The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-15 00:00:00

EE• 4,00 0 :ry de" not of ,o hoe lbr gad. Dg land .siness. luickli ste, or tor n DO t he OW . wirer. L westoft (guar. 4 per cant.) 20 ...... Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8 ...... Ranch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 ...... litanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ..... . Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, lA, Shares (No. 3)... 7% ...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto Grimsby ... 35 Ditto, ditt0.......... ll Ditto, ditto ........ Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 12 1 4...... . to Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 44 25.... Midland...—. • ............. ...100 Bl 82 1 ,x... to 83 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares..... ...... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ll 5 Midland, Bristol and Gleam. 38 ... .~ Ditto ditto 14/. 185... Midland, Leices. and Swan- nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 . 1,1 411(1. Great Western (Irish) 42 1 2 — kiddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. ......... ..... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 ~Newry, and Enniskillen ...... 7 4101 717, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .... 20 Norfoll( 100 Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension s . per et... 20 Do. Guaranteed 54 per ct. 5 .. ... Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares. ..... Do. Quarters OA — .. ... to Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds .... .... 4 1 ,4...... 1% to North and South-Western... 2 .. .. .. North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 ...... 9% % to North Wales North Western 8 . 7 %4 — .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhampton ... . ........... .. 45 Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 10 Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland .. ....... —.. 25 Ditto,New... 17% — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7% ...... ...... to Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Oswestry Ditto ,New) 1 Ditto fi per Cent. Pref...—.. 10 Phropshire Union... South Devon 5O to Ditto, Preference .. ... 25 South Staffordshire ... South Eastern : Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2........ ..... 22 Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Lougbor and Ca _ ineron's Stagy. Coal ..... . 6 - Taw Vale Extension 6 Thames Haven Dock and . Railway 1 7 1,! - Vale of Death Waterford and Kilkenny 1 7 1...... Waterford and Limerick..... 45 ..... Waterford,Wexford,Wteklw, and Dublin .. 3 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 4 2 34 ... .. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... . .. 9 ... .. . West Cornwall WhitehaYen and Furness l3 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western 9 1,4 — Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ...... .. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .. .. 2714 ... to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ...... 25;t to Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 15 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Pork and North Midland .. 50 ...... 54 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension ..... ...... ...... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian .„ and Austrian „uoulogne and Amiens utritral of France (Orleans and Vierzon) Nion . I /2 — Eitoxierara. ..... .. 1 2 1,(..... vendre Valley birect Bombay and Madras 58. •••• • batch Rhenish 7 14 — East Indian ... Great Indian Peninsular iy ..... . ...... to Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — to Luxembo ur g tdadrid and Valentia „.Namur and Liege.... 2O ...... 33a Aortlaern of France. ( Mean. and Bordeaux ... Paria and Lyons Do. Do. Paris and Orleans .... 20 Pang and Rouen ............... 20 Paris & Strasbourg .. .. 8 .._.. ikeuen and Havre ... 20 ambre and:Meuse Strasburg and Bale Irtylin & Nantes ... . ...... lournay, Jurbise, Louden, and Ilasgelt ......... ...... .. 20 •••••• ...... to Vest Flanders B% . _ —... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 ~C 4l onial ..... .......-... ........ 25 ....• . to v, ornmercial of London London Joint Stock ...- ..... 10 Lomdon and We s t m i ns t er . .. 20 - Netlonal Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto New ' National' of Ireland 2 2 1,E .• .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New vtion of Australia :Ditto, New 2 14 — 'nion of London ........ ..-.. 10 Itlnion of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... Australian ...... 131 aenarvon Iron and Coal Zolanos Scrip liritieh Iron 3.trazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24...... Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... general Mining Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. .. ... to •-• 1 ., DO. Black Debentures — to t• ailed Mexican ...... LLoyirs SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 15.—Wind N., light breeze, and fine 'dry weather. The wreck of a ship: of about 300 dismasted and waterlogged, the quarter-deck bul- Warks painted stone colour, was passed 29th ult., lat. 43 long. 23 W., by the Royal Archer, arrived in the RAMSCATE, 'SEPT. 14.—Wind N. to N.W.—Sailed ulinda, Oporto and Sydney, New South Wales. DEAL, SEPT. 14.—Wind" N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrived Zuleika, Montgomery, Rio Grande; Scottish Maid, Callao. SI& Emigrant, New York; Oberon, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Lysander, Port Philip; kaitland, ditto; Fortitude, Moreton Bay; Emily, Gam bler; Urgent, Bahia; Helen, ditto ; Mary a n d Ann, Rio 'Janeiro; Chester, St. John's, New Brunswick. PonTsraouTa, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.N. W.—Sailed Gloriarirs, Madras and Calcutta; Douglas, Montreal. PLY MOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.W.—Sld. her Ma- Jetty's ship Southampton. Cape of Good Hope. eaTabirF, SEPT] 13.—Sid . Palmyra, Boston, America ; a linalto, Rio Janeiro. HoLynEAD, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Active, S tcaohn's, New Brunswick. -LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. St. Rio Grande,sailed 7th July ; Atlas, Hanson, NOW Orleans ; Ward Chepman, Belton, ditto ; Velocity, tkina, Alexandria ; Cambria (steamer), Harrison, view York, left 30th ult.,; Halifax, 2d instant. Sid. Newfouadland. The Monmouth (brig), of Bristol, with bowsprit and figure-head carried away, was spoken Bth instant in lat. 56, long. 7, by the Black Cat, arrived here. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.E.—Off port, Thomas Orisp, RQynolds, Trinidad ; Castle Lachlan, Hart, Ja maica ; A lbatross, New York. IPSWICH, SEPT. 13.—Horatio, Fairbairn Quebec. PETEREZAD, SEPT. 11.—The Happy Return, Stephen, for Fraserburgh, was' in contact with the Liverpool (set ooner), of Dundee, off Rattray Head, and received, oonsiderable damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. We have to report the arrival of a very moderate eupply.of English Wheat for our market since Monday, coastwise as well as by land carriage, and sample. To day the stands were rather scantily filled with qualities °I both red and white, the demand for which was firm, It t prices fully equal to those paid on l as t mar k et d ay, 4 nd at which a good clearance was effircted. The general quality of the new Wheats was gre•Atly improved. Al though the imports of foreign Wl4eat continue good— upwards of 13,000 quarters having come in this week— Ile had a good consumptive ir,quiry for that article, at extreme rates of value. The , :tuty is now ss. per quart er . Scarcely any English Barley was at market, but the show of foreign parcels was good. Selected qualities 50 1 d at full prices, but all other kinds were somewhat easier to purchase. The demand for Malt was confined to retail parcels, but we have no decline to notice in bitie. Th e supp l y o f O ats being small, that grain was ' fi r,, at very Lull prices. B eans , P eas , I n di an C orn, deal. and Flour, were quite as dear. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Flour. 3,280 qrs. 210 qrs. 130 qrs. I 2,340 ski. 120 I ---- 8,860 ---- Englislrish h .. .. .. Foreign .... . 1 13,010 1,270 Malt, 3,f)50 qrs. SMITHFIELD. With home -fed Beasts our market to-day was very Moderately supplied; but the number from abroad was extensive, though of middli ng qua li ty. The attendance of buyers was by no means good, yet the Beef - trade was ;toady, gq fully Monday'e quetatiOuth The few prime THE SUN, LONDON, Scots on offer sold readily at 4s per Sibs. For most breeds of Sheep—the supply of which was tolerably ex tensive, the time of year considered—the sale was firm, at full rates of currency, the best old Downs selling at 53 per 81ba. In Lambs comparatively little busibe,s was transacted, yet prices were mostly supported. There was an improved demand for Calves, at an advance in the quotations of quite 2d per Blbs Pigs were steady at late rates. Much Cows ruled dull, at from 151 to 18/ each, including their small Calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts..... 3 0 3 2 second quality -... 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 3 10 Prime Scots •• • . • . 3 10 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 3 10 4 4 Buckling Calves ..17 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep .• • 3 10 4 2 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 G 4 8 Southdown Wetlier 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs •.•••• 3 10 4 2 Small Porkers • • 4 4 4 6 Quarter old Pigs • l6 0 22 0 Lambs •• ... . TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. Pies 9.680 f 455 390 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. 408 1,790 204 SCOTCH.—Beasts, 150 ; Sheep, 3'90. NEWGATE AND LEALENUALL. These markets were very firm, at full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. I s. d. to F. d. Beef ,Inferlor— •• 2 8 210 ( Mutton, interior 3 6 310 middling .. •• 3 0 3 2 middling.. 4 0 4 4 primelarge •• 3 2 3 4 I prime .... 4 6 4 8 prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork., large.-- •• 3 6 4 2 Ve41.............. 3 4 4 4' 5ma11........ 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 4s 00 to 5s Od. BOROUGH HOP MARI:CET. Beasts. 1,185 A fair quantity of new Mops hiT;..7.rTv7d this week from Kent and Sussex, of good colour. The Sussex qualities have sold at from 90s to 955, and the Kent ditto 95s to 103 s per cwt. Picking is now becoming pretty general, and a large supply of new Hops may shortly be expected here. For yearling and old parcels we have scarcely any demand, and prices have a down ward tendency. As this year's produce is expected to be good, the duty has advanced to 205,0001. Yearlings —Sussex pockets, 21 5s to 21 10s; Weald of Kent ditto 21 6s to 21 12s ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 21 lOs to Si 5s per cwt. DEFENCE OF LA MARTINE. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) The Manifesto which I addressed to Europe, as a programme of the Republic, was accepted spontane ously and simultaneously by France, by the peoples, and by the Governments. The justice and modera tion which were therein expressed at once placed right on the side of France, and that right surpassed armies. All the Foreign Powers responded to the Manifesto by a prudence of language and by a re• spect for the moderate revolution, such as prevented the general conflagration of the Continent. What homage was evinced towards us, for example, at Berlin, at London, at St. Petersburgh, at Madrid, at Brussels, at Frankfort, everywhere ! Scarcely a few days had elapsed, when the different peoples of the Continent, fascinated simply by the attraction of ideas, detached themselves from absolute institutions and gravitated towards our principles. In Ger many and in Italy seventeen partial revolutions re plied to ours. We had no cause either to inflame, or to agitate, or to combat. The name, the attitude, and the reserve of the Republic, fought for us pacifi cally. A commencement of harmony began to be consolidated between ourselves and the various con stitutional Powers. France only wished to maintain the place which it occupied in the world ; who would dare to refuse it so much ? Above all, who would do so, when France assumed its true role as the sympathetic missionary in the incitement of the pro gress of humanity through the influences of freedom. In order that our capabilities might correspond with the situation which we had already assumed, I immediately demanded from the Government three armies of observation ; one army of a hundred and twenty thousand men upon the frontiers of the Rhine and of the North ; one army of five thousand men at the foot of the Pyrenees; and a third army of sixteen thousand men at the foot of the Alps. The two former were only a forethought, the army of the Alps was an act. Italy rose to vindicate its legitimate independence. The King of Sardinia went to fight for her in Lom bardy. We neither provoked nor encouraged the war against Austria. The question was peculiarly, and above all, Italian. I felt that it would not be just or judicious to transform it into a French ques tion. Had our arms adventured beyond Savoy we should have appeared in the light rather of conquerors than of auxiliaries. We should thereby have alarmed the German population; have re-formed against our selves the coalition, and have provoked a general war without leaving ourselves a single ally. Behold, then, the attitude which I caused our diplomacy to assume in my written instructions, a policy which I after wards confirmed at a later period by my language in the tribune, a language which received the approbation of the National Assembly. I said—We ought to prepare ourselves for three eventualities in Italy. Will Charles Albert, unaided among all the mas ters of Italy, be victorious ? Will Charles Albert call for our assistance ? Will Charles Albert experience reverses? Supposing Charles Albert to be alone triumphant, so much the better I Italy will in that event be eman • cipated without our interference. Supposing the fate of Italian independence is pro longed, and that Charles Albert makes an appeal to our generous aid, we should reply to that appeal, and we should descend from the summit of the Alps to succour him, justified in so doing by the right of our alliance and by the coincidence of our motives with the aspirations of Italy. In fine, supposing that Charles Albert abstained from asking our assistance, and supposing that the safety of his own dominions, and of those different provinces which had been conquered, or which had of themselves proclaimed their independence, were me naced in consequence of his reverses, then likewise we should descend into Piedmont, not as conquerors, not as agitators, but as armed and disinterested me diators. Europe could not in that event accuse us either of ambition or of impatience. The right of proximity a title to all mediations. Europe would respect that right in our instance. Its plenipotentiaries would follow, and march in accordance with, the move ments of our troops. The principal powers of Christen dom would combine with us, in establishing mat ters upon a sufficient basis, upon a foun dation compatible with the events inaugura tive of the independence of Italy. 1 quitted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time when Charles Albert was still triumph — ant. I am ignorant what counsels have guided my successors. Two of the eventualities which I had foreseen and dis cussed have since been realised ; but the interior situation of our Government is altered, and evi dence, perhaps, something less of temerity. Of this I am still ignorant. The responsibility of our Italian policy fell from my shoulders on the occasion of my official resignation on the 24th of June; never theless I have implicit confidence in the cir cumspection of the Government, and in the wisdom of the two great powers of Europe. I believe that negotiations will afford a compensation for the absence of victory. To affect Europe in such a manner that she should, to gether with the new French Republic, decide unani mously as to the future condition of Italy, has always appeared to me as the remote perspective of these occurrences, and as a guarantee of alliance and peace for the whole world. THIRD ACCUSATION. I delayed the ,elections in order to prolong the dic tatorial power of the Government of which I was a member! My only reply is this—Read the accounts con• tained in the .Moniteur of the five or six days during which the dictatorial faction of the anarchist clubs of Paris plotted against the Government for the purpose of inducing us to adjourn the period fixed for the elections. You will there find an explicit refutation of this absurd calumny. During three months I had only one thought—the National Assembly ! the prompt and substantial consignment of power into the hands of the Republican representation ! On the 17th of March what was my reply to the club of the Na tional Guard ? I transcribe it :—" Citizens ! of all the dogmas which have survived the grand subversion of thrones or of governments, there is only one dogma which is imperishable in our estimation, it is that of the national sovereignty—(Bravo, bravo)—it is that of the national sovereignty, that sovereignty which we ourselves will never imperil, and which we w ill never allow to be endangered, either in our name or in yours." On the 17th of March what were my words in the Proclamation destined by us to be the disavowal of all such ideas of usurpation ? I transcribe again (from the printed reports in the Moniteur):—" Raised by acclamation to power during the interregnum of the people, we have never desired, and we will never desire any other dictatorship than that of absolute ne cessity. If we had refused the post on account of its danger, we should have been guilty of cowardice ; if we remained here one hour more than is positively necessary we should be guilty of usurpation. You alone are powerful. We number the days which must elapse, and we have hastened by every means within our reach the time in which we shall resign the Republic into the hands of the nation" And further on :—" A few days more of magnanimity, Theo d f e Republica p i v o ui n bl i c a n receive of will patience,and Republic u balni the fd sr N t or mon as strong arms r As semblymtthe, nation 1 1 " And,, again, on the 17th of 3:,arch, reply tce the ma n if es t a ti on o f what is my a hundred thousand men, w'nose pretended spr.:Hesmen called upon us to postpon e the elections,l' This :—" Citizens ! I do not w 4 .sh, out of a feeling of respect for our inde pendence, to decide in any manner upon a decree whict tends to declare to the nation that Paris aspires to monopolize the Republic, 'upon a decree which would oblige us (in the isolated name of the capital, and u. oder the pressure of a multitude well but still imperati ve by intentio, led, it may b e , reason of its very nn• tubers) to assume the dictator ship of the Repui of that Republic whi c h th e entire Jlished in this metropolis by th e i r est . vict peopleory—b that 41 victory which was gained for the advantage of e whole of France, and not for the exclusive ber command ly ,fit of a few citizens ! . . . If you and to prc Vi to deliberate under the pressure of force tine the outlawry of the whole nation which cl ~ .oe s , ot happen to reside within the walls of Paris, to ( -k p h \ re their exclusion from the representa tion :*()),1 tho constitution during a period of , (T. COLONIAL. SErGAß.—Business has been dull in British Plantation and other descriptions, and for all sorts lower rates have been accepted. The decline in West India has been 6d to is per cwt by private sale. At auction, Barhadoes has realised 40s to 42s for fine yellow, 37s to 38s for mid, and 368 to 36s 6d for low. St. Lucia, very fine yellow has realised 41s to 425, and good greyish yellow 35s 6d to 375. Grenada, mid yellow 36s to 36s 6d, and mid and yellow Jamaica, 365. REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been 50s 6d to 51s per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius, 7,692 bags 104 casks went heavily at 6d to is decline, and mostly found buyers, fine yellow 38s 6d to 39s 6d, low 34s 6d to 355, and ord to fine grey 34s to 38s. Madras, 500 bags, declined 6d per cwt., mid damp yellow 32s 6d, end fine brown 30s. Bengal has been cheaper also. Java went lower ; fine strong grey 40s to 41s 6d, and mid yellow 36s to 36s Bd. FOREIGN.—Bahia has been held at 42s to 43s for white, and yellow at 398 to 41s, being rather above the value. St. Croix was bought in at 41s to 43s for good and fine. White Havannah 3,180 boxes at 28s to 31s 6d for mid to fine, and at 27s to 27s 6d for low ; 1,195 boxes yellow were taken in at I9s 6d to 21s for good and fine. COFFEE.—In West India samples there has been very little doing, but Ceylon has had a moderate sale. Planta tion has realised 64s 6d and 65s Gd for superior, 51s to 52s for good, and 29s to 32s for fine ord. Mucha has not been in much request, good 565, and bold triage 38s 6d. Costa Rica has been 42s 6d for mid, and 28s 6d to 30s good and fine ord. RICE.—From the highest prices there has been a de cline of about 2s per cwt. Mid white Bengal Hs 6d to 12s, and Madras pinkey lOs per cwt. SPICES —Malabar Pepper has been taken in at 24d per Ib, and Panang at 20 to 24d per lb; Jamaica Ginger 2/ 4s to 2/ 18s. PEARL SAGO, &c.—Some parcels have been taken in at 22s per cwt; Bermuda Arrowroot has been sold at id to Is lid per lb. MOLASSES.—West Indian have been bought in at 15s per cwt. Rear.—The demand has been vary limited, and prices have receded. Proof Leewards is 7d to is Bd, mid Jamaica 28 to 33 per cent over, 3s 2d to 3s sd, and East India proof Is 6d to is 6id per gallon. SALTPETRE.—This article has been tolerably firm. Good and fine Calcutta 26s 6d to 28s, and low and mid 25s to 265. TEA.—The market is not quite so good for Green, but Black sells freely. Sound ord Congou Sid per lb. COTTON.—A quiet business has been done. CocoA.---The demand is moderate, at steady rates. TALLow.—Some activity has prevailed. P. Y. C. on the spot has been 47s 3d to 47s 6d per cwt, and holders are very firm. FRUlT.—Business is dull for most articles. Foreign Grapes are expected. In Barcelona Nuts there is no al teration. Oporto Onions sell slowly. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN RE JEWESSON. Mr. Wooler, a creditor under the estate of this bank rupt, applied to his Honour for an order to inspect the books of the bankrupt, Mr. Whitmore, the official as signee, having, relused permission. His Hosoua said that Mr. Whitmore, the official as signee, having refused permission, he (his Honour) could not grant an order without hearing his objection, but at the same time he was of opinion that creditors should be allowed to see the books, except in very special Case'. Mr. Whitmore's clerk said he would communicate his Honour's opinion to Mr. Whitmore. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary PUTTER.) PARRY V. DAVIS.—TROVER. This was an action in trover to recover the value of a gold watch and chain. The evidence went to show that the watch had been left with the defendant, who is a licensed victualler at Maidstone, to be forwarded to a gentleman at Oxford. The watch, however, not reaching its destination, de fendant said it had been forwarded by railroad, but not being claimed had been returned to tho Paddington station. On inquiry, however, it was found that this was not the erste, and as the defendant did not give a more satisfactory account the present action was brought. The jury assessed the damages at 10/. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) young man reported Peter Fernie, a J to on.b) e connected trade, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences three (Before the ASSISTANT with eminent firms in th© shipping Frostand Co., the value of 401., the property of Messrs. coils ' of cable, of rope makers, St. George's-in-the-Fast. Mr. WILD, who appeared for the prosecution, called Mr. Frost, Sen., and Mr. Eldershaw, one of the clerks to the fi rm , w h o proved that on Satur day, the 26th of August last, the prisoner ap plied to him for th e quan tity of rope set out in the indi c t men t, w hi c h h o sa id h e wan t e d f or a ship which his brother, an extensive tradesman in the ship ping line in Wapping, was fitting out. Mr. Frost asked him was it to be a ready money transaction ? to which the prisoner answered in the affirmative. The rope having been selected and placed in Mr. Frost's cart, the prisoner said he could not give a cheque at that moment, but if Mr. Frost would send to his brother on Monday, he would find A cheque ready for him. He had directed the invoice to be made out in his brother's name, which he gave as " Peter," that being really his own name, his brother's being " Thomas." The prisoner had represented himself as an old customer, and as the person who gave him the fitting of the Havannah packet with :cordage. The prosecutor had no recollec tion of the prisoner or of the Havannah; but on going to his books, and finding that he had supplied the packet with ropes, he credited the rest of the prisoner's re presentations. The carter was directed to take the rope to Mr. Thomas Firnie, 331, Wapping, and the prisoner accompanied him some way in that direction, but before they reached Wapping he told the man that he had changed his mind, and that he thought it would be more convenient to leave the rope for the present at a store in Hermitage -street. On Monday Mr. Frost as certained that the rope was not ordered for Mr. Thomas Fernice, and on searching the place in Her mitage-street, only one coil was found, the prisoner having disposed of the other two. Mr. BALLANTINE, in the cross-examination of the witnesses, elicited that the rope had been sold to the prisoner, and was, in effect, in his possession, before he said that it was for his brother, and referred to him for the parment. Mr. Frost would not have parted with the property, if he did not suppose it was a cash transac tion, b-ut he had no suspicion of the prisoner on account of the statement respecting the Havannah. T'je ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that the whole case of fal'ie pretence fell to the ground, as the goods were ob tr.ined before the brother's name was mentioned. The prisoner was forthwith acquitted and discharged. FlRE.—This morning between two and three o'clock, a fire was discovered at the extensive premises of Mr. S. Mordans, the engineers in the City-road. The fire was discovered by the policeman on duty, and several engines were speedily on the spot, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, and the fire was extin guished with considerable difficulty, it being necessary to saw away a great portion of the timbers. The first floor of the factory was completely destroyed, and a great portion of the roof. It is supposed that the fire was occasioned by some sparks from a furnace used for hardening steel. The property is insured. IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE CITY SMALL DEBTS ACT.—This morning, Mr. Commissioner Bul lock, in a case heard in the City Small Debts Court, held that a defendant was not bound to be in attendance unless subreened to give evidence as a witness. His Honour was so strongly of opinion on this point that he refused to adjourn the case for an application to the court above. FATAL ACClDENT. — Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Westminster Hospital, on the body of Bartholomew Farrell, aged 21. The de ceased was a labourer, employed on the works of the New Houses of Parliament. On Friday morning last deceased was engaged on the top of the ventilating shaft of the New House of Commons, lowering au immense iron chain, which was affixed to a crab; but instead of lowering it in the usual way by the handle, he undid a portion of the chain off the drum of the crab, and in the velocity of the chain running out it caught deceased's foot and drew him down the shaft, and he fell to the bottom, a depth of 91 feet. Deceased was picked up perfectly insensible and conveyed to the above hospital, where he expired on Wednesday _morning. Verdict " Acci deut#l dwatb," FRIPA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1848. three months, of six months, of I know not how long—l would say to you, citizens, that which I have said within the last few days to another Go vernment : You may draw my consent to your de mands from my bosom only with the balls which shall have pierced it !" Behold how I have ad journed the National Assembly in the face of those who have demanded its postponement! Is this, then, I ask of you, to be numbered amongst my criminal concessions? It is true, without doubt, that a little further on we delayed the convocation of the National Assembly for five days. You shall learn why. It was in order to enable the National Guard to elect some of their officers prior to the great day of inauguration, for that civic army was not then perfectly organized, and we were anxious, and we felt ourselves bound to be anxious, so to arrange the preparations that the National Guard should appear to advantage for the purpose of surrounding the National Assembly with the respect, with the authority, and with the invio• lability of Paris in arms ! Was this treason, or was it solicitude for the National Assembly ? The 15th of May has given the response ! What would have become of us on the 15th of May if the National Guard had been absent? LITERATURE. ENGLAND UNDER THE HOUSE OF HAN OVER. 2 Vols. By Thomas Wright. andlthcb i; e as v illustrating ne compositions . 1. is t r atai t i g . e tyl e m vaoerodnf p doi s i tr e aihi t d innouei Almost every description of historical writing has coounnetrytimheadteomuanlaottehder. the Illouftmieer f idn f c i r e u rof o T sae r u n ii a s i gl oe c nfd i ws t u Eo sronnk: England. al n aoo d nuf (ri aT. more \h, pictorial :vonoi various rogs i alhoel Knight Sovereigns character, eva Henry ad,rnraaeperi ugtreabnr:s, from William the Conqueror downwards. A'Beckett had penned a comic description of the same events in a work as eccentric as any written since the days of Rabellais and Cervantes. Maccabe had laboriously translated the chronicles of our ancient bookmen. But it was reserved for Mr. Wright to conceive and accomplish an undertaking which contrasts in a brilliant manner with those of his predecessors. The notion of the work before us is as eccentric as it is decidedly felicitous ; it is nothing less than the vivid portraiture of the occurrences which have marked the progress of the British empire since the rise of the dynasty of the House of Brunswick on the de mise of Queen Anne—by a multitude of grotesque wood-cuts copied from the caricatures of the last and the present century. The successor of our author will have only to follow his suggestions as to the accumu lation of subsequent caricatures for the purpose of re presenting the reigns of George IV., William IV., and of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria; and the inimitable cartoons of H. B. will of themselves afford a fruitful field for his investigations. Up to the commencement of the felicitous labours of the elder Doyle, or rather up to the appearance of the incom parable Cruikshank, Mr. Wright proceeds, but no further. So that a glorious field is still left for the sequel of his history embellished by caricatures. Although the close of his ingenious undertaking, pre cisely at that period when the political caricaturists were becoming more than ever numerous, prolific., and imaginative, must have required an infinite effort of self-denial, we cannot but feel th a t th e de termination of our comical historian was, to say the least of it, judicious. Had he adventured further he would have endangered his f ame , as a poacher on the domains of artist s s till li v i ng , and would thereby have militated in a great measure from the agreeable and innoffensive chara c t e r o f hi s volumes. According to' their present arrangement they may be very nearly described as without blemish, if we except the indulgence of the limner in a few licentious, not to say indecent, excerp t s f rom the original drawings of Gillray and Rowlandson. As a frontispiece to the first volume we have, as we think, rather appropriately, a capital engraving of William Pitt, the great Earl of Chatham. We say appropriately, inasmuch as the sarcasm of the artists of the eighteenth century attained the height of their drollery during the period of his memorable adminis tration. To the second volume is prefixed, an en graved portrait of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of our English caricaturists—James Gillray. Mr. Wright, in the enthusiasm of his esteem for the abilities of this eminent satirist of the last age of statesmen, calls Gillray, the greatest of cur caricaturists. To our thinking, however, such a dogmatic decision appears to be somewhat rash and precipitate after the prolonged and unexampled career of the celebrated IL B. Doyle has been called, we are well aware, rather a portrait-taker than a caricaturist; but such an opinion is little less than actually preposterous when some ot his wild and witty tableaux are borne in recollection. To Gillray, nevertheless, and to Rowlandson, we must acknowledge ourselves indebted for some of the oddest conceits in the way of pictorial travestie that have ever been delineated. And our gratitude te them is the more lively after the laughter provoked from us by the examination of the entertaining chapters of Mr. Wright's " History of the House ot Hanover." Were we to attempt to enumerate one quarter of the wood-engravings lavished upon these two volumes by the faithful implements employed 1,2. P. W. Fairholt, we should exhaust the mus cular energy of our hand, the attention 01 our compositors, and the patience of our readers. Those who are curious as to their diversity will be best enabled to satisfy their i nqu i s itiveness by referr in g at once to the books themselves ; and such a proceed ing is undoubtedly the most advisable, seeing that it is beyond our powers of description to convey an . y adequate notion . of any one figure or any one face in any one of these ridiculously facetious caricatures. Drollest Pf all amongst them, to our mind, are m disputably those relating to the fluctuations of fashion in regard to the different costumes in vogue t dif ferent epochs. Take for exam ple the "cuts" upon perukes, the quarrel at the whist table , t he novel opera-glass, the dandizett e , the parasols, .the lady evading the vigilance of a bailiff, the invisibles, and a swarm of similar exaggerations. Of course there are no laCk of caricatures towards the close of the reign of the third George, upon the career of that wonderful adventurer, who, f rom bein g the son of a Corsican barrister, became the ruler of an empire greater than that of Charle magne, more populous than that of Caesar, and snore consolidated than the precocious conquests of the Macedonian Alexander. Out of all these hits at Napoleon, there is only one of them to our taste, as in any respect humorous, whether in conception or execution. We mean the little, careless, off-hand sketch by George Cruikshank of 13oney being "snuffed out." The effect of it is inexpressibl) laughable. Beside it the p or t ra iture of "Jean Bull again," of " Gulli ver an d the King of Brobdignag, and even the elaborate picture of "The Hand -writing; on the Wall" sink into insignificance. Good again, inimitably, ohn delightfully, Bull baskpg sunshine. ridiculouslyi clever, is the limning of John Equally humorous are the f o ll ow ing Heidegger in a Rage—Ahithophel in the Dumps—the Successful Candidate the Brandy Drinker— and John Bull turned Fiddler. Those who are not sufficientl3 studious in their habits to undertake the perusal of a more sober composition may obtain an agreeable knowledge of the history of England under the House of Hanover by poring over the researches of Messrs. Wright and Fairholt. We warrant them a good digestive chuckle, a chuckle as genial and prolonged as any chuckle ever chuckled by the immortal Mr. Toots. Sometimes, indeed, it is scarcely possible t o scan the narrative without indulging in an explosion of laughter. The two volumes are filled to overflow ing with the fruits of an entertaining and felicitous erudition. THE STANDARD NOVELS. The very Important news of foreign or domestic politics which from day to day, for several months, has filled our columns, has compelled us to postpone any notice of this truly national work of its class. The public are indebted to Mr. Bentley, one of the most enterprising publishers of our time, for this work, which, for talent and variety, is unquestionably unrivallediii any by any previous theevrious volumes collection whichof• wo . works of fiction Bentley has recently added to it give even a new attraction to this collection. Among them we would particularly mention the popular romance of the Danish poet, Andersen, " The Improvi sa t ore' " the lamented L. E. L.'s " Romance and Reality," Grat tan's picturesque romance, " Agnes de Mansfeldt," and Miss Costello's "Catherine de Medecis." In this great collection (which every family ought to have, for it is singularly free from objectionable stories) we have the matchless humourous sea stories of Marryatt, the powerful romances of Bulwer Lytton, the Cooper, james, Theodore masterly productions, Gleig, Miss Austen, E o d f g l w 'e o n rt i h more Victor Hugo, Mrs. Gore, Galt, Godwin, Mrs. Brun ton, Mrs. Trollope, Mrs. Inchbald, Maxwell, Miss Lee, Washington Irving, Banim, Mrs. Hall, Peacock, Hook,lisfi " Marriage," " Inheritance," " ' Destiny" (Sir Walter Scott's favourites), Mr. Hopes " Anastasius," Alo rier's " Oriental Stories," &c., and many others too numerous to mention. Mr. Bentley'! has here place(', a body of elegant entertainment before the reader a' a price generally. accessible, for which he heartil', deserves our heartiest thanks. We are not surprised at the wonderful success of this great literary under taking (which stands almost alone for extent, even in these times) ; for this class of literature, from the talent and genius exercised upon it, has now taken a high position amongst us for good or for evil, which claims and has obtained from us a very extensive popularity. Where shall we find shrewder lessons of worldly wisdom than are to be culled from every page of the fictions of Hook and Galt? where more valuably practical morals than may bo . .drawn from the searching tales of Godwin ? where a profounder insight into the sources of passion than is to be found in the " Anastasius" of Hope ? Read in a right spirit, the well- written work of fic tion contributes quite as much to the instruction as to the entertainment of the reader; and so long as man takes interest in a record of the joys and sor rows and vicissitudes of his fellow man, and the spirit of adventure and curiosity lingers in his nature, so long will the romance and the novel continue to find favour in his sight. The young, the old, the sailor, the soldier, and the lawyer, have found a welcome solace in such works as are included in this vast store house, to relieve arduous duties. How many a weary day of a lingering voyage have the Standard Novels beguiled of its ennui ! Of the Standard Novels it may be said, they have found their way to every corner of the civilized world—been the constant and agree able companions of many a weary traveller by ,rail road or steam-boat. I❑ short, wherever entertain ment is sought for, here surely it may be found in every variety—naval yarns, military stories, gorgeous oriental romances, fashionable novels, high romances, &c., which in their intense absorbing interest hurry the reader away i❑ breathless suspense, while lessons of wisdom and knowledge of life are conveyed under the charming guise of fiction from the pens of all the greatest writers of our times to all classes of readers. REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE. An extraordinary general court of the governors of this excellent charity was held at the London Tavern, yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, to consider the pro priety of purchasing an estate at Dalston, for the pur poses of the institution. The property in question is situated at Dalston, and its cost, including its enfran chisement, will be 3,2001., which, with the con struction of the necessary buildings and works, will amount to 6,0001. more, 9,0001. altogether. The present establishment in the Hackney-road, it ap pears, is situated in an unhealthy neighbourhood, and it is deemed very desirable to remove it to Dalston. E. J. Forster, Esq., occupit d the chair. Mr. GURNEY HOARE moved that the corporation be empowered to purchase the property, after a proper valuation by the surveyor, at a price not exceeding 3,000/. If they did so they ;would become possessed of eligible freehold instead of expensive and ineligible lease hold property. There could not be two opinions upon the matter. The Rev. Mr. KELLY seconded the motion. The building in the Hackney-road was most inconvenient, and was altogether unsuited for the purposes of the charity. For instance, the mansion on the estate which would be available for the purposes of the charity, was in good repair, and the repairs alone in the Refuge at Hackney cust 400/. a year. Last year they cost 5001., equal to the interest of 10,000/, and which sum would allow the construction cf the works, leaving 1,0001. margin. The property (which belonged to Mr. Olding, the banker) was leasehold, whereas that in the Hack ney-road cost them 3001. a year. In reply to several questions, The CHAIRMAN replied that the premises in the Hackney-road would be let; there was no legal difficulty in the way, and washing, which was carried on to some extent in the institution, could be better performed in the country. The institution would not be too far from London. After a desultory conversation, in the course of which the surveyor stated that the property was well worth 3,0001., the motion was agreed to, and the meeting separated. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14. The British and North American royal mail steam ship Cambria arrived at this port this morning, being overdue. Her detention was enirely owing to head winds for nine days. She brings 73 passengers, 4,0001. specie. The outward steamer Britannia had reached Boston on the 26th ult., and the Niagara put into Halifax on the Ist. inst. The news brought by the Cambria is not of much importance. The revolt of Paredes in Mexico had been effectually quelled, although he had been per mitted to escape. Ilerrera was conducting a firm and steady administration. By advices from Jamaica, dated the 13th of August, rid city of Mexico, we have intelligence of a revolt of the blacks in that island, on the 2d ult. No details, however, have reached us. The Presidential question seems to be the prin cipal topic in the United States at present, beating even the Irish sympathisers by a long chalk. Van Buren accepts the free soil nomination. Mr. Cal- houn has come out, in the name of his party, in favour of Cass and Butler. As the chances at pre sent stand, it is difficult to foresee which party may win. Immense meetings of the sympathisers with the Irish insurgents were still being held, but the un faithfulness of the news propagated by the Tribune had told most effectually against the agitation. A very little money was forthcoming, the opinion being that 0 Brien and his party were cowards. In Canada the Irish movement, for the time, had been counteracted, no meetings being tolerated by Government. Still a strong feeling is manifested on behalf of the insurgents in the lower province. The Montreal papers state that Lord Elgin will not, as was rumoured, retire from the Government of Canada. The Countess had returned to the Govern ment House in improved health. Lord Elgin was adopting means to suppress any manifestations of re bellion that might show themselves. The following contains the latest details of the com mercial news. Money is easy, and exchange en Eng land 109 to 1094. CITY TRADE REPORT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29.—The flour market was again firmer to-day, and sales, in some cases, were made at a slight advance on yesterday's prices. The sales embraced the usual assortment of brands, including this State, common and pure Genesee, Oswego, &c. Southern was steady, with moderate sales. Wheat continued firm, and further sales of new Genesee were made at a slight ad vance OR yesterday's quotations. Corn was firm, and the market active. Sales were freely made, including the different grades, chiefly for export to Ireland, and, in some cases, at a slight improvement. Meal was steady, with sales of Western on terms stated below. Rye was steady, without material change in prices. Oats re mained about the same. Provisions remained compara tively quiet, while sales of pork were light. Lard con tinued firm. Groceries were quiet. There were but few sugars landing, though prices were steady. Coffee was firm. The state of the cotton market will be found no ticed below. Ashes—Small sales of 50 to 75 bbls pots were made at 5 dolls. 37ie. There was no change in pearls. Re ceipts down the Hudson River: Ashes, bbls, 285. Breadstuffs—Flour: Sales of 5,000 to 6,000 bbls were made in separate parcels, including 2,000 bbls Oswego, at 5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 62ic,; other lots were sold at 5 dolls. 621 c. to 5 dolls. 75c.; 300 ditto fair to pure Ge nesee at 5 dolls. 75c. The market for common Genesee, Oswego, &c., closed at about 5 dolls. 62ic. to 5 dolls. 75c. Sales of 200 to 300 bbls Georgetown were made at 5 dolls. 50c., and 500 ditto Brandywine sold at the same price. Wheat: Sales of 2,200 bushels of new Genesee were made at 1 doll. 22c.; 1,700 ditto Chicago sold at 95c., and 1,000 ditto poor quality ditto at 85c. Corn: The sales reached about 70,000 to 75,000 bushels, in various separate parcels, among which were about 20,000 mixed, at 55ie. for Western, to 57c. to 591 e. to 61c. for high mixed and flat yellow; 3,000 to 4,000 ditto white at 59ic.; 2,500 ditto mixed at 56c.; 4,000 ditto fair Southern white damaged, at 54e.; 2,200 ditto flat yellow at 60c. to 61c.; 2,000 ditto handsome white at 60c., and 8,000 to 10,000 ditto at 65c. Other lots were also included within our range of quotations. Meal: Sales of about 600 bbls were made, including 300 Western, at 3 dolls.; 300 ditto Jersey at 3 dolls. 12ic. to 3 dolls. 25c. Rye: Sales of 4,500 bushels were made at 71c. to 72c. Rye Flour—Sales of 200 bbls. were made at 3 87i dolls. to 4 dolls. Oats—Canal were about 35c. to 36c.; Jersey were dull.—Receipts down the Hudson River: Wheat Flour, hbls. 6,906; Corn, bushels, 26,061; Wheat, 16,903; Oats, bushels, 12,137; Rye, 2,765. Provisions—The sales, in separate lots, reached 500 to 600 bbls. of pork; including Mess, at 11 37i- dolls. to 11 44 dolls.; and prime at 8 94 dolls. to 9 dolls. Lard: Sales of 500 to 600 bbls. were reported, at 81 to 83- Beef: Sales of 150 bbls. Mess were made at 12 dolls. Last sales tierces were made at 20 dolls. Butter: Sales of 200 packages of common Ohio, at 10 to 103 c. Cheese: Sales of 200 to 300 boxes, at 6 to 61c. Bice continued firm, withsales at 4 dolls. per 100 lbs. Salt—Some 800 bags Syracuse tine were disposed of by auction at lOic. cash. Soap—Of Castile, some 100 boxes changed hands at 11c. cash. Cotton—The market has been inactive since the arri val of the Britannia, and prices have had a downward tendency. We reduce our quotations accordingly. The sales of the last three days amount to 2,450 baits. Up. & Fla. Tex. Mo. & N. 0. Inferior ... ... none. 5 a 5 1 - Ordinary to good ordinary 5i- asi 5a 51 Middling to good middling 6 a 6 64 a 6 4 Middling fair to fair ... Gi a q 7 a Fully fair to good fair ... 7 a 7i aBi Fine ... nominal. nominal. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. IT. S. Loan, 6 per ct., 1856 ... Do. 6 ~ 1862 ... Do. 6 , 7 1567 ... Do. 6 „ 18G8 ... Do. 5 „ 1953 ~. 1)o. Mexican Indemnity Treasury Notes, 6 per cent. ... Offered. Asked. ... 103 1031 ... 1031 103 1 ... 104 1044 . . 10-1 ii 1041 ... 93+ 93 4 ••• 91 93 ... 1031 1031 COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, 111014iDAY.—This morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer stalking. In the afternoon, her Majesty and his Royal High ness went out driving. The following parties have left their names at Bal moral :—The Duke and Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox; General Sir Alexander and Lady, and Miss Duff; Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson of Inver cauld, Mr. and Lady Ann Charteris, Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., Colonel Challoner, and Mr. Moore. The weather to-day exceedingly cold, and snow lying on the higher hills. TUESDAY, SEPT. 12.—IIer Majesty, attended by Viscountess Canning, rode out this morning. His Royal Highness, accompanied by Sir Georgo Grey, went grouse shooting. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, attended by Miss Hillyard, walked out in the grounds. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness visited the Whisky Distillery of Messrs. Begg. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princesses of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, and attended by her suite, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday morning, for the Priory, Stanmore. A deputation from the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad Company, comprising Judge Wilson of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, Mr. George Pemberton, Mr. Benjamin Sharpe, Mr. J. C. Williams, Mr. Frederick Partridge, Mr. Francis Edwards, and Mr. William Bridges, the secretary, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, sat yesterday at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Charter for Vancouver's Island. The Lords present were the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Ed ward Ryan. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left his seat, Bo wood-park, Wilts, for Ireland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left his seat, Ilickleton-hall, Yorkshire, for Filey, Scarborough. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left Bowood, Wilts, for Ireland. The Noble Marquis purposes mak ing a lengthened tour through ha extensivthee estates in the county of Kerry, and other parts of Ireland, where his Lordship is justly respected as a kind and munificent landlord. The Marchioness of Lans downe, with the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, still continue at Bowood. The Marquis of Anglesey has left Uxbridge House, for Cowes Castle, where the Marchioness and Lady Adelaide Paget are residing. The Earl and Countess of Kenmare have arrived at their picturesque scat in the county of Kerry, where they intend receiving a circle of visitors during the Feet 69. The Earl of Powis, the Countess Dowager, and the other members of the family, are passing the season at their seats in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. Lord and Lady WTenlock, and the Hon. Captain Lawley, are staying at Escrick Park, the family seat in Yorkshire. The Hon. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Lawley are Miss D'Arcy I rv i ne h ave Ladymaking Dungannon tour in S c a o n t d l and. left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, L at a S d VyynLyyarndhu dPa r rl: i Lord and and the Hon. Mis ses Copley left Turville Park, Bucks, at th e c l ose of last weak, for Buxton, Derbyshire. Lord Panmure has left Brechin Castle, near Forfar, for Milldens, in the north. Lord Francis Gordon Hally burton and a large party have been enjoying the sports of the field at the former seat, MILITARY IN TELLIGENCE. CH/THABI, SEPT. 13.—This afternoon the Grenadier Company, with No. 2 and 3 companies of the 4th Regi ment (King's Own) marched into Chatham barracks from Gravesend, having at that place disembarked from the ship Hisheney, Captai❑ John Ross, from India. Their strength consists of eight sergeants, six drum mers, and 211 rank and file, with twelve women and fifteen children, with the following officers :—viz., Capt. F. M. Campbell, Capt. J. Josiah Hort, Lieutenant J. G. Bolton, Lieutenant J. Hallowes, Lieutenant George 11. Twenlow, Ensign G. A. Morgan, and Assistant-Surgeon R. Gamble. The troops embarked on the Bth of April last at Madras, and on the 28th of June this ship put in at the Cape, and after two days sailed for St. Helena and took in water, and arrived off Gravesend yesterday. Private A. Collett and four children died at sea. The 4th regiment will be removed to Winchester upon the arrival of the head-quarters at this garrison. The regi ment when inspected on leaving India, was 700 strong, .ind the depot here of all ranks is 300 men. Captain Faunce commands the depot. William Saunders, of the 17th Regiment of Foot, was tried this day by court-martial for desertion. The pri soner, at the time of his desertion, filled the situation of colour-sergeant, and had been in the regiment upwards of twelve years. He deserted at Portsmouth on the 13th of July, 1848, and enlisted at Liverpool five days afterwards in the 3d Light Dragoons, and he was trans. mitted to the depot at Maidstone, and on the sth instant he deserted and surrendered himself up to the guard at ;Ills barracks. Sergeant-Major John Greive, of the 3(1 Light Dra goons, and a sergeant of the lith, gave evidence against Ale prisoner. Colonel Ellis, Royal Marines, was president. The issue of the trial will not be known until con firmed by the Horse Guards. MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a handsome turret clock, having an illuminated dial eight feet in liameter, purchased by public subscription of the in habitants in the vicinity, was presented to the trustees of Middlesex Hospital, to be placed in the new wing iearly completed. The recent enlargement of this h!ps )ital affords increased accommodation for 120 more in satients. PROCLAMATION OF O U TLAWRY. —Yesterday, at the sheriffs' Court, the following were called upon to surren- ' ler, under penalty of outlawry :—Count Valentine Ester !Lay, Sir Richard Broun, Thomas Ormsby, W. R. Min .; iye, James Haliburton, Charles Barter, Henry Whit aker Begot Crewe Read, W. Felix Pownsett, J. Lethbridge aged!, Richard Power, A. H. Hurst, J. proctor, Augustus W. Bernal, Frederick holder, J. 13rooke Irwin, George C. Denham, George Woodroffe, .I. W. John: on, and Edward F. Fennell. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations sat yesterday, it the Board of Trade, on the subject of the charter for Vancouver's Island. The Lords present were, the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Edward Ryan. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles and Lady Napier have left town for Brighton, where it is their intention to pass the autumn. TILE FRENCH PRESS IN ARMS.—The Minister of War has made to General Cavaignac the following re turn of soldiers, ball, bullets, and cartridges, obtained :or the service of the state, from the various offices of the suppressed newspapers:—" Editors, sub-editors, readers, compositors and pressmen, one thousand able men-at-arms. From printing-presses, chases, &c., &C., 50,000 cwt. of forty-two pound ball; from printing-type, 1,000,000 bullets. From copi es o f se i ze d newspa p ers , 2,000,000 cartridges." General Cavaignac has ordered the men . to be enrolled in a r eg i ment , to be called the Nonpareil. Upon whi c h t h e regiment is to be allowed the full use of the above iron, lead, and paper, in the service of the Rep u bli c .—P un Ch . The bodies of th e un f ortunate men w h o were drowned in Black Mull Bay, on Wednesday last, were . recovered on Thu rs d a y b y trawling. Their names were M'Phail and M'L ac hl an. T he fatal occurrence has cast 4 deep gloom over the locality, where they were much respected. No blame whatever is attributable to Cap tain Duncan or crew; his uniform attention and strict vigilance in the discharge of his duty, together with that of Mr. M`Diarmid, his chief officer, and crew, are pro vet vial. The engines of the Shannon were stopped nearly five minut e s b e f o re the b oa t cam e alongside. the passengers all concur in exonerating those con nected with the steamer from any blame. Mr. Camp bell, of Oakfield, J I'., advocate, took the depositions of several of the parties on board, with a view of trans mitting them to tho law authorities of the county. — Greenock Advertiser. M. Hecker, the chief of the republican party in the Duchy of Baden, passed through Strasbourg a few days ago, with the intent of going to America, and there fixing his residence. TIIE PREMIER.—Lord John Russell visited the Shaws-Water Company's cottor. mill yesterday, and had a pretty long walk along the cuts that descend to the town from Loch Thom. The day being fine, and the atmosphere uncommonly clear, he had a charming view of the magnificent scenery. To-day, in passing along inquiring ~f we saw a large crowd , a nd on of a passer-by what it meant, he answered that it was Lord John," and in a minute after his Lordship passed us, followed, we could easi l y p erceive to his excessive annoyance, by a crowd of beggar-like children, and amongst them some of large growth, and well dressed. He was walking very quickly, and seemed anxious to distance the rude and gaping crowd that pressed upon him. His stay in town is signalized by flags flying from the Custom-house, the Mid Church steeple, and the Coffee-room, Cathcart-square. From a tavern window in William-street there is unfurled one of the banners of the Renfrewshire Political Union. His Lordship is looking pale and care-worn, although his step is firm and vigorous. We understand he leaves this for Glas gow to-morrow (Wednesday) en route for the North. — .North British Mail. THE MODEST WISH OF A WORN-OUT M.P.— "Mr. Punch,—There was a Scotch Queen, who, escaping from her castle, threw the keys into the lake. Oh, that our English Queen, on her escape from St. Stephen's, had thrown the keys into the River!—Yours, exhausted, Oh! oh!"—punch. MALICIOUS Ac-r.—The following act of malicious and wanton mischief occurred on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on Tuesday:—The engine-driver of the 5 30 P.M. train from Edinburgh on that afternoon, on passing Bonny-Muir, near Castlecarry station, observed upon the up-line of rails a large stone. When . he ar rived at Castlecarry, he informed the station master of !he fact, and the latter immediately proceeded to the place and found the stone upon the rails. About seven yards further on he found tw o iron railway chairs also on the rails. Had any train come up before these ob structions were removed, the consequences might .have been most dreadful. The facts have been reported to the procurator-fisml at Falkirk, and a reward of 501. offered for the apprehensio n of the offender or offena ers.— as gow Chronicle. A SHARSPERIAN SAW FOR ST. STEPHEN'S.—If, for all the Shallows in the House of Commons, we had as many Silences, what a ver y g reat blessing it would be !—Puisch. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN GAINED BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—The admission of Punch into Ersuce,—.Puncli, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER.--WEDNESDAY CONCLUDED. The Great St. Leger of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three-- yrs-old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b; the second to receive 3001 out of the stakes, and the third 100/, and the winner to pay 1001 towards expenses. St. Leger Course. (132 Subs). Lord Clifden's Surplice "• ••• •• (Nat) / Lord Stanley's Canezou ••• (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Green's Flatcatcher •.. (Robinson) 3 Mr. Hesseltine's Escape, br to Swallow (H o l mes) 0 Mr. Pedley's Besborough •.. (Manion 0 Mr. B. Green's Assault ... (Wintringham) 0 Mr. Parr's Sponge ... .•• ... (Whitehouse) 0 Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland (Templemau) 0 Mr. R. Stephenson's Cannibal „, (Marlow) 0 Betting at starting-7 to 4 agst Canezou (t), Sto 2 eget Surplice (t), 7 to 2 agst Flatcatcher, and 9to 2 eget Justice to Ireland. The horses were saddled and pa reeled in the usual way, a few minutes after four, and with the exception of Justice to Ireland who was fretful, proceeded quietly towards the post, and got away in very good order. The flags, however, were not down, and they were all pulled after they had run about two-thirds of a distance. It appeared afterwards that the jockeys had started without orders, for which they were seve rally reported, and fined 51. each. After a short delay they were once more formed, and a start (not so good as the false one) was effected. Flatcatcher and Assault jumped off together, the former in advance. Assault, however, immediately took the lead, and with his stable companion Surplice, Justice to Ireland, and Canezou in waiting, made strong play to the hill; here he resigned, and Flatcatcher went on with the running at a strong pace, Justice to Ireland taking the second place, followed by Surplice, the mar e wa i t i ng on the latter. ' Long in tervals separated the horses in their rear, not one of them had the slightest chance of getting up, Justice to Ireland kept his position to the Red House turn where he was passed by Surplice and Canezou, and was seen Tao more in the race. Flatcatcher kept his lead until near the distance, when he was caught by his two followers, tied beaten. The mare then took a alight lead of Sur plice, and at the stand appeared to have the best of the race. Here, however the horse got to her head, and one of the most exciting struggles ever witnessed ensued, the horse never getting the best of it until the last two or three strides, only winning by a neck. He was very much punished. Flatcatcher was a bad third ; Escape fourth; and Besborough fifth. Run in 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Value of the stakes 2,9751. Before we give the return of the other races, it is pro per to notice a circumstance which, if not explained, might create a prejudice against one of the most emi nent jockey's of the day. Robinson was specially en gaged to ride Surplice, and came to the ground, about two o'clock, prepared to fulfil his engagement. Shortly before the first race, however, he was informed that a rumour was afloat that he was to be taken off at the last moment, and Nat put up in his stead. Conceiving that if an intention of this kind did exist it could only pro ceed from a suspicion of his honesty, he immediately waited upon Mr. Villiers, and after informing him of the rumour begged to decline to ride Surplice, this determi nation he repeated to Lord Clifden. It is almost need less to to add that both Lord Clifden and Mr. Villiers expressed the most unbounded confidence in him. Mr. Green immediately engaged Robinson for Flatcatcher, and Lord Clifden obtained the services of Nat, not, how ever, without strong opposition of John Scott, who had engaged him for Cannibal, and was naturally anxious to prevent his riding an animal who, he could not conceal from himself, would be a very dangerous opponent to Lord Stanley's mare. It appeared, however, that Lord Clifden had retained Nat as long ago as Ascot, in case be should require his services, and the Stewards held this to be a valid engagement. By this unexpected stroke of fortune, Nat had the luck to ride the only animal that has won both Derby and St. Leger since 1800, Cham pion's year. Late in the evening Lord Clifden entered the betting-room, and, to prevent any misconception of the circumstances which led to the change of jockeys, caused it to be publicly stated that " Whereas report.' having been circulated that in consequence of his having suspicion of Robinson's honesty he had engaged Nat to ride Surplice, he begged most expressly to declare that such was not the fact—that he had the most unbounded confidence in Robinson, and that it was at his own re quest that he had given up his ride." Post Match. 300, la ft. Red-house in. Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright, Sat 21b (Nat) 1 Lord Glasgow's f by the Provost, Bst 21b 2 5 to 2 on Sister to Arkwright, who won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Cup Course. Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring, 5 yrs ••• (Bumby) 1 Mr. Brook's Luminous, 4 yrs ... „, 2 Lord Strathmore's Swallow, 4 yrs ... ..• ••• 0 Mr. Whitworth's Ellen Loraine, 3 yrs ... •• 0 Mr. A. Johnstone's Confederacy, 3 y rs ... •••• 0 Mr. Muirland's Fireaway, aged 6 to 4 agst Fiddlestring, 3 to 1 agst Fireaway, and 4 to 1 agst Swallow. A splendid race between the first two; was won by a short neck. Run in 4 min. 40 secs. LATEST BETTING, THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Executor 9 to 1 agst Kelesbea 4to 1 agst Lady Wildair 10 to 1 agst Prince Charlie sto 1 agst Vampyre I l3to 1 agst Vesta 11 to 2 agst Mirmillo CUP. 7 to 4 on Van Tromp. CESAREWITCH. Offers to take 14 to 1 about Surplice, and to back him against anything; 15 to 1 taken about Backbiter. DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Honeycomb—taken THITRSDAY AFTERNOON, THREE O'CLOCK.. The settling took place this morning, and, as - we feared, from the difficulties which several parties bad brought upon themselves by " potting" Surpiice, was a very bad one. honey was " tighter" than over, and matters were aggravated by the non-attendance of rwo or three parties, who, although they had large accounts, invariably settle in town. Several parties were con strain( d to beg for time, and three were altogether mis sing, one of them, Captain P-t, for 9,0001, the " B o y Jones," and a solicitor from Dublin; the gross deficiency of this trio may be guessed at fifteen or sixteen thousand pounds. Lord Clifden and his party won a large stake, hut, we suspect, will have to exercise that most useful virtue, patience, to a very considerable extent. The Jus tice to Ireland party are heavy losers; and, as if this wasnot enough, their horse met with a misfortune this morning, which, we believe, will prevent his running any more this season. We are informed that he reached Swinton early in the morning, and was put into one of the boxes, but that the moment his hind quarters, which were sore from the accident on Saturday, touched the box, he began kicking and plunging ♦iolently; he was imme diately taken out, and was found to be so much cut that the idea of sending him by rail was abandoned, and a messenger was dispatched to Doncaster for a van, in order that he might be posted to Newmarket. When we sent off our account of the St. Leger, we were ignorant that Canezou threw a plate near the Red House; some of her admirers imagine that, but for this„ bho might just have won. THURSDAY'S RACING. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 %'t, and only 5 if declared; with 200 added by the Corpo ration; the second to receive 1001., and the third to save his stake. St. Leger Course. (71 Subs., 40 of whom declared.) Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (Butler) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6 yrs, Bst 61b ... 2 Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 4 yrs, 7st 316 ... 3 The following also started:—Duke of :Richmond's Vampyre, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Greville's Mirmillo, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (carried Alliance, 5 y Miss Whiprs filly,6st 4 5 3 1b 'r — s' D. 6 l 3 r t . Stephenson's Sherato n, 5 y rs, Est 41b—Mr. Arm strong's 7 6 i s b t 0 A l i b r ) . — 3( 1. 1 c o i r k d i a Gla sgow s go w ' s Vesta. 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. I)awson's Prince Charlie, 3 yrs, sst—Colonel Anson's Contessa, 3 yrs, 4st 7th (carried ? ,agst Ladyto 2 l a v g i s i t d E or, 4 aixr,ec7uttol agstto l Ai a ir g m st in V o, a l mre o p t y o i 4 4st 91b , ag tß s o t elt A t liss Sarah, 10 to 1 agst Prince Charlie, 12 to 1 agst Keleshea, and 15 to 1 agst Contessa. Won by a heal; Executor was beaten two lengths, Prince Charlie fourth, and Contessa fifth. Run in 3 min. 20 secs. The Foal Stakes of 100 soya. each, h it; for three yr old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 311/. Ono mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. G. S. Foljambe's Queen of the May walked over The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft; for three ld yrs o colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. One mile. - (7 Subs.) Mr B. Green's Assault ••• ••• walked over The Fitzwilliam Handicap of 5 sovs. each. and 50 added. Red House in. (6 Subs.) Lord Strathmore's Brocardo, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Nat) 1 Mr. D. Stoddart's Volley, 3 yrs, ist ..• ••• ... Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, aged, 7st 7lb Lord Stanley's Cannibal, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ••• ... 4 2 to 1 agst Brocar do, and 5 to 2 each agst Volley and Godfrey. Won by a length. Time, 1 min. 15 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 100 added; for three yrs old. Last mile and a quarter. (12 Subs.) Mr. Johnstone's Confederacy, 3 yrs,, 9 nir lb irni.n: ( c. R le : c d seh e: riity l . Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie, 3 yrs, 7st 71b... ... 2 Mr. B.:Green's Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs, Bst 31b 3 4 ian l g l3 32t Mr. J. Hawke's Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, 7st 91b " • 4 Won MrS.iti b oe ; 4s a e I l ot : n i :i n g e s th ' Escap e,E a s n e d P a e : h n3 a d l f7 : R t7o u s n tl CUP BETTING. 6 to 4 on Van Tromp. THE TWO LOUIS ; OR, THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. (From Punch.) The market price of Louis has come down; The Soo reign now won't pass for a half-a-crown: The other Louis—who's surnamed the Blanc— He too's in England, value half-a-franc. Though in life's lottery each once held a prize, Their sad reverses none will much surprise; 'Ti) but a sample of Dame Fortune's pranks, That both their prizes should have turn'd out Blanks. Mr. T. Quested linnis, alderman and sheriff elect, has appointed the Rev. J. B. Hamilton his chaplain, and Mr. James Edward Shearman his under-sheriff, for the year ensuing; and Mr. J. Emanuel Goodhart, the other sheriff elect., has appointed the Rev. J. W. Gleadall, of the Foundling Hospital, his chaplain, and Mr. G. Tamplin his under-sheriff. JENNY LIND IN MANCIIESTER.--The people of Manchester have amply proved how highly , they have ap preciated the talents of Jenny Lind. We understand that her performances for two nights in Manchester realised upwards of 2,0001. A large tablet, in Caen stone, with a splendid re clining figure in bold relief, is in course of erection in the nave of the Canterbury Cathedral. It is comme morative of the gallant men of the 50th who fell in . the late glorious campaign in the East by their surviving comrades, the names of whom are inscribed in full length on the basement—Kentiih Gauge, ~~ Ds ar ive bre° in nol de sr" midi& for 0 " e No r sl f or duller itock°' hilisa D u tch There ge%l . , rn t ° 0 R e- W a It ifg . $ SS/. l WhtlS 104