The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-12 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TWO FARWELL NIGHTS of PLAYHOUSE PRICES Season. It is respectfullY announced that Two Farewell Nights will be given, viz., THIS EVENING, (By Desire) Will be repeated a grand romantic Opera, composed by H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, entitled CASILDA. Casilda, Madame Charton ; Donna Anna, Madame De la Grange ; Alfonso, Signor Calzolari ; Gomez, Signor Susini ; Don Luigi, Signor De Bassist. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, Ournposed by M. Gosselin, the Poem by M. St. Georges, the Music by M. Nadaud, entitled ULM on, l'Amour et la Magic. Madile. Caroline Rosati, Mdlles. Rosa, Espar, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Louise Fleury ; MM. Di Mattia and Durand. _ On SATURDAY next, Will be presented Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Kane De la Grange ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Gar dont ; Figaro, Signor De Bassini ; Basillo, Signor Susini ; Bartolo, filgnor Lablache. le the Lesson Scene Madlle. De la Grange will introduce Bodes celebraied variations. After which the last act of LA SONNAMBITLA. mina, Madame Charton ; Lisa, Madlle. Feller ; Count Rodolpho, Signor De Bassin; Elvina, Signor Gardoni. Prices : Pit, 55.; Gallery, 23. 6d. ; Pit Stalls, 103. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, 7s. • Boxes, Two Pair, 21s. ; O ne P a i r an d P i t Tier, One Guinea an:l a Half; Grand Tier, T wo G u i neas ; B ox Seats, 55., 65., and Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Boa. office, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. BATTY'S GRAND NATIO N AL RIPPO DROME, Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensingtan-gardens , Is now OPEN for the Season The most popular place of amusement in London. On account of the great popularity which has attended Mr. Barr, the celebrated Falconer, in the introduction of h s highly-trained Hawks and Peregrine Falcons, and from the numerous applications made to Mr. Batty for a continuance of the same, he begs to an nounce that the Royal sport will be repeated every evening daring the present week, with an important change in the various enter tainments of the Hippodrome. THIS DAY, a Grand Balloon Ascent in the Royal Hippodrome Balloon, at Six o'clock precisely. Doors open at Halt-pas* Five, the Entertainments commencing at Six o'clock precisely. A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance. Admission—Reserved Seats, Ss.; First Class, 25.; Second ditto, Is. ; Third ditto, 6d. ROYAL ITALIAN TH IS OPER EVENINA, COVENT-GARDEN. G, GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Win be performed MeyerPHETEbeer's . Grand Opera, LE PRO Fides, Madame Grist ; Bertha, Madame Castellan ; Jean of Leyden , Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliallco ; Serjeant, Signor Soldi ; Peasants, Signori Rommi and Bache ; Gioni, Signor Stigelli ; M athiesen, Signor Polonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The incidental Ballet and Skating Scene will be dandce .by Madlle. Robert and M. Alexand re , M . R uau l t, M. Floss ; Ma d l e s s ' Kolemberg and Leblond, and compr i se the cele b ra ted Quacir ille Patinears. The performances commence at Eight o'clock preciselhad (for the Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit ma y w hich is open Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, - from Eleven till Five o'cloek ; and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. PIETP,O IL GRANDE. On SATURDAY ne xt, era be Prednced (first time) a now gra nd historical Op, entitled Will PIETRO IL GRANDE. Composed expressly for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, by lf. Jullien. TREATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster. Sole Les.see and Manager, Old Brompton. o l 3 11 3 1 , NMG °ON. Mr. . 1 THI S EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE THE WALL. Augustus Trotter, Esq , Mr. Wright; WRITING Smith; Richard Oliver, Mr. Emery ; Bob Smithers, Mr, P. Bedford; Lady Elton, Mrs. L . Murray ; 31argrette, Miss E. Chaplin ; Carlotta Smithimi, Miss W oolgar. W i th a devilLsh new Extravaganza , caned MEPHISTOPHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey. Miss Fitzwilliam, and Mis s Wooigar. T o c onclude wit h SLASHER AND CRASHER. AS' LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The moat successful and popular Theatre in London- The Last Week of the renowned artistes, the Messrs. Slegrist, from the Champs Elysees, Paris, whose surprising and unrivalled perform ances on La Perch, created during the last season, in Paris, a sen sation totally unprecedented in that metropolis. THIS EVENM.3, Will be produced, a grand Spectacle, written expressly for the Am phitheatre, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled PETER THE GREAT, in which Mr. Ryder, float the Princess's, will appear. To be sollowed by ilatty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, Intro ducing the most numereas equestrian company in Europe. To et , uclude with a Laughable farce. TlcSete to be had at the Box-office tram Eleven till Your daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Lecleree• Mr. Batty begs leave t o announc e to his patrons andthtch public en u A bli r ci a n general, that he i 3 no w training Six Elephants to run in as Horas. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I?..ahOition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid and interesting IVlenagerie—Promenacte Concert by Godfrey's un rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding at Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and kis Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the Armour of Achilles. The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in cluding three elephants, two giraffs, four ostriches, two camels, lions, &c. Doors open from Nine A.m. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at Half-past Six. Fireworks at Half-past Nine. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 15 min. after 11 Evening 49 min. after 11 To-Mosaow—Morning 0 min. attar 0 Evening 17 mm. after 12 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, AuGusT 12. THE2.IVIONIETER, IN THE SHADE. 65 —bighast sins noom yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day, at noon. BAROhMTER, 29.42. VPvxn S.W.—Rain during the night and all the morning, with every appearance of its continuance. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pr.axonTH —Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. RetsTecos—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. SonnusEfirox—Wind S., storm—heavy rain. For.KmaroNE—Wind S., fresh breeze—overcast. TinciaßamoE—Wind E., hard wind—rain. GREENWICH—Wind S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. STROOD —Wind S., strong breeze—rain. SwErnoar—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. Cmcanc-TrEa—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. eastaittnGE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. Yutafor - ra—Wind S., strong breeze—heavy rain. Daattoiarox—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : Lung—Wind S., gentle breeze —heavy rain. Aubow_wind sm., gentle breeze —cloudy. muumm A ,_ , ,ii n d S., calm—partially cloudy. Purmourit—Wind W., gentle breeze --partially cloudy. P )esim—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LAsraisTEß—Wind W., calm rain, S ;iv b a d S. s,E., gentle breeze —cloudy, BFAT•rocx—Wind N.V., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 4-7e,.34 4 0.4;14 ft. 4.4; • i; • f• ;•r" , ft . C 1 ,Vienct .Y4i , ' L.?* r5.7*Y LONDON THURSDAY AUGUqq, 12, 18 2. was the phrase of the 'first Per angusta ad an g usta SKEFFIN GTON. Through grandeur to difficulties— seems, on the contrary, to be the phrase, in one par ticular at least, of Lours NAPOLEON. The course pur. sued by the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the French Re public in reference to the unfortunate, but glorious, prisoner of the Chateau d' Arriboise would appear, at any rate, to admit of that construction. It will be re membered with what honourable earnestness the (muse of ABD• EL •KADER was pleaded some months since by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. Reference was repeatedly made to the circumstance in these co 10. Tun; by ourselves; Anil with very peeuli ar %ati4fgo to:n. we observed the development of a corresp ondence twhich we believed at the time to be inevitably condu cive t o the EMIR'S liberation. Insomuch was this ap parently the necessary deduction ~,tioos exchangedfrom between the English nobleman and tNieeaDf. : Fren c heal e t a persuaded e t lt I SD b E NT, that the freedom of ADD. EL ast to be regarded by ourselves, and very many other dispassionate spectators likewise, Y other words, as n as a question only of time, or, in of evasion , assured. Tile and beyond the possibility the Prince Loins Ni3Altpill: memorable letter of 80,,, dated from the Elysea on the —now nearly a twelve mo nt h of last September, in the most express term s since—Seemed, to nce—seemed, indeed, w a : c rranit us in arriving at this conclusion. In that fippeliVA to give a formal promiseumthent his Highness amnesty by Lord captive, should be released. in L s t f o the Arab Supplicated at the illustrious p r e t r u f e, tb e 14 3NDONDI., aRY to grant this ChDftaio and his companions PRINCS replied that when he did not i °rm . the good ha desired, it was simply because he fou nd it to be impossible. His words were — " Lorsqu e • ie ne fait pas t)ut le biers que je desire, c est que j e ne le , ne _ pas." His it en tions, he added, were in no i'vra; changed "I have found t h e t o wards the Es till. Ottoman Porte," said he, " very well disposed t o afford him a reception, but I have also encountered for file moment two very considerable obstacles—the ono is in the discovery of a vast conspiracy in Algeria, having its centre at Mecca, and the other is in the ' ~ . t . absolute resistance of I've , r ,,.‘ , , s dread lest the the Council of Ministers, who liberation of ABD-EL-K.ADBR may .;,,,\ ,1::*--. 1 x ilik uis e a rising in Al • 1-.1 / 4 "' . - 1 / 2 /' . . 7.... ' ' ' '# w he n gerie Nevartheless, said the (c fight be more readily have elapsed, that libera -, -....'„e,,, e-',.? ., ...—_i4, ce ~ 1852 should ~.. .. c.,,, ~ , were his words. "t N iTected. "Neanmoins" e ;-‘ - - , ‘NO: , . .: • 7 6 ..,,--.,--?, ~, . • eanmoins lorsque 1852 ~ e,,.? ,-.\ se passé le chose sera plus facile , , \ i -, / by ' this assurance the Marq u i s of , Encouraged appears to have waited in implicit LONDONDERRY confidence. Like young LOVELL in the ballad, however, he looked THE S UN, LONDON, forward, only to watch the dawn of disappointment. A week and a month—and nearly a year passed away —to borrow the phraseology of the song, and still no sign of the liberation. Disheartened by this lapse of time the Noble Marquis seems at last, from the cor respondence published elsewhere in our impres sion of this evening, to have given utterance to his anxiety in a letter addressed to the Psuccn PRESIDENT on the 3d of May —a letter . of solemn and fervent reminder. In it, he exclaimed to LOUIS NAPOLEON—" Away with all chimeras of difficulties, delicacies, and consequences —your decrees are final. Announce " Le PRESIDENT le veut," and ADD-EL KADER'S prison doors fly open !" He- called to the recollection of the PRINCE the manner in which be had avowed his wish sooner or later to place the EMIR in freedom, because he believed that the honour of France was involved in the question of his liberation —when the PRESIDENT had written—"Je veux, tot ou tard, mettre r Emir en liberte parceque je crois que l'honneur de la France y est engagee." Lord Lox- DONDERRT closed his appeal of the 3d of May, as if in corroboration of the justice of the sentiment, by observing that ABIP.EL•KADER once released from incarceration " the unsullied honour of France, and the desire of its powerful ruler (the chosen of eight millions) will be accomplished." Upwards of three months elapse after the transmission of this letter to Paris, without one line, however brief, of acknow ledgment ! Under these circumstances it is, that the last communication in the correspondence, under date the 9th of this present August, is forwarded to the Elysee by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. It is natural, of course, that the Noble Lord should have penned this letter under feelings of more than ordinary irritation. Whether that irritation was aingfi l e a x n i c b e l . e si S le o n m ee et m hi u n b b e a t r te e r justified or n o t the public can decide at b t e h e a n n e t x h p i s e eprofound year by Lord LONDONDERRY and assuredly the mere chagrin of recognising the blunder of such pleasant anticipations is calculated to engender a sense of in dignation. Reviewing the whole o f this ABDEL•KADER cor respondence, it is impossible not to appreciate the generosity of the motive actuating the Mar rs of LONDONDERRY in his spontaneous interposition in favour of the forlorn and otherwise almost forgotten prisoner of the Chateau D'Amboise. Equally manifest, at the same time, we conceive it; to be that the position of the Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON has up to this moment been one of enormous anxiety and of equally enormous responsibility. Perhaps he may be able to say now, as he did in the September of 1851, " Lorsgue je ne fait pas tout le bien que je desire, c' est que JB NE LE PEUT PAS"—and be able to say this, too, with truth in the August of 1852. But at least he need not have left it to mere conjec ture. Beyond this he might have insisted that as yet his promise in the letter of September 13, 1851, has not been actually broken—because his words were, as already quoted, " Neanmoins lorsque 1852 SERA PASSE la chose sera plus facile." At any rate some. thing more than silence, we conceive, was due to the generosity and humanity of the Marquis of LON DONDERRY. The lawyers are likely to have a golden harvest out of the new Parliament. It is alleged that bribery has never before been carried to such an extent. Each party accuses its opponent of " bribery and cor ruption." Eminent counsel are reported to be at a premium, on account of the demand for their services before Election Committees and Parliamentary Com missions. Solicitors entering into the long vacation do not wholly abandon " business" —no, they carry a bribery case with them, by way of nest egg, out of which some legal lusus natures is to emanate, in the fulness of time, its genus distinguishable by the length of its bill ! In short, Members of Parliament may expect to have long sittings in election inquiries, while a splendid vista of briefs, retainers, fees, and refreshers, opens to gladden the eyes and fill the bags and purses of gentlemen learned in the law. Corrupt practices at elections have long been corn plained of. The Legislature have been continually trying to prevent and punish them by Acts of Parlia ment. The more certain and ready mode of preven tion—namely, Tote by Ballot—has not been counte nanced by Parliament. Every remedy, except the right one, has been tried, and the result has been precisely what might have been anticipated—the continuance, if not the actual increase, of that "bri bery and corruption," which is a disgrace to the country and the age. The Act (15 and 16 Vict., cap. 57), which was passed during the last session, " to provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence of corrupt prac tices at elections for Members to serve in Parliament," provides the machinery for ascertaining where, by whom, and under what circumstances, bribery and corruption may have been committed at any election. On a joint Address from both Houses of Parliament, the Crown may appoint Commissioners of inquiry , who shall investigate the matter in the most searching manner, and report thereon to the QUEEN for Parlia ment. The costs of such inquiry (that is, the ex penses of the Commissioners , w i t n esses , &c.) are to be paid by the Treasury. The witnesses are to give their testimony on oatb, and—to insure full disclo sure from the participators in the alleged offence or offences—persons implicated in corrupt practices, who may be examined and make a full disclosure, are to be indemnified by a certificate from th e Commis- sioners. Mr. MORGAN, the bribery bricklayer at Derby, who had been sent thither (he says) h F AIL, the Mr. the barber of Shrewsbury, and correspondent of " W. B." of the Carlton Club, had heard something of this indemnification clause, no doubt, for on his apprehension he told the police sergeant that he meant "to tell the truth"— that is, to save himself by "splitting" on his em ployers. So said virtuous MoacaN, chicken-hearted in the moment of detection ; but that he will be forth coming to " make a full disclosure" before the Com missioners, or an Election Committee, is what we certainly do not calculate upon. There is every pro spect, to use a familiar phrase, that " he will make blinseff scarce," and his bail (the two Shrewsbury tJetr ven dors, one of : them, we are told, a relation of Neither L) 'Faaa wdioll W probably have their forfeited recogni zsnces made good s b foo y Frsh t c h aov e me b rm o a u ist nty of the Carlton Club. any Commission a ra b nce close ro herish the shadow of a hope that FRAIL himselfec Twhilel Carlton appearb c e f l o u r b e , h te e e i . s, like Louis XL and councillor from which , have chosen their friend lA:ter-ons profession, and the incadrri ()uvula LE D country, of ---e'f any th v in , like his liallic proto type, will submit to from his native e em nf p o l r o c y e e d rs ex d i e le_ he is "the life, pride, and ornament" mend such a sacrifice at hi s hands, and compensate him fur it. suitably Under the new system, the delay and ex pense of a -- suppose, reserved for wholesale cases, such - will be Commission need not be incurred : that, we as the St. Albans' where the borough , on conviction, was def . nh A set of very searchin g questions has been drawn up , which may be put to petiti oners s and sitting Member ra affair, ish e .by Election Committees of th e Homo of Comnions. Nay, even if there be no peti. tion by a candidate, if the re have been no contest (as any voter ma y petition), the same questions may be put to the sitting Member. These questions are most searching, and may be put u pon oath. They go into the wh o l e ma tt er o f direct and in direct a g enc y —agreements as to expenses—as to amounts disbursed, under the name of expenses—as to further amounts demanded, and for w h a t— as to th e sitting Mem ber' s belief, knowledge, or expectation of further su ms to be demanded or paid — as t o t h e par ti cu lar of every separate item of paym en t— as to prom i ses made by or for th e s itti ng M em b er — as to exerc i se o f i n fl u ence to obtain any place or favour from the Government for lily elector, or any of his relations—as to applica tions to exercise such i .nfluene —as to a promise, by himself or others, to pay mon e c v s on account o f th e elec dun after th e trial of the petition was over. Here is one of th e questions . • "Do you believe, suppose, s o u o s n p e e o c t t ed that with any one, and who, con jecture, or any person c gave or promis e d any money or other valuable thi ng to the b orongh with a view to secure your election ?" This is close The a p th a e rtie r s era w a h in o in h g a ve q uestion i ng, . queries are equally stringent. acted for the sitting Member, in any way, at an election may be severally exa mined in the absence of the • •n g Member who is liable to be examined to uc hi ng , sitting then their disclosures before he and they can communicate. Public-house and attorneys' bills may likewise be sifted, and the whole evidence given upon oath. Yet, inquisitive and searching as the inquiry must be under this new system, bribery is said to have been greater at the recent elections than at any for mer time. There is an an oma l y i n t hi s very cur i o us, but demand ing a closer examination than we can give it now. _ _ Having mentioned Mr. FRAIL in the course of these remarks—when " bribery and corruption" are on the Lapis, one naturally thinks of the tonsorial cor respondent of "W. B." —we may add that the report runs that in the preliminary investigation into the practices at the Derby election a number of letters from "W. B." to FRAIL have turned up, seriously involving both of the "polite letter writers." We can scarcely think that the cunning of the S a l op i an barber could have per mitted su c h d ocuments to pass out of his b an d s . Though h e was so silly as to permit one letter from his Carlton Club correspondent to be found in the pocket of the "safe and good man" MORGAN, the bricklayer, we must be content, we fear, to await with due patience the Parliamentary investigation which must take place, particularly as, "W. B." has not denied that he wrote to FRAIL touching the Derby election. to this hour, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Intelligence by the French mail had not reached us up to three o'clock, but we learn the following items by telegraph, dated from Paris yesterday, 5 Fx- The Moniteur announces that negotiations con tinue, and with a prospect of success, fora treaty of commerce between Belgium and France. Decrees in the Moniteur announce several promo tions in the Legion of Honour, and decorations of the new military medal, as also several nominations of Mayors. The Socialist candidat?, M. SAIN, has been elected to the Municipal Council at St. Etienne, and M. JULES FAVRE to Lyons and St. Etienne. The screw-ship of the line the Austerlitz, 100 guns, will be launched at Cherbourg on the 15th instant, as also the frigate La Resolue. Government securities were firmer at the Bourse to-day than yesterday. Railway shares are lower. The Four-and -a-Half per Cents. opened at 104 f. 50c., and closed at 104 f. 70c. for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed at 74f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,362 f. 50c. ; the New Austrian Loan, 95. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG' 11. Grand Junction of France, 45/8 —Luxembourg, 4% and Bordeaux, 18—Paris and Lyons, Namur and Liege, 6%—Northern of France, 25 4E —Orleans 33—Paris and Strasbourg, 24 5 , 8 Sam bre and Meuse , 7 Western of France, 9%. 187/8 —Paris and Rouen, AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States M a il St ea m-packet Humboldt , Captain J. D. Lines, has arrived off Cowes and landed her mails. She left New York on the 31st July, and brings three days later news. News from the Bay of St. Lawrence states that an anchorage duty of 6d. per ton bad been demanded by the British upon all United States fishing vessels. Two more American fishing sloops had been seized by the English cruisers. Four teen ships of war (English) were cruising on the grounds, four more being fitted out at St. John's. A part of the Japan expedition had been ordered to the scene of the dispute, and the Missis sippi, Commodore Perry, was coaling for that object at New York. The _Herald states that the President was displeased with Mr. Secretary Webster's course on the subject, and no t w ithstanding the threateni ng aspect of affairs, it was hoped an amicable arrangement would shortly be come to. Stock market and cotton firm ; breadatuffs and freights dull. Exchange on London, 1108. The Humboldt has 450,000 dolls. in specie for Havre.—Times. THE QUEEN IN BELGIUM. (BY SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ANTWERP, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Queen has arrived. She cast anchor at a quarter past seven o'clock this evening. The King of the Belgians arrived from Laecken at forty-five minutes past seven, went on board the yacht, and dined there. The Queen will leave to-morrow morning for Brussels. COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the parish of Liverpool, con sisting of Mr. Richard Johnson, Mr. Charles Will mer, and Mr. Charles Hart (Vestry Clerk) had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. _ _ Sir John Pakington arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Westwood Park. Dispatches were received from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope yesterday, at the Colonial office. Dispatches were also received from the Go vernors of Sierra Leone and Van Diemen's Land. THE LATE COUNT D'ORSAY. Le Duo et la Duchesse de Gramont, le Due et la Duchesse de Guiche, le Due et ly Duchesse de Lesparre, le Comte et la Comtesie Alfred de Gramont, le Mar quis et la Marquise du Prat. Mademoiselle Leontine de Gramont, ne pouvant Cerire a toes les nombreux amis du Comte d'Orsay, leer beau frere, here et oncle, qu'ils viennent d'avoir le malheur de perdre; les prient de consie ecer cette triste nouvelle comme un souvenir de Is famille pour la sympathie et l'affection que la socVett Anglaise a tonjours temoigt6 A celui qui lain() autour de lui de si ineffscsbles regrets.-4 Aout, 1852. OLYMPIC THEATRE. An entertainment termed a Romantic Melo dramatic Spectacle was produced last evening, under the title of The Forest of Terror; or, the Devil's Diggings. It was beautifully put upon the stage, and Mr. Flexmore, as the Imp Rubezahl, was inde fatigable in his rapid feats of grotesque a g ility. Madlle. Auriol, as the Spirit of the Golden Lake, displayed her choregraphic talents with great e ff ect, dancing with exceeding finish and aplomb, and was greatly applauded. Here we must st o p, f or th e p i ece itself is trashy and wearisome, as its qualified recep tion by the audience sufficiently demonstrated. When copiously cut down it may answer to fill up an hour. The house was extremely well attended, and the preceding pieces, Sink or Swim and The Loan of a Lover, very satisfactorily performed. In the latter, Mr. W. Ferree, jun., played remarkably well, and Miss Harriet Gordon acted and sang most agreeably. Her talents are a decided acquisition to the establish ment. Tau CABINET THEATRE.—The members of the Amicable Dramatic Amateurs gave their second performance here last evening. The pieces selected were She Stoops to Conquer and The Honeymoon. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The iron railings which have been in course of erection for some months past in front of the British Museum are at length put up, though the ornamenting them is not yet completed, and will take yet five or six weeks to accomplish. The porter's lodge, the last remnant of the old building, is cleared away, and not a vestige remains of that celebrated structure. It is intended to form an ornamental garden and shrubbery on the exten sive area within the enclosure, with a dwarf wall, on which will be placed an iron railing, a part of which is already raised. Several alterations have taken place in the arrange ment of the sculpture and other antiquities in this national institution. The Assyrian relics, which from the darkness of the apartment could scarcely be distinguished, have been removed to a gallery which extends the whole width of the Museum, adjoining the Lycean Gallery. The light will here be distributed from the roof, which will be almost en tirely composed of glass, on an iron framework. These arrangements to arethem fo not r ms y o et e fi t n i i m sh e. ed, and the public will not be arnonrsteiteaht.: Pao la little DENT WORKING MEN.—A quiet, unassuming j o h o a r s o e b y e m e n o n i n o 0 existence s o t s e i n t o c r e s f o o f r the London, last two a years lled a "widow tribute a stand i Orphan Fund," to which the members con ' com mittee has, ti e 1 weekly sum ; and we understand the com dispensing no to the present time, had the gratification of members. Atlessthe than 5801. to the families of deceased the Registrar of l'tline of enrolment, Mr. John Tidd Pratt, the remark, that Friendly Societies, is stated to have made of London would not he h oped the example of the printers do well to establish si be lost upon other trades, who would and orphan funds ,Wermeitr societies." At that time widow great railways of the being established on a few of the extended to the majority of ItI:lis, and are now, we believe, the compositors' iund is sr' We learn that, although so me assistance, in th e shape ostuPP"ting' it has received mittee of the fund wish gratefully t donations, and the com this week, of 5/. from Mr. viral: Scottyknowledge the receipt, City. 1 his, and other acts of k . of New -street-square, gentlemen, will surely have its weigness from benevolent of munificent means to lend a help ing h wi th those possessed object of which must be a k and to an infant ciety, t he . e nowled d so ciety, and deserving of support, especially to be highly considered that the metropolitan printers are, lit:r w l hen it is j ug , public servants, devoting their short lives,a y speak labour and otherwise, to the dissanaination of int rby night e 'genes to the world. SECRETARYSHIP OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAT. Captain Coddi *ngton, C.E , has retired from the secretaryship • of the Caledonian Railway. The Captain was appointed to this important office four years ago, on an engagement for 10 years, receiving for the first two a salary of 1,8001. per an num, and for the residue of the term 2,0001. per annum. W e understand he is to receive a solatium of 6,000/. for retiring at tbis period.—North British Mail. Lady Ernestine Digcutrbe, the only daughter o f the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, bad the misfor tune last week to fall on the sive of the terrace at Cotele, and broke her arm just above the Wrist. TH URSDAY THE SHARE NI A.AKETS. lIILITISIZ ILATZWAYS. Railways. Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Wolv., and Stour Vi a r t akl e .l & Ch. Jet., Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. &25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto 18 1 4 pd. Birk., Lan., 1 4 1 3 all pd. 3. 6 n s " .8 d, 28/ .p d. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian ...100/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Self. Jet. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New East Anglian (25LL. & E. and L. & D.)100/. p Do (18/. E.& H.)all pd. East.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 61. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jim, all p Edinb. & Glas.,looL pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 100/. Glas. & S.-West.,looLp Great Northn., 1 00/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 100 L p Do. B Stock, 100 L pd Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do.Thirds,lll.l3.4 pd Lane. & York., 1 00/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths.,, „ 141. pd Do.,W.Rid. Ma. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby&Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,looL p Do. Quarters 251. pd Do. Fifths l2/. pd Do. 104,1V1 &B ( o) u p Lon. & S.-West lOOl. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 40L 34i pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Bux. & Mat, all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union ...... 41.25. pd Midland .. - ~100/. pd Do. Bir. &Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford l2l pd Newry& Ennisk 7% p Norfolk ... . . 100/. pd Do. New ill. S. 15/. p North. Conn.Un. 3 %pd North British ...251. pd Nth. Devoe, No.l, 131. p Do., No. 2 614 pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. 5/. pdl North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pdl N. & S.-W. June. 8;4. p Oxf.,Wor., &Wol., all p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 81. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all. pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestrymall pd Shrop. Union ...6 1 4 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fuliy pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale_. ..... 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway l9l. pd Vale of Neath 17/. pd Waterfd. & silk, all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Ber. 100Lp Do. & New. Ex. 20L p Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. York & N. Mid.looLpd B A r b is e . rd s e c en Ex., DO. Z, 4 p pe.r ct. Stk all) t i) Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. A..(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. t, 51.) 7 per ct. all p Do./17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. a all pd Do. 5 pc. red. sc. all p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berk. & H. Ex. 5 p e r cent. )...6d Gt.W. fixed 4% 1001. p Do. Do. —BO4 pd Lancashire and York. shire, F. 20/. pd 6 Do. p. C. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ...... 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 91. pd London & Brig guar. 5 per cent. ...100L pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. g, Nunet.):o_P.C. 1 3% pd ILLlQonanr.n.&..e&ShsElh7eNif... hd.L.B.aiinasl.lcipindpp. Do. New, la —all Pd Do. 61. 3l. pd Mki ,Don. 6 p c St 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 pe: Do. Erewash Val. allp Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p Do. Wavily. 2 L P North British 1001. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent... 12% pd Ditto ditto ... 3/. Pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. S l o l u i VD B ev p o a n r . c . .. : 1 1 11 p p d d Do. New ......... 1% pd St.-Est. 4% pc. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 P c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. ...... 31. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do ....... 51. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Parch. 101. pd LINES LEASE: AT rxxxit aaIfTALS. 1 Leasing N om inal Railways' Compan ie s. 43 Prices. Business to-day. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ... Bir.& Oxf., gua. all Gt. Westn. 30 —if Do. without, all p! Do. ...... 29% 30% Bir.Wolv. & Dud.,! Buckinghash. all p Lon. &.W 19 % 19 % N Do. without, all lP p ti D p o o. . ._... .. .... .. rA —-- gO l guar ll Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 53 —55 E. Lin., gua. 6 per! cent.ouc. & D eit all ea p n dGt.North n. 150 152 Gi Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. 33 —34 32% 33 34 Hartlepl. Dk. & i 'Yk. New. 1 •• ••• Railw....all pd 1 &Berw. , Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M.!113 115 Do. Halves., all p Do. ...... ! 56 % 57 % Do. Quarts., all p Do. ... 26 % 27% Leeds & Brdf., all p Midlan d ... 109 111 Lon. & Grenw., all ; S. Eastern..l sp N D lctr . seBf. o . Bt p: t F . n . E : &, p s w . c p 1 y a c i . e l ' . t 13s/ 4 14 1 /, Do. Pref all pd Do. ...... 25 3 4 26% Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent all pd Norfolk ... 19% 20% Do. 6p.et , all p Do. ...... ... ••• Middlesbe & Red car, 6 p. c., all p Stktn &Dar Do. 6p. ct., all . Do. ...... ... ——•— ••• all pd E. Do. 64 -- 66 • ...... ••• ~, -- ••• all paid 1 & La. &Y Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. L.& NAV 1 • --•-- P ad., Guildf., and R '„ g s _oto ... all pd S. Eastern 25% --- 26% s'Y' " Bits 6% p Gt. Northn 152 -- 154 Do. Shp. Ez. all Do. • 84 18 " .11.6 1e p ' Lan. & Yks 'l . s . l . : 1 .• 5 - 3 1 S. Staffdsh., 9% p MrM•Clean Ya -- „: dill ' Wear Val. 6p c.,ali Stckt& Dar 32 -- o n °, W1 1 :44 &Som. au p 414 Wa4tai. l 04% .... )vo% iVii i i i ronExGra . . EVENING, AUGUST 12 1852, Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent. 12 Guild.... 63 1 4 3 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates... !7 1A 34 1,(453; I'cas, 223 quarters. QUARTER TO THREE. (Jena°la .., ~ 98 ft Ditto Account, Sept. 8 ... ... 98-a 1 ONE CLOSING FRICZ6 OF BRITIna FUNDS O'CLOCM. mars. Bank Stock 3 ': ,, W- C. Redne,ed Anna. 8 plr Cent. Console Annuities 9B % 1 4 3 ,4 V 8 98:;" 3 &ow 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna ,„ .. L,ong Anne. is expire Jan.l 860 6 1546 6 15.16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 — 6 11-16 India Stock 27 9 1/ 280 277 India Bonds,l,ooo/. .........„. Ditto under 1.0001. .......- B9 P 89 p /7cnoolo For Account ~ 9 8 3 /4 W 3 78 Yi 98 3 / 4 Exchequer Ellis, 15 d. March. June. 1,000/. .. 5001. Small, ONE PRICE% OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. o‘razilian Burris, 5 per Cent. Ditto Scrip Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 75 76 banish 80nd5,1825. 3 per Cent. VeKv-in, 5 per cent , 1816 — Ditto, 3 per Cent....... Pe -uvian Bonds, 1849, 6 per Cent — Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent....— S3 , 4,eist 5 per Cent. 1640 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 48% 48% Ditto. New Deferred ~. .. .. 21 1 / 2 3 / 213% Spanish Corn. Cert. Coup. not funded 2 3 4 per cent. _ . .. CLOSING Dividends on the above payable in London. 29 p 58 3 / 4 63 97% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 12—It has blown very fresh all night with heavy rain. Wind at noon S.W., fresh breeze and squally with rain. DARTMOUTH, AUG. 11.—It blow a heavy gale at S.E. this morning, with a high sea. The ships rode it out without damage. FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.—From 1 A.M. to 5 A.M. it blew a violent gale from the eastward. Now, 10 A.M., fresh breez's from the northward.—The Elena, from Odessa, which put in here Bth inst. leaky, has been surveyed, and will discharge. Arrd. Lieutenant Patterson, Bahia for Antwerp. Off port, Courier, Akyab, and sailed for the Clyde; Java Packer, ditto for Rotterdam; Emma, Mazatlan, and sailed for Bremen. DEAL, AUG. 11.—It commenced blowing heavily at 11 A.M., end at noon increased to a hard gale from the southward. Most of the outward-bound are riding with two anchors down—Amwell, Pacific, Colombo, Green wich, Buenos Ayres, At 6 A.M. the Royal squadron weighed and proceeded; the outward-bound remain. Put back, Mary Rowe, for Buenos Ayres, with loss of anchor and chain, and proceeded for Margata Route.. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N.E. It has blown a heavy gale all night and greater part of the day from the N.E.—Arrd. Bess, St. Christopher's. LONDONDERRY.—SId. Brutus, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—It commenced blowing hard at 3 A.M. to-day, from S.S.E. to S.W., which increased by noon to a heavy gale, and has continued since with tremendous squalls. 6 P.M. The gale continues with every appearance of a dirty night. RAMSGATE, AUG. 11.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W,, sfrong. Arrd. Prince Regent, London to Portsmouth, I ng water. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 10.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Liffey, Barbadoes; Canada, Quebec. Off port, Johanna and Emily, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 11.—Wind E.S.E,—Arrd. Thames, St. Stephens, New Brunswick, and not from Quebec. as before reported ; Dundonald, Bombay ; Pearl, Rio Grand ; C. Tucker, New York ; Gipsy, Maranham ; Evangelist, Buenos Ayres ; Eclipse, Wilmington ; John Stuart, New York ; Jane, Quebec. Sld. Zallab, Val paraiso ; Wanderer, Demerara ; Ariel, Hayti ; Martha, Ls Guayra ; City of Manchester, Philadelphia ; At • lantic, Nem York ; Rubert M 6 Wilham, Quebec ; Bark hill, Newfoundland. BELFAST, AUG, 10.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Chieftain, Miramichi. MARKET NEWS.-4TRIS DAY-) NEVITGATEI AND 3.33.8.03E1NECAZ.3., The general &wand was in a sluggish tWte to-clay. but we have vtly little alteration to notice in prices.—Beef, from 28 2d to 33 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 101; Lamb, 4s to 51; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. H SMITHFIELD.—AY MARKETS. Old Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 41 4s; Naw ditto, 2/ 15s to 31 14s; Old Clover, 41 03 to 5103; New ditto, 31103 to 418; and Straw, 118.1 to 1/ 13s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND —Old Meadow Hay, 31 123 to 4/ 63; New ditt o , 2/ 18s to 31 153; Old Clover, 41 Os to 51 Oa; New ditto, 3/ 103 to 41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 93 to 11 14s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 128 to 4145; New ditto, 21 15s to 31 14s; Old Clover, 41 )8 to 51 ss; New ditto, 31 10a to 4/ 103; and Straw, 1183 to 1113 s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. ItIaIfZICETS. SoI:MULL, AUG 11.—We had a fair demand for each kind of fat stock, and last week's prices were well supported.—Beef, from 2s 81 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 48 4d to 5s ; Veal, 3a to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, AUG. 11.—Prime Beasts and Calves moved off freely on somewhat higher terms. In other kinds of stock very little was doing.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s tonl ; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb. 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 101; lurk, 3s to 3a 6d per 81bs. HAILSHAM, Auc. 11.—Our market is steady, and prices are well supported.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 48; Lamb, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d per Bibs. ARUNDEL, AUG- 11.—The general demand is steady, as follows:—Beet, from 3s to 4s; Mutton 38 2d to 4s 2d; Limb, 4s 4d to ss; Veal, 3s to 38 8d pet sibs, CHICHESTER, ATJG IL—The trade is firm, and the quotations havo an upward tendency.—Beef, from 33 to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 43 2d; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Blbs. HOLYHEAD, AUG. 11.—The Shamrock steamer has repaired her boilers, and has left for Newry. CORN AVERAGES GENERAL A.VERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 5, 1851, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale:, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. BYE. BEANS. PEAS. • PRICE . I 39s 7d 27s 3d 20s Od 29s 7d 33s 8d 308 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. IBEANS. I PEAS. Is Oct IS Od Is Oct I Is Oct is Cd is Oct QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 74,114 ; B ar ley, 1,460; Oats, 7,777 ; Rye, 86; Beans. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. 25 to 27 - 6% 6 y s % 11 - 11% 9 —84 d. 19 -20 101 - 103 38% - 33% 19 1 4 - 20 1 4 15 1 4 - 1614 61i - 71,i 4 - 411 2% 8 - 3L4 10% -1014 10 9 7 / 8 10% % 6% -7% 4% - 5 17% - 17% 59 -61 64 -66 22 -24 78 -79 43 -45 118 -I`2o 43 -44 95% - 95% 86 -90 10 1 , - 11% p 78% - 79 4% 4 3 / $ die. 3 % 2% die. 15 —l6 8 1 i -8% 106 - 107 124 1 4 - 125 30 3 4 - 31 4% - 4 3 4 p 1 5 / 8 - 1 7 / 8 p 89% - 90% 5%- 4% 5 - 4 14%-15 1 A 27 8 -8 29% - 30% 8 —2% di& 71% 72 41 —43 ••• -- ••• 46 -48 3% 2 3 % dia. 2 —2% 42 -44 9% 8% dia 274, — 2 5 4 t 29% 30% 7 6 3 4, di& I dis 3 / 4 • '5% 4 7 4 3 di5. x.d 3% 4 p. 22% 22% 71 —73 51 —53 9 6 —6% 1 3 / —1% dia. 13% 20% 334 —lO% 14% 15YI 3 2%d. 19 -20 68 -70 36% - 37% 1 - “i p li -164 1%- 2% 13 -14 5 3 4 -6% 21% - 22% 9% - 10 69% 70% 734 —7% dia. dm' 47% 48% 106 log 98 - 162 19( .-- 193/ 2:74_ 1 Vi - - 2 p I%- Iy B p 14% - 14% 15 % - 16 ••. ...- P 3 l, -- 16 L 4% ..-. 14% 8 %- 9 1 4 1 p x.d 'ldis. p • • . 0.1••• ... 4 .._. 4. , ii ri 13 "... 14 lox Xll% 13 % •••• 13% Ya ...... 131 p 148 -- 150 x.d -••• 224 --221 4 6 .2 641 102 % 107% 1 7 / 8 1034-115 18 —lB % 151 4 -- 16% 'Adis. % p • • • ..... 20 --. 21 % die. 103 105 5 54 3i - % p 101 37% 37 38 18 3 /, 19 18 1 / 2 19% [lB% 6 d. 136 17j16%17%16% 63 60 21 76 1 ,E 76 78% 42g 43 117 119 43% 94 91g 92 3 5 , % [9lg 3% 2g pm 77 75g 77 76%8 9 8% 9% 8 8N 15y' 8 8 ,105:104 [2 l / 1 3 1 4 123 122 124 123 30 'A 186 1 4 87 854 86 85 88 2%4 3 4, 129% 29 28% 29% 29 [ 69 % 3 % 8%8 9 % 69% 68% 70% VA 34 29% 2814 29 12% % % x.d Dil 22 21% 22% 70 51 50 8%9 5% 6% 19% 934 19 67% 66% 68 9 25 yz 69 70 12% 7 3 1 4 ,47 45% 47% 46% 193 k 14% 15% 14 % 12% 13 148 x.d 5% 107% 100 5 100 10% % Railways. Cent. France (0.V.) all Chart. & Erquel all pd! Demerara all pdj Dijon & Besancon, 2 pdj Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian all pd Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin, all p Grnd. Junc. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7 1 ,i Luxembourg —1 t/. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do p d Do. (Canal) ...2t. pd Maria Antonia 2 1 7 i pd Do. New pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l6l.pd Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 11/. pd Paris & Lyons 101. pd Do. Bonds l2 pd. Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & pd Sambre &Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Qaebec (A) 4l. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd, West Flanders all pd West. of France 61. pd Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper _4O/. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 141 pd Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty .. all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip IL pd Quartz Rock all pd, Santiago de Cuba 10% South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba l paid Nomini 1 Prices. - - 2 3 / 8 dis. xd 6 , 4 7 p 14 —Ya JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 201. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd Do. New lOl. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 p Orient. Bk. Corp all pd Prov. of Ireland 25l pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2 l,i pd Union of London 101. p Union of Madrid all pd 1% - 1 5 4 P %- 1 p 49 —1% 8 9 x.d 21-A 3 1 4 x.d 614 25 25% 13% 13% p 8 % — 9% P 53 -55 32% - 33% 24 5 / 8 - 24 7 / 8 13% - 13% 6% - 7 ... dia. 3% - 4 3 3%p dras, 2 y 4 prem. MXNZS. %- y p - p 3A- Y 4 - - ' 3/4 dis. 9/8— •••% •-.. •--- 3 ..• 34 3, %dia. par 40 —4l x.d p 5 / 8 % di& % %dis. p P 1 4 dis. - p % dis. 4 5 % % dis. 3 A. p p %dig. par 11 1 ,E 12 1 ,4 %dis. par 13% 13% 2% 2 7 / 8 %dia. par p '-STOCK RAM 56 1 4 - 57 59% - 61 14 1 - 15% 1 29 -30 1 18% - 19 31 -33 43 - 44% 18% 20 38 —39 46% 47 16% 8 17% 44 45 3 / x.d 5 —6% 17% —lB Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land all pcl Do Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/, pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2 p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p ;CELLANEOIn 2 5 --5 2 1 , lij - i -5;8 28LA - ii% 2 - 214 84 - 86 Businen done to-day. 4% l i i 34 61A 24% 8 13 , % 1 83 / 4 19% 24 5 4 8 3 A 931 3 ii % y s 1 13% Mi. 19 xd 32% x.d 47% x.d 4% 3vs 4 35% - 36% 80% - 81% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, and in American the tendency in prices is upwards. The sales in cluded 200 Pernam :and Maranbam at bid. to 7d., 1,000 Egyptian at 6d. to 10d., 600 Surat at 3id. to 4d., and 30 Sea Islands at Is. sid. to 2s.—The Railway Share Market was heavy, and prices lower. The continental mails have been retarded a little by the boisterous weather. The state of affairs in our Australian colonies, conse quent on the discovery of gold, and the ten dency to lawlessness which that has excited, must occupy considerable attention among all par ties here connected with them, and unquestionably the most recent advices from Port Philip inspire the apprehension that a perseverance in the system of transportation will severely test the loyal of our countrymen at the antipodes. In sending last year to England a special and able delegate, Mr. J. C. King, the inhabitants of Victoria cfl.3red the strongest test of their sincerity, having sub scribed a very large amount to forward the object in view. Strange to relate, however, the very circumstance upon which their delegate relied, as a forcible argu ment against transportation, viz , the discovery of gold, confirmed Earl Grey in his previous obstinate and one-sided view. His Lordship contended that labour would be scarcer than ever, and therefore that even con victs would be acceptable, while he slurred over the danger arising from the introduction of bad characters, and the check which would be given to free immigration thereby. The colonists, moreover, conceive themselves insulted by the assertion of the late Secretary, that the expire s are generally very little inferior to the bounty emigrants, although the criminal statistics of the colony show that these are, for the most part, the renewed perpetrators of various and grave offences, to say nothing of their contaminating influence upon all around them. It is true Van Diemen's Land or any colony asking for the introduction of convicts, principally obtains them, but it is also true that tickets of leave and conditional par dons are so freely granted to the numerous hardened prisoners who from practice are perfect in hypocrisy, that the neighbouring settlements get over-run with them, and may yet do as the Cape of Good Hope colonists did, resist their landing vi et armis. At a large public meeting held in Melbourne to take into con sideration Mr. King's dispatches, the probable necessity of such nn extreme course was mooted, although the speakers were manifestly averse to anything like dis loyalty. The question now is, whether Sir John Pakington will be more conciliatory, and adopt a dif ferent policy. It is reported in American circles that Mr. Thomas Baring, of the firm of Baring Brothers and Co., is about to proceed to the United States, charged with a special mission from our Government, to endeavour to arrange the fishery dispute. This appointment would give much satisfaction on the other side of the Atlantic, where the antecedents of Lord Ashburton and family, as well as business connexions, would ensure Mr. Baring a cordial reception. It is certain that this gen tleman was not preent yesterday at the meeting in aid of the sufferers by the Montreal fire, and that recently he has had several interviews with Mr. Lawrence, the American Ambassador here. After official hours yesterday there was a great deal of excitement with regard to Consols and Shares, the quotations of which fluctuated very much, and this morning the market presents a heavy appearance, at tributable in part to the damp weather and the probable damage done to the growing crops. Consols have been 981 1 at one time, then 98 1 and are now quoted 981 1 for Transfer, and 981 a for September, after being 984 1. Owing to the fluctuation which has prevailed, and the loss which speculators for a rise have sustained, one or two failures have occurred, the settlement of the account being now in pro gresi,. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. aro 102 to 1. Indian Stock is at 2791 to 280. Exchequer bills are 745. to 77a. premium. The gold from Aus tralia by the Agricola and Tasmania amounts to over 48,0001. Foreign Securities are dull. felexican, are firm. how ever, at 24,-1 to 25, 1 ,-. Spanish Deferred about 211 to and the Three per Cents. 481 to ;1 1 -. Peruvian Deferred are heavy at 57. Erszilian Scrip is 211 prem. The last week's railway receipts cseortained up to this day aro in round figures as under 1851. Great Western £21,295 £26,646 North-Western 56,259 70,230 Sonth-Western 16,055 18,457 Bri4hton 16.571 17.652 Midland 23,938 22,876 Seat h-E astern 19,503 20,877 North Stafford 5,413 5,482 Caledonian 8.918 9,088 Great Northern Lancashire end Yorks hire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 16,500 Railway Shares have a g ai n been v ery d epressed, b ut are now higher tha n below officially quoted. National Patent Steam Fuel Shares arc in demand at prem i um; the company requiring no deed to be signed until a dividend is cleav e d . Mining Sbgrea are fiatteg, 9.)trb 92tationl READING RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) Handicap Plate of 20 sovs. Prestige iiambletonian •• • ... • ell •.. ... 1 ••• • • • • ••• 2 The Reading St a k e!. - Pug Orrock ••• ••• ••• ••• Bridget ... ..• ••• •• ••• ••• 2 Innkeepers' Plate. Waterfall ... walked over SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. W. BuRcrrELL.) BAIL V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY This was an inquiry to assess damages in an action brought on a policy of insurance granted by tile Royal Exchange Insurance Company. The plaintiff now car ries on business as a butcher in Tottenham Court-yard, but, in 1848, was a farmer at Dagenham . 11111 Farm, n ear Hemel Hempstead. Plaintiff insured his stock for 8001., and a fire having occurred on the premises, the stock of wheat, oats, &c., was completely consumed. A f sio il y dispute arose, in consequence of which proceedings were taken in the . Court of, Chancery. whi c h prevented the plaintiff from clearly and satisfactorily making out his claim on the company, w h o at f i rst con sidered that the plaintiff had made fraudulent represen tations as to the value of the property destroyed, and so pleaded on an action brought against them; but, after oonsideration, obtained a Judge's order t o w i t hd rew the plea, and leave the plaintiff, on the present inquiry, to prove evidencebeval ue ad o d f utehood w s toc a k s . The on mere conjecture, a n d was totally devoid of inter est, b ut the case was likely to take up the whole of the day ' great as ab f 'he t num er o w itnesses were to be call e d on either side. The Electric Telegraph is complete to Exeter. There are six wires —two for the use of the railway compa nies, two for commercial and other intelligence, and two for the Admiralty, wbo will thus be enabled to communicate with the great naval arsenal at Plymouth, and have the means of ascertaining the shipping intelligence of the port. As the electric telegraph has been instrumental in facili tating the adoption of Greenwich or railway time in those towns situated on or near the other great trunk lines in the United K ing d om, we expect, ere long, to hear that all the towns connected w i t h the lines of the Great W es t er n, Bristol, and Exeter, and South Devon Raiways, will also adopt Greenwich time. At present there exists such an anomaly in the west of England in the time question, tha the most int e li gen t persons in the large towns—such ' as the Bath, Brist o l, E xeter, an d P lymout h , a re desirous that "national" o r G reenw i c h ti me s h ou ld be the only time used. HOW A C OAT_ WAS IDENTIFIED.—At the justice court in New Orleans, a case was recently decided in a most novel way. A coat was in dispute, and the evidence was direct and positive for both claimants; both parties were Irish, a n d " full of gift," ready to spe nd all the y had r ather than "give up beat." The affair had been carefully exa mined and the Court was " in knowin g a quandary," not said Pat r i,k , who had the best claim to the g arment. Howev er , a mo ment before his Honour was to sum u p his eviden ce Patrick Power, one of the claimant s, made the followin g proposition ~' e f i i , m ) n o tz. t s h y t 0 Maguire" said r e 13, ; I s ay i t , f , o n r o s s e y t y t . l o in u g sa t 3 h , e tt a l lY at ai c r o : a — t b is me own. .tiow, mind ye, Timothy, the b o th i v us will take the coat an' look it all over; the man that fithls . his I name on it shall b e the owner. Will y e stick to that bar gain?" asked Pat rick. "To be sure," said Timothy, t o whom the coat was given, and who vainly searched every say ing, "And now let us see if you can be fi Patrick, • part for his name, and then passed it over to boast thaekidngrestvhere therefrom two very small i his f knife and opened a ingly " The n n di h n o ' l t v h ld e likes iv yer own name upon the garment." said l ) a t collar,r ic ka, and d s peas, he exclaimed, as he held them d'ye ses that?" " Yes; but what ' c o o n rn a e b r it in " out in his hand, 4 There, "A mighty dale it has to do with it ? , that ?" said Timuthy. , sure—pea for Patrick, and p ea f it is my name to be Patrick got the cost—he did. fo r rower, be jaberer So , L ITERAT URE. A PILGRIMAGE to the LAND of MY FATHERS. By the Rev. Moses Margoliouth. 2 Vols. Bentley. The relation of his trevele and adventures i n big fatherland written by a Christian Israe lite, is notf ten to be met with, and consequently is always on' ceptable to those who take an interest in Eaeern travels. But the present work, coming from the masterly pen of Moses Margoliouth, is doub l y Wre n ' tive. The work com.ists of a series of lett ers written by the author to various friends during his travelgt describing and expressing his sentiments concerning the incidents that came under his observation ; the contents of the letters vary according to whom the); are written—for instance, to the bishop he speaks OT, religion, to the statesman of politics, to his broth t er 0 . 1 the Jews, and to his other friends, according to he! character, of general matters. Throughout the will work the writer shows goad practical knowledge,o many curious revelations are to be found, amon._ which we learn that the celebrated Dido who buil! Carthage was the niece of the infamous Jezebel; 6.113,. Mr. Margoliouth contends from this cause tbe curse that caused the destruction of Tyre and Saw fell also upon Carthage. A REPORT of the MORTALITY of CHOLERA nRs• in ENGLAND in 1848 1849. Cowes anz, This report of the mortality of cholera in .r-411 g0., in 1848 and 1849 has been furnished by his' Graham the Registrar• General. It c ontains tory of the Asiatic cholera, its course and progirf: the dates of its reaching different places, witil stat b ig c es cal details of the mortality from cholera and diarroe in the various districts of the United Kingdrt at 'ous districts forcibly demonstrates the evil extraordinary difference in the mortality in ' l O % k ffecta ar' s s i n d from the want of proper sewerage and ventil 3ti°l3 l ; a re whio the effect produced by the use of wate rs tainted by the sewers of towns, as an co d t bs which, in one district, out of 1,000 children under age of five yeare, only 40 die, and in another r e 183 42, with b water, but from a pure source, dred and twenty die out of the same number. 111„„lied when the town of Hull was scantily "rrios ut slight, and confined chiefly to the poore o wn el 455 wat hut, in 1849, when the greater part of the te d supplied by the new water-works, which distribuif of the waters of the river Hull, into which one'b,aritf the sewers of the town were emptied, to the or t h i s them ortalltY es; of the inhabitants, the epidemic was more fata l this in almost any other town in England. feetB Pr the ravages which it made, there is the that Sept. 6, 1849, 1,130 persons died of cholera UCEU &W e ' lIVSTINCT AND REASON D-g A lf ea FROM ELECT RO-BIOLOGY: Smee, F.R.S. Rave and Benham. Mr. ' Sane informs us in his prefacer prevented by indisposition some time ba ck n biect! prosecuting the study of the more important subjects of on which he was engaged, he, at the gllgg es " gOf his friends, resolved to demonstrate the which ore electro-biology on the various matters jell hiole . g ence comprised within the range of electro• research. In this interesting and abstruse ne,.skf the author has shown himself fully equal to the r in g which embraces every form of life, whether afietinct or vegetable. Mr. Smee, in his comparison of I° , o o and Reason, describes the similarity and diffetr_bie, between the human species and the animal,Tege and mineral productions. In fact, in this extraoorro, nary volume subjects the most dissimilar ore c o ol pared and the result of the comparison commewith that heats upon by the author. The book is illu many well drawn plates and diagrams. Toe fr ° tion s piece represents the inhabitants of the various div ided in their native costume. All the chapters are ar o , into sections, and the subject to which each r e 5 to be found in the contents. strafe d nos, EVERY JIAN 11 ------: IS OWN BUTL."I7' d (CyrusDfiei vv a ianz ße T d e d g i g ng ~ author of the ".HistorY al i- z ,ris. scription qf Modern Wines." Second Ar4l for This clever and useful little volume is designekie to " everybody who buys wine, and desires the artic'ood be good. The author considers that a s the g so y old days of three-bottle men" have passed allY.,' i t b quantity decreases quality should increase; an" - be the 'audible desire of bringing about this object' _, has presented the public with this v vork, winch cop, decanting, serving, and drinkng ivi oe. tains explicit and valuable directions as Redding re of the baneful effects of bad s wine Mr ' marks, that "at public dinners, where with Eil: sevenths of tavern wine great hazards are rap, I,'" large companies, where the individual is throw! o.'„ his guard by speeches, toasts, and clap-tra order: k d inds, it is far better, it agree with him, to,, round. Many would this way escape a NO and d anter of weak cold punch, or of very wea k to botty.nc flesifsupieakto, water, i and pass the wine-bottle as it coo; ba it, . A decanter ofsherry and water half and 'l i b , i „ l t.t t e escan be obtained, or even lemonade, ma y be s Ol ff i u.ed. It is at public dinners that bad Wine is g„p o , just as bad champagne and genuine gooseo bst °r i; Pass unnoticed at balls and places of public p where dancing and exercise, or the heat of the 09 be may make any liquid grateful to the palate. ' 0 work is well written, and must prove valuable to 4/ those who prefer drinking good wine to bad. ,r. HOM(EOPATIIY IN— -1851. Edited bg, ji ;° Rutherford Russell, 111. D. James Hogg, .' 4 " —. burgh. 10 To this work Mr. Russell has certainly done pt best to support the doubtful theory of hounceopat7 ..t, opposition to the established medical practice• l',:o monopoly of a medical university ja although we by co means approve' of the deep° ,' e certificate to a student, because "he announced 4:, intention of devoting himself to the study of home' ;° sz T o. h , e sce b . o , o i k n pathy," 3 et we consider that the author has dealt W '„ unwarrantable harshness upon the established tret i't letters, ment of consists of a S a tt ? physic. extracts, of om yr , ~. with comments thereon, and will doubtless b received by all its advocates. suppo.rt refilhiDgcetolprgier.s4.-Soll; BELFAST. t‘ : If the extraordinary ruins and ancient montilli e ,f i f which we have already referred speak eloquentii,Lif; Ireland of the past—dead Ireland, so to opeak- -- '''. o in the north, illustrates no less forcibly and 118 ‘ te , r a l the Iceland of to-day—living Ireland. The Pr-a-o! to that has been made there within a few years is l : l i °/) marvellous: within less than a century iho pol/9,; 0( has ir.creased from 8,549 to 110,000. Nutolrous l 7, 3l tent buildings have be n erectt , cl and are 1 1 P i lo e i ; improvements in the tow n are b e i ng made 1 13 Wi fix]: the docks are full of vess e l s , the streets t;4 1 : 11 t h activity. The cotton-trade is at the bottom of •11 cof but it would be usetul if all the springs ware s res et • and laid bare to view. Belfast should prove it, i e . tIY rating centre: let its inhabitants endeavour the ' 11 ; to t xeeute their mission. As it happens that tuv to 0. Association for the Advancement of Science are here on the Ist of next mont h , man y o f ti tlr re do s will be led to see it fur themselves. There i sm° the 1 to here than in any oth er p art o f I re l an d. Witilr' o,o ool. six years the tow n counc il have spent from ° ol d on' oa 60,000/. in opening new streets and widen ie g buildi r Is quays have been formed, and all the necessarYt.house for municipal purpo,es built. The new C u " 7 , , 1)31 . , ust now ctnmpleted: it is built uf Scotch s t o e t s e ooolt: ; r t. it Corinthian portico of large size, and cost ino i col r , contains a shire-hall, court ot record, and crire oun ty 6 ye, The architect was d the Charles Lanyoet th e c t he I 'l gici veyor, who has had good fortune to creat e vv bere,; ,ge archit:cturally. Foundations ar e nearly every cf in Belfast, and require great care: even tb::,, e bo wip e e of art found to sink bodily several inches. 05E for hydraulic lime, as we understand, preventsorted to ny concrete, and piling is therefore usually re s to fore n it cos large edifices. It is a brick county, and hotedacert rao ,r 0 very bad bricks have been used: recently, h°" t , 'rm improvement has been made in this resP e tion of I ill ,C2Mi to be at present but little real apPreeili• 9 1 0 1.1 0 nut the School of Design, and other agen ele e d, jn c operation. will have their effect, it may be ticP time. —B ; 13 ,h e J- 1. • e. c the - e A GOOD RIDDANCE.—The emigration nice ra is called an Exodus. We wish its resemblance to that rL butted egress could be completed by their saa rd° heading the expedition.—Punch. Sab bat BRACELETS FOR THE SEASON.—A. few „ b i j ou 0 , : f i s a n d e y d g i a d y: o e t il e t x er c e it d e a thceer t ean i vn3c h ufrca h g i fr n ou t svp h o c' cl,ef ri t e h l:s gri ei ou i: e e l : hood of Invergordon, and not a little disturbed th e ccd , on K m ag :od a , in the neighbouring pew, by the display o l and interesting in the bracelet department. 'paY 0 Indeed, so a so beautiful, and elegant did thes ornaments aPP el ' i was i , lady's wrist, that the curio 't hbours h i et 8 tensely excited. What could si yof the neig colt , - • r 5 t they be—where tio no , have got them—what might be their value —were q at thought, but not spoken, andmuch wered. The 0 6 tention of an elderly gentleman lessalasno'attracted t° o3 et 11 novelty, and it required alli,iswas iscriminating 5 01 00 assisted by a pair of specs. (whichwiped for the purpose ?... . to discover that the bracelets he _„, they , l were—aye, what w.' st --art` , talk of Your topaz —your dia d—your theme, ortl even your Koh-i-noor—let th m ese n and all such up, tai rand rays, and dim their brilliancyY,e n 41 1, , reen r and blushing reader ?—they were a double string ° ' gooseberries.'—lnverness Advertiser, Da. iyo regr e t t o h ear th a t Mr. Urquhart , late for Stafford, is seriously ill. d 0 3 " Tun Moons, &c.—Tice twelfth approaches, O ho d influx of strangers into Inverness and its neighl ,° % ir , ° ,A en route for shooting quarters, is at present considerabLenoss, 7 correspondent sends the following from the west ° 1 ,,, wi e shire:—. 6 We are happy to announce that the shepheror viiid other pedestrians who are in the habit of traversing o °. D ir. and romantic bills state that the young birds are Ino'',oo mc. , rous and stronger on the wing than informer lea hills ot Turridon were brought into celebrity by Mr. " n d by from Ireland, who had the shootin g here last year! , a of to his many acts of kind ness and g e ner o s it y endeared fun'A t he all. The rivers an d lakes her e a ff or d excellent sport v angler."—lnverness Courier. ;nz of UNION BA:cx or AUSTRALIA.—The aleetr.„`;.esoo the Union rank of Australia was held yesterday , en" " i d o lution was passed for giving the directors 3000/. ins e t r e v ‘ ice s 2,0001. per annum as the remuneration for their 5 commencing from Ist July in the present year. abUrg Th e postal service between Paris and Stra . e _, o w ill soon be definitively organised. The Sw mail train wi111,..'11. P ar i s every evening at half-past seven, and arr ive At burg at 25 minutes past eight next morning