exceed 1,000 ounces, and those of silver have been nearly 400,000 ounces. Con sols have been 858 to 868 for present transfer, and 858 to 861 for account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 86f to i. Exchequer-bills of March are 335. premium. The continental news this morning does not read very well. The Foreign Securities are quieter. Spanish Three per Cents. are 22.1, Portuguese Four per Cents. 20, and Mexican 16,1. Railway Shares have been very quiet, and generally atabout the previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5........... 86 4 4 I, t A;% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 8 6 1,i 85% 86% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anas. 86%% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. Small 33 p _ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. — Ditto for the Account 1 6 34 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto, 3 per Cents — Ditto for the Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 22% Dividends on the above payable in London. 311SINEsS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PIA &laza. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 3 34 — to Ayrshire and Galloway 2% to Belfast and County Down .. 16 „„ .. isinningham & Oxford Junc... 20 • — ..... to Birmingham, iA r ol.,& Dudley 10 ... Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 134145.... -- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds 25 — to Buckinghamshire... l4l. 4s. — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 2% 2% to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and H01yhead..„..... 47%..... 22% Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 ...... to Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. & H Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties Do. New Gua rant. 6 per Ct. 5 Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 138.4 d — Do., do N 0.2,64 138. 4d... t o Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... % — Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 , --- Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 — to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 17% — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto ...... ............ 20 ..... Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New .. ........... ...• • 19 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Share.* 2% ...... t o East Lincolnshire 23 ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% to Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New....... . ...... 6 1 4 — ...... to Ditto, New port l3 Ditto, ditto, New 3 34 — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 % — ...... t o Ditto, New ......... .. ... ... 2 Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6i. A 8d... to ' Glasgow Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... - Ditto, New Do.Preterence Consolidated 15 .—. Great Northern Do. London & York Eaten. 24 % — ...... to ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% .. . . to _ Great North of England 100 .231% ...... to _ Ditto, New 404 ....... -- to t -- 15 ....... .. .... to o 7 ... Ditto, New 304 Ditto, New 154-- .... to Great Western 9O Ditto, Half Shares 5O . ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 2l ...... ._. •... to Ditto, Fi ft hs 2O ...... ..... ...... to ........................ ttoto t o o _...; Do. New 17/ •• ••• —• Huddersfield and Manchester 5 1 2:8 ...... ..... Ditto, Thirds 9 ...... .... ...... to Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... - 5 1 0 2% .... .. ... .. ▪ to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... Do. Thirds, ............ 10 ...... • to ...... —. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .. Ditto, ditto ................ 86 Ditto Half Shares ..... .... 43 to to Ditto Quarters ..... - ........ 17% - t° to Ditto Fifths ........... .. ..... 9 - - Ditto Sixteenths ..........„ 61 , •••'•' to toto to i Ditto Thirds (Reg.) DDDDDD D iOO O a n...... . ::, (Ld"dNiiwio, Preston v e Go. oe w kdsori i otopd G fil ta lloeee u roil.fsa nd a l ; :saeno . pda.hgo 6 .oda r.wdun p . eSt e .ynsse f r ro:or. c r(e. l r .Ac n .... ..t.. : )..... 5324 1 96085 2 3 3 : . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . I ; to to —. to —. Leeds and Bradford 6O Leeds,llewsbury,& Blanches. 50 Do., Half Sh ares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% Leeds and Thirek .......... ..... 50 Ditto, New ..... ..... ..... .30 . Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3% — ...... to Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. 3% to •-• Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ..... .... 2% - _to London Br Blackwell ......184 6s. 8d — Do. Extension ........ ....... 22%. — Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteedsper Cent. 9 . — ...„. to De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 3 London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d 8 Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo 1164 x.d. to —. Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 DI. New 7 Do. Fifths Do. 40/. Shares...,..L. &51 20 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 •••• • .....• to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. ( B.) 9 - Do. 101. M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 504....... .. ..... 42% — "•'•• to Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 .. ...... to -- Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds 114 13s. 4d ... —. •• ••• to _ Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls ......14 13s. 4d.... . ..... to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ' i ..... ...... to _ Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% ...... -- ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 ...... • --.. to Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 ...... ..... to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... ...... -- ......... to Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 ... to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) •......... 25 ...... -- to Ditto, 4i i Shares (No. 3)... 71,4 — ...... to Do., New 106 Preference. 10 . ••• to Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. D; Jitto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 12 j 2...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2e.... Midland Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. - Ditto ditto 141. 18s. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 426 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and C ar li s l e lOO ...~ Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket Ditto Extension Sc r ip... 2/. 128. — Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 „..... Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ? ewry, Warrenpoint, an d Rostrevor Norfolk Ditto New 204 lO ...... Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 Do. do. Waveney Vall e y... 2 Northern Counties Unien .... 4 - North British - Ditto Half Shares. ..... Do. Quarters . 64 4 i, .. .. to -- Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds ... ......... ...... 4%...... - North and South-Western... 2 .. .. .. - North Staffordshire... .. ...... 12E4._ B,i to -- North Wales 3% ..... , .... to North Western B% — .... to -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... .. ....... ... .. 45 Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% 6% to Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1%...... Scottish Central Scott Ditto, New... - ish Midland .... ....... .... 25 .. s .... '—•••«• to -- Sheffield, Rotherh a m, and 17% ...... to Goole 7% — ...... to • - •Do. Do. do. (S ou th Di v. ) 4 ...... to -... Shrewsbury and Birmingh am 9 - Ditto, ditto, Cl ass B. 5 to Shrewsbury and Che s t er (Nor. W. Min.) - ...... to -- Ditto Halves. Ditto 8 .... .. ."•to —. Ditto, Uswestry l6 ..... —' - Ditto .New) 1 ...... -- -. Ditto 8 per Cent. Pr e f....... 10 • to Shropshire:Union... to South Devon ...... Ditto, Preference.... ... South Staffordshire 5% —••.. to -.. South Eastern' 33% 2 5 34 ...... to • 86% Ditto, New, No. .1 Ditto, New, No. 2 22 Ditto, New, No. 3 25 — to Ditto New, No. 4. Thi r d s 1 0 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 4 - ...... to Swans. and Loughor an d Ca meron's Sun. Coal ..... .... • $ Thames Haven Dock an d Railway 17% to Taw Vale Extension ..... ... 6 ...... ...... -- ..••»•• to -- Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny lit ..... -- Waterford and Limerick... .. 45 to Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, ... .. and Dublin Wear Valley 6 p er C ent. Guaranteed ... 4 2 34 ...... Do. do. d 0.......... 25 Do. do. do. West Cornwall • 6 ...... .• to ".." .Vhitehaven and Furness l3 .... •••» to -... Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ...... ... ......... - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original N ew & Ber'ck tO 25 % to -- Do. do. No. 2, N ew & B. 15 ... •.. Do. G. N. E. P ur . or P ref. 8 to York and North:Midland...s4o ...... Ditto, Preference ........ .. . . 10 ...... Ditto East and W es t Ridi ng Extension ... ...... ... ..... 25 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian ' (late Italian and Austrian ......... ...... 4 1 4 Boulogne and Amien s 2O ...... - Central of France ( Orleanp AO and Vierzon) l6 Ceylon to .... ...... '— to _ Demerara. ............ ........... 1 N..... Dendre Valley U Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . - Dutch Rhenish 8 East Indian - U ...... Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ••• .. to --.— Louvain Ila Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to "" Luxembourg 7 .•.... —. Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) - ...• tO .".• •• Madrid and Valenti a . to Namur and Liege......... ..... 20 Northern of France. l6 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Paris and Lyons Do. Do. ,., 10 ...... 4j..... to Paris and Orleans Paris and Roue n ........ ..... 20 ..... Paris & Strasbour g. .. .... 8 . to --- Reuen and Havre 20 Sambre and:Meuse 2O - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... ... - ...... to .., Toumay, Jurbise, Landon, and idasselt •••••• .. 20 .'•~•• to •••• West Flanders B' , _... - ...... .-- JOINT STOCK iSANI(. Australasia 40 • .... • -..- British North American. .... 60 - Colonial ..... .... - .... ........... 26 ..... - . Commercial of London ....... 20 ...... .- London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 - to - National Provincial of Engld. 35 - - Ditto, New ...... ..... .... 10 ...... - - National of Ireland ...... ..... 22% - ... .. to - Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New lO .... - ..... to - Union of Australia ...... - Ditto, New 2%...... - - Union of London ........ ...... 10 - Union of Madrid ......... ..-.. 40 - ...... to -- MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... - ...... to - AAsturian Mng Company is ...... - ..... to -.- ustralian ....... .............. . 2% ...... -• ..... t o - Bolailos Sc r ip ............... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal SO ...... - ...... to - ~'.- ...... - - British Iron • ................... 12 ...... - - Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 2 4%...... -• - GDitto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ... - alvanized Iron ..- ........... 10 ...... ..- Ditto, New ........ . ......... 4 ...... - - Real del Monte, Unregistered - .- .. - .. - UDo. Black Debentures...-. - ...... - nited Mexican ..... .. ........ 28% .... - - ----- COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 1 Ditto, at sight -- Rotterdam ••.... 12 2 Antw erp.............. 25 80 Raraburgh •. • • M. B . 13 9N Altona. ........ ....... Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 35 40 Ditto, 3 months Ztarseilles . ... • • • • . • Bourdeaux —. • Frankfort on Mains.... P etersburgh, Sil. Itble.. Berlin..., .• ••••. • • • • Vienna, effec. f 10... ••• •• ?Neste, ditto.... • • .... Madrid ........ ••• • .. 45% Cadiz .. • • ............ 48% Barcelona ...... Bavillo.• •• • .•• •• •.. EXCIIANGB. Gibraltar.. • • • • • • • ••• •• Leghorn ....... .••. • .• 31 IS Milan Venice.... . • • • • • • • Naples •• • • , .. ..... • • • • ••7 , Palermo. Lisboa.. .. .... • . 612 Oporto ..... .••• • • • 62 Rio Janeiro ......... — Buenos Ayres • • •• New York, 21 days'alght Philadelphia ...• • • .... Paton or BULLION, PA la Foreign Gold 10 bars.. f 3 17 New Dollars 0 4 10 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 o _, Silver is bars ........ 0 4 11 % LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 26 .—Wind, E.S.E., moderate breeze and dull cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 25.--Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Resist ance, Quebec for Leith. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Kent, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Clara Synaes, Quebec; Kate, Marshall, ditto. Sld. Wellerrendon. Batavia; Helen Wal lace, Calcutta; Token, Mauritius; Jessie Mitchell, Buena Ayres; Tomlinson, Tampico; Hero, Rio Janeiro; Swallow, St. Thomas's; Alexander Grant, New Orleans; Savannah; Charlemagne, Portland, U. S.; Bridget, Resti• gouche ' • Sir Richard J ac k son, M ontreal. Off port, Cblans and M. A. Folliot. The Ocean Monarch, hence to New York, which was burnt down to the water's edge yesterday, sank at her anchors early this morning, in 13 fathoms water; 169 lives lost. DEAL, AUG. 24.—Wind N.W. to W.; P. variable.-25. Arrd. Lord Hungerford, Norman, Trinidad; A. G. Gill, Csir tis, New Orleans for Bremen ; Dorothy, Stephen, Quebec, and sailed for Grimsby. Arrd. from the River, Boyne, Vin" cent, Ceylon. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Malcolm , Sins, Rio Janeiro ; Victory, Watson, Quebec. Sld. Britannia , Moodie, St. Lawrence, and has since put back. The Warrior , Taylor, for Jamaica, which put back to-day with loss of bowsprit, had been in contact with the Royal Adelaide for Quebec; the former vessel also lost her cat head, and had rut' water damaged. The Orienten, Landfora, from Cadis to Helsingfors, which got on the Goodwill Sands this atorulog' was assisted off this evening's tide. PWLLTIELI, AUG. 24.—And. Ocean Queen, Morrie , ' Quebec, for Barmouth, with cargo shifted, and part of do ck CORK, Aug. 23.—The Loodianne, Delamore, load washed off, having been struck by a sea off Cape Our' Liver pool to New York, has put in here from lon. 11 W. ; w ith cargo shifted, and water casks stove, &c. Aim, of Sr. MARGARET'S lIOPE, AUG. 19.—The schooner Rothsay, while coming by the HolmSound,from the eastwg. r : h went ou shore, and was so much damaged that she filled the tide, and has discharged, but it is hoped that she BOY be from Liver got off. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY- 1 Fruit —Pine / 4 47 prs r,I rZli1 11 , 1 rs 1-' 6 1 d 3 7. 1. 55 per lb; W e C ,, f t India ditt o, i s to 3s Gd each; Apples, is 9d to 3§ --41 Pears, 2 s t o 3 s 3 d ; Plums, 4s to Gs 6d ; and Currants, 2s to Gs per half sieve • Black Hamburgh Grapes, is 6d to 3 0 ) Muscat of Alexandria, 4s to 6s; aad Cherries, 10d to 1 5 6 " gd to par lb; Peaches and Nectarines, 6s to 12s, and: pricots, 2s per dozen ; Melons, English, Is 6d to 23 6d; Dutch Filberts , Is to 2s 3d each ; Walnuts, 2s 6d to 4d per bushel ; 70s per 1001138; Mulberries, 4d to 8d per pottle. Vegetables — Cucumbers, 2d to 10d per brace; ditto for pickling. " 5s per 100 ; Artichokes, 2s to 2s Gd per dozen ; Broad Beatib§: 4d to is per half sieve ; Peas, 2s to 3s 6d per bushel ;Spi" c ,_. Gd to is per junk; Radishes, 8d to Is per dozen lianas! Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Small Salads, 2s per dozen punnets; Mushrooms, is to is Gd per pottle; Cabbages , ato 6 ,ind Is per dozen ; i'urnips, 2s to 3s ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; 33 per Onions, 3s to 4s per dozen bunches; Potatoes, Is to bushel. ditto, ZgZIWCSATE AND MELADZI DMAilk• We had a steady sale for each kind of meat, at full ra tes of currency. Beet from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3 5 8d to 0 8d; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 6d; and p ork, 3s 8d to 4a 8d per 81135., by the carcase. Poultry- --0.131 ' 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Fowls, 23 to 3s 6d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 0 6d; Chickens, la 6d to 28 64; Ducks, la 6d to 2a 8d; Rabbit. T. A& Th Tb time e4ll Scot! raise pgrsc b /ern: ' 1:111ki AM 10d Butt doze 5s 6 1 6s 9, 4s t( per 1 4a tc per 1 to 3: 6d t Per 4d t, 'and Fl ot , And: 01 'hic Tt 8(1 tc DL 2d tc ad; La i m Hide s ditto lOs i deral II Igre T 1 o ti I Dip o~ T; i l latl 411 4 POSE T colt TA .