The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-24 00:00:00

Now ready, in one vol., comprising as much matter as is renty ordi nary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c. . bound, B URKE'S PEERAGE and BARONE TAGE, NEW EDITION, Revised and corrected throughout to the present time fr. M 1 the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &C. " The most complete publication of its class we possess."— Atlas. " No other Peerage eau be compared with that of the, Messrs. Burke for accuracy and completeness."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough-street. FOIL NORTHERN TOURISTS. Now Ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, A YACHT TO V OYA GE NORWAY, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN. By W. A. ROSS, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. --- HER MAJESTY'S THEATER. lyfdHe. JENNY LIND. THE FAREWELL NIGHT. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that the FAREWELL NIGHT will take pace THIS EVENING, Aug. 24, when . sladlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Bellini's Opera ,1 LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera; Count RodOlpho, Sig. F. Lablache Elvin°, Sig. ardoni. The National Anthem will be ,sutig, by the whole strength of the Company. After the Opera. Selections from the admired Ballet of FIORITA, by Mdlle. C. itosati, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. Dor. To conclude with the celebrated WI Scene from the Ballet of ALMA, comprising the Pas des Trois, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. St. Leon. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price les. Gd. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, solo Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will bo performed THE HARVEST HOME. After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Kul AL SUItHEY THILATItE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. Re•appearance of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G. Bennett. To be followed by Mr. Wigan's successful comic Drama, entitled NEXT DOOR. Jack Skylark, Mr. A. Wigan; Jemima Evans, Mrs. A Wigan. To conclude with THE WANDERING TRIBE. %tanager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Falrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, WEI be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled-, LADY GODIVA AND I'EEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications ai the Boa-office, the gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendour on Monday, August 28. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome,—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers includes Messrs. Clot% Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Griesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagcrie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most mag nificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. South by Gates open at Ten ♦.x.. Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. TIIE WEATHER.—Sox OFFICE, AUG UST 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 65; Noon, 61. BARONIETEB, 30.01.—WIND W.S.W.; slight showers. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 38 min. after 9 I Evening .. 18 min. after 10 *__ 4 sa , 0 ,, au . v . 1.% r o • . ---,, VI LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1848. Economy threatens to become the ignis fatuus of politicians. Regulated by justice and refined by humanity, we believe that the system of poli tical economy, established by the philosophic mind of ADAM SMITH, is destined to operate most beneficially upon the workings of social go vernment. Yet, for this very reason, we are only the more anxious that a policy calculated in itself to prove so advantageous to mankind should not, by the negligence or precipitation of our legislators, be permitted to lose a portion of its still powerful pres tige. What we would maintain is, that a Go vernment may husband the resources of a nation without being essentially parsimonious —that statesmen may be generous in their expenditure of the public monies without being pro fligate guardians of the Exchequer—that to be muni ficent it is not necessary to squander, and that an exercise of prudent frugality on the part of an administrator does not by any means imply a mean and niggardly disbursement. The discussion of yesterday evening has forced upon us these considerations. Mr. BRIGHT is fearful lest that unfortunate wiglit, John Bull, should be come, as he has facetiously imagined it, " a grand milch cow, from which every one is to have a draw!" In a hundred particulars, no doubt, we coincide with the Honourable Represen tative for Manchester in this laudable anxiety ; in a hundred particulars we believe John Bull to have been made the veriest gull - in Christendom. Every day we behold fresh evidence that he is rendered the dupe of a multitude of those " knavish tricks" which he himself anathematizes so lustily in the National Anthem. We see him fleeced in one quarter, bam boozled in another, and almost always in consequence of the noble and delightful stupidity of his benevo lence. Yet, while we sympathize in the indignation expressed by Mr. BRIGHT as it is applied in a general sense to the corruptions of the State, we can by no means agree with him in reprobating the generosity hitherto evinced by the British Parliament to the most interesting of all the Continental refugees— the destitute children of Poland. Long, and ear• nestly, and eloquently, and disinterestedly, and chi valrously, as the cause of that heroic but unfortunate race of men has been advocated by Lord DUDLEY STUART, we are satisfied that the Noble Lord the Member for the borough of Marylebone never be fore addressed himself to the subject of their wrongs and misfortunes more felicitously than he did last evening, when repelling the demand of the Honourable Gentleman the Knight of the shire of Middlesex, to the effect that no further assistance of a pecuniary character should be granted to the Polish refugees out of the public Treasury. Of the motive which actuated Mr. OSBORNE we make no question whatever, being satisfied that his objection .to the continued grant of 10,7001. to the exiles from Poland originated solely in a patriotic yearning for frugality in our expenditure. His judgment, we believe, to have been in this instance eclipsed by his patriotism. Granted that in the Par liamentary session of 1834, when this pecuniary aid was first yielded, that it was declared to be merely temporary by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer —granted that Lord ALTHORP acknowledged that the wants of the expatriated Poles would only con tinue to call for the charities of England during a period of a very limited duration granted that the session of 1848 is drawing to a close, and that still the vote is required—granted all this, and we still maintain that the assistance.is demanded from Great Britain in compliance with every honourable and humane principle. When King CHARLES 11. was an exile s money was generously and • spon taneously voted for his support by the Polish Diet • shall England then withdraw the . historical compen sation of her humanity from the unhappy refugees who who have sought shelter in these islands ? Is the sustenanc e of a profligate prince everything, and that of high•mind e d people nothing ? Belgiam is munificent t to these childre n of misfortune — even the impoverished share cantons of Switzerland Ros e their crusts with th e i banished compatri o t s of itsKo, Prance, exiled as Poles m i n much c h h e sitting of her Deputi es only last year, thear voted as 50,0001. towards the support in her dominions, and shall England , wr etched spirit of economy, withdraw the out of a compara tively paltry grant of 10,7001 ., simply because Polish na tionality is not yet restored? Would this, w be becoming in u s ? Could we all ow such an e i n ask -' dent to be reco rded in our histor y? Heaven l forbid !—No : as Lord DUDLEY STUAR T well observed, better to diminish the expenditure of public monies in the purchase of El g i n marbles and Egyptian antiquities than to withhold the pittance of our doles from the suffering remnant of the Slavonic race ; better to save this country the expenses incurred in the entertainment of foreign Ambassadors, Princes, and Sovereigns, than to refuse 10,7001. to those Polish exiles who have been driven upon our shores by a great political catas trophe. We are rejoiced to see the sensible and generous compromise proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche quer and accepted by the House of Commons. Sir CHARLES WOOD declared that the Government were prepared to make a rigid investigation into the con dition of the refugees in England, for the purpose of erasing those names from the list which belonged to men capable of supporting themselves without the aid of the Legislature, or who were in a position such as enabled them to return without peril to their native country. Upon this understanding the amendment was withdrawn, and the cause, advo cated so nobly and consistently by Lord DUDLEY STUART, was happily not insulted by the parsimony of the Parliament. It is not France alone that has been saved from the horrors of anarchy, massacre, and plunder by the energy of General CAVAIGNAC and the bravery of the Gardes Mobiles, the National Guards, and the troops. It is every country bordering on France, it is th whole of Europe that has been preserved by the de feat of the party of which LEDRU ROLLIN, CAUSSI• DIERE and Louis BLANC are the chiefs. Had the victory on the 25th June rested with this party, there can be no doubt but that France would have be come the active and belligerent ally of all those in every country who profess the convenient doctrine that " all property is theft," and that that contest be tween the principles of disorder and of order would have commenced, the advent of which was pro phecied by CANNING, the end and conse quences of which can be foreseen by no man The revelations now making before the Criminal Court at Antwerp, on the trial of those concerned in the insurrectionary attempt at Risquons-Tout, prove to demonstration that it was ,through no fault of M. LEDRU ROLLIN and his coadjutors that France did not commence a war of Communist propagandism, and declaie Belgium annexed to the French Republic. It appears from the evidence that the expedition for the invasion of Belgium was organized in Paris ; that, to use the words of the Brussels journal, "it was quasi -official, as it was prepared and encouraged by the two principal members of the Provisional Govern ment." and it was only through the good sense and chivalrous honour of General NEGRIER, whose life has since been sacrificed in the cause of order, that Europe was saved from a general war. During the period of the organization of the expedition in Paris, SPILTHORN, DELESTREE, and the . other ' chiefs were lodged at the Tuileries, and were in constant communication with certain members of the Government. The insurrec tionary legion was openly organized in Paris and was furnished with provisions from the Government stores. On the 7th March, thirty thousand muskets were promised to the insurgents by the Provisional Government, and were delivered to them before they crossed the frontiers ; the Provisional Government at the same time dispatched M.ll. REQUIN and DELAFOSSE to Belgium to open communications with the dis affected. At the same time the insurrectionary legion was permitted to form a camp at Seclin on the French territory, close to the Belgian frontier, where they were drilled and trained by pupils of the Ecole Polytechnique, and of the Ecole de St. Cyr, and while encamped at Seclin M. DELESCLUZE, the Prefect of the Department of the North, who had been recently appointed to that office by M. LEDRU ROLLIN, distributed every day to the legion 1,800 rations, and paid each man daily 35 centimes ; so that this insurrectionary legion was actually in the pay of the functionary of M. LEDRU Rommt. Previous to the invasion three waggon loads of muskets and two waggon loads of gunpowder were sent from the citadel of Lille, and distributed among the insurgents by two of the pupils of the Polytechnic School, who afterwards com manded the insurgents at Risquons-Tout, and one of whom was killed in the skirmish. A letter in the handwriting of M. llnnEscLuzE, the Ledru- Rollin-appointed. Prefect, proves that it was he who procured a guide for the in surgenta to direct them on their route. It would appear that the report of the spies was not very favourable to the cause of the insurgents ; for before the departure of the expedition from the French territory M. DELESCLUZE became convinced that it would be impossible for these armed bands to conquer the country, and he therefore devised the following notable expedient as an excuse for sending in a large French force to republicanise Belgium, destroy her nationality (we wonder if he had ever read what M. DE LAMARTINE said about " oppressed nationalities "), and annexing her to France. The bands of insurgent Belgians were to have been backed by a certain number of French troops, drawn up close to the frontier line, for the alleged purpose of protecting it. On a given signal these troops were to have joined the insurgents, in conformity with secret instructions which had been given to them not to attend to the orders of their officers. As, in all probability some of the French soldiers would have been killed or wounded in the course of the action, the Belgian troops would have been accused of having commenced war:on thejße- public, and an overwhelming force would at once have been marched into the Belgian territory. Thanks to the chivalrous honour of General NEGRIER, who at that time commanded at Lille, the whole scheme proved abortive. To the peremptory demand of M. DELESCLUZE for troops, he opposed as peremptory a refusal, declaring that he would never lend himself to such shameful machinations. But it was not against Belgium alone that this plot was directed. That country, changed from an independent kingdom into a portion of the French Republic, was to have been made the advanced work of Communist propa gandism, and from the banks of the Meuse and of the Rhine armed expeditions were to have carried the banner of the Red Republic into Holland and Prussia. Thanks to the honour and firmness of General NEGRIER, to the good sense of the French people as manifested in the elections for the National Assembly, and to the energy, judgment, and courage of Ge neral CAVAIGNAC, all these evils have been averted and the peace of Europe has been for the present pre served. But the authors of these attempts should be visited with condign punishment. The complicity of M. DELESCLUZE is clearly proved; if he acted without orders his guilt is to the full as great as that of the au thors of the attempts of May and June; if he acted ac cording to orders, he should be forced to produce them, as they would prove most important links in the chain of evidence necessary to bring home the crime to those really guilty. We trust the Assembly will in stitute a strict investigation into the matter, and will inflict an exemplary punishment on those to whom the guilt is brought home. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. GONZALES BRAVO, on his arrival at Cadiz, was liberated on condition that he should immediately transport himself to some foreign country. Scarcely, however, has NARVAEZ discov ere d an d b roken up the Camarilla conspiracy of MIR#FLORRS, GONZALES BRAVO, and BEDMAR, for his de s tit u ti on ; ere s a imracyili tary conspiracy having the same obj ec t i n v i ew was concocted. The object of this military conspira cy was to substitute O'DONNELL for Neavezz as Presi dent of the Council. Both GONZALES BRAVO and O'Dortrizw. are sworn partisans of CHRISTINA, be tween whom and NARVAEZ it is evident the best feeling does not exist. The dismissal of SOTOMATOR, the great friend of NARVAEZ, from his post of Fe. reign Minister, and his banishment, for so it is, to France as Ambassador, and entry into the Ministry of MoN, the man of all work to CHRISTINA, and the in veterate enemy of NARVAEZ, all show that a serious crisis is at hand. Either NARVAEZ must banish CHRISTINA and her family or she will oust NARVAEZ. In the meanwhile, formidable Mon temolinist bands have appeared in Catalonia and the Basque provinces. On the 9th, ESTARTUS made a descent on Olot with 300 men : he remained in possession of the town five hours, seized the public treasure, and levied a contribution on the inhabitants. FORCADELL succeeded in crossing the Ebro on the 12th, and on the 10th a party of Carlists surprised the town of Albocaser, in Va lencia, and made extensive seizures of arms and money. MADRID Nun, AUG. 18.—Three per Cents., 19 6-16 cash; a f ter B olsa, 19% cash; 19 V2 paper. Five per Cents., I,4paper ; after B o l sa , 11 cas k . P ass i ves, 4 paper; after 1301 8 a, 3 3 4 cash. Co u p ons , 7 paper. Bank of St. Ferdi on nand, 5 4 paper. Di scount o f notes, 4 1 / 2 per Cent. Exchange Londou, at 30 days, 45 40 paper. Sir J. Guest had an interview with Sir. George Grey, ea terday, at the lioula-coge, PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 12th instant. The QUEEN in person prorogued the Cortes on the 15th instant. Several persons accused of political offences have been arrested. The following is the speech of the Queen of PORTU GAL when closing the Cortes : " Worthy Peers of the Realm and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation— " Upon the occasion of closing this session, the first of the present Legislature, I have personally come to assure you of having fully justified the confidence placed in you by me and by the nation. "The opening of these general Cortes was to me a matter of great satisfaction, because I saw myself surrounded by the representatives of the Portuguese nation, anxious to consoli date the pacification of the country, and to heal its wounds by beneficial and salutary enactments. Now, again, in the centre of those national representatives, I congratulate my self, with you, upon the zealous endeavours shown in your august functions for realizing that noble and elevated mission. " Great indeed were the difficulties with which the legis lative body had to contend. "'The nation will acknowledge the diligence shown by its representatives in the approval of many different measures passed in favour of the public cause, and especially in the voting of the Budget and Revenue Bill, by which provision has been made for the State expenses of the present finan cial year. Other measures of the greatest importance have been laid before you by my Government, which I hope will be taken into your consideration during the next legislative session. " Worthy Peers of the Realm and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation— " In the midst of the extraordinary political occurrences which have taken place in Europe during your Parliamen• tary functions, I feel the greatest satisfaction in informing you that public tranquillity has not been, in the slightest degree, disturbed in this country, nor has my Government been under the necessity of recurring to extraordinary mea sures, or to the infringement of any of the constitutional forms—thanks to the good sense of the people, and to your efficacious co-operation. "Although your legislative functions may be suspended for some months, you still have a great duty to perform, which, I am sure, you will fulfil with zeal and efficacy. " During the Parliamentary recess it is your mission to inspire the people with that love for the existing institutions which will be the most powerful means of saving us from the pernicious influence of exaggerated ideas, inculcating those sentiments of obedience to the laws and authorities, that love of labour, and those habits of virtue and morality, which can 'alone insure the true felicity of the people. " This session is closed." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The party of M. ODILLON BARROT has given in its adhesion, not only to the Republic, but to the Republican form of Government, and has decidedly repudiated the idea of a restoration. The following, which may be considered the manifesto of that party, and which appears in the S'iecle of yesterday, will be read with feelings of satisfaction by all those who wish to give a fair trial to the great experiment now in the course of working out in France. 4 There are many credulous people who, by propagating a thousand absurd reports, which are in circulation every day, for the purpose of injuring credit and destroying confidence, Resist, without knowing it, the tactics of the rioters. There are also men without foresight—manufacturers, merchants, and even workmen—who, excited by their present sufferings, are ready to exclaim, My business went on very well under the monarchy, but I am doing nothing under the Republic. Well then, 4 .Vive le Roil' Down with the Republic I' Such is the logic of despair. Assuredly, this manner of reasoning is absurd, but it is not sufficient to say so, it must be proved. Yes, the ultra Radicals, the demagogues, and the titopists, have ruined trade, and by misguiding a part of the people have caused blood to flow; but would Louis Philippe or Henry V. bring us back from London or from Kirchberg the money that we have lost? Evidently not. Would they re store us the generals and the soldiers whom the anarchists have killed ? No. The evil, therefore, which has been caused by madmen and by fools is irreparable. " But it is argued by some, the return of a monarchy would be the restoration of order, which favours labour, and causes commerce to prosper. Nothing more erroneous. If alarm still prevails, new that the insurrection has been sup. pressed, and that society is evidently tending to re-establish itself on its proper basis, what deplorable uneasiness would not be caused by any fresh attempts on the part of monarchy? Would not that which is called by some a pledge of peace be, on the contrary, a signal of renewed struggles, fresh combats, and fresh massacres? Is it to be believed that the power would be abandoned without resist ance by the Government, by the Assembly, and by the Administration? Is it to be believed that the ' Red Republic,' which is now unveiled, vanquished, and happily powerless, would not recover its strength at the aspects of the satis.fisits of Louis Philippe, or the retrograde party cf Henry V. ? Would it not be authorised in crying from the top of its `mountain' the Government has been either unskilful or treacherous ; the Assembly has shown neither intelligence nor heart ; it is we alone who have understood the wishes of the people and the great revolution of February. " Is it to be believed that the nation still would not hesi tate at the cost and the perils of a counter revolution? Would it, when scarcely recovered from its late shocks, wish to encounter fresh storms? Try the Orleans family again I Has not the country already shown an almost fabulous patience —a patience of eighteen years? We know something of this. Try the elder branch again? That would be to sacrifice the fate of France to an unknown hand ; it would be to gamble with her, it would be to throw away the glorious efforts of sixty years. The Orleans branch would return to us animated with the spirit of Louis Phi lippe, and of Guizot, and Henry V., with the ideas of the old regime. Hence would arise elements of discord; hence a fresh cause for commercial crisis; hence an augmentation of the very evil from which arise the perils which we are anxious to avoid. " We have never been among those who brought on the violent advent of the Republic, we are neither invested with its authority nor its offices; but we do not hesitate to declare that we now regard it as our hope and our salvation; that it alone can repair the mischief that has been done in its name. "What we desire is to have a constitution, a regular Go • vernment, and a stable Administration ; to get out of a pro visional state of things; and all those things are within our reach. Have a little patience with regard to the Republic. During the last sixty years our political experiments have cost us six milliards of francs, and the blood of two millions of men. Let us now stoph let us no longer run atter changes which always deceive our hopes; let us for once ameliorate our institutions instead of overturning them." It is also satisfactory to know that the Emperor of Riissiw is inclined to enter into relations with the French Republic. The semi-official Messager says— "lt has been stated by several journals that General Leflo is on his way to St. Petersburgb, in the quality of Minister of the Republic. We can add that a representative of the Autocrat is expected at Paris, and that the two states will be represented by Ministers Plenipotentiary, although in the last years of the reign of Louis Philippe Russia had only a Chargé d'Affaires at Paris. Already, and for some time, a good understanding between the Re public and the Czar has been opened. These relations were kept up by the consular agents, and they are now about to be changed into a regular political intercourse. Besides, 'we are assured that a short time before the revolution of February the Emperor Nicholas declared to Colonel, now General C---, who was sent into Russia rather on a scientific than a diplomatic mission, that it was his in• tention to visit France in the course of 1848. The Czar at the same time appeared not to be very anxious for a recoil ciliation with Louis Philippe, though be expressed himself in terms of sympathy for the people of France. In the state of mind that he manifested towards the ex. King, his determi nation to come to France may appear to be somewhat strange. Did he mean to come only as a simple traveller? This is a point on which he did n o t exp l ain himself, and on which his interlocutor did not think it proper to interrogate him." It is by no means difficult to account for the differ ence in the conduct of the Emperor NICHOLAS towards the Republic and towards LOUIS PHILIPPE. There are two great principles of Government at present, en face, Monarchy and Republicanism. As the re presentative of the legitimate autocratic monarchical principle, the Emperor of RUSSIA respects the French Republic as the representative of the democratic principle, because it is the representative of ther prin. ciple. With regard t o L OUIS P HILIPPE, however, the case was different. H e was th e representative of no principle; as a King, h e was an usurper ; as a Republiec, he was a "sham." Th e E m p eror of RusslA, fore, the representative of a principle, could enter tain no respect whatever for Louts PHILIPPE or his system. The Messager gives the following explanation of the reasons which induced the Government to hav e the military under arms on Tuesday:— "Several journals of yesterday evening have explained the display of troops in Paris yesterday by the necessity which General Cuny, recently called to the command of the Garde Mobile, found himself under of becoming acqu a i nted with the battalions, by passing them in review; and as several of them had changed barracks and forts, he took the opportunity of their assembling at the points they are to oc cupy in case of an alerte. After the review the battalions returned to their respective quarters. 'We do not think this to be the correct version. A part of the Garde Mobile was on foot the preceding night, and strong pickets of the Na tional Guard were ordered to the mairies. It is certain that these precautions, and perhaps because they were taken, re mained without any object. We are assured that the autho rities were informed that an attack was intended to be made on the house of M. Thiers. The post at the Rue St. George was reinforced, and a chain of communication formed be tween the Place St. George and the mairie of the second arrondissement. We may add that a strike of the journey. men bakers, the consequence of the Caussidiere conciliation, bad created alarm in some quarters. But police agents were stationed at the threatened points and no disturbance took place." The attack on the house of M. Tams was planned by the Communists, in revenge for his merciless ex posure of the theories of M. PROUDRON. Every day furnishes an additional proof of the junction which has taken place between the Legiti matists and Communists. The Bien Public says— " We are assured that X Prondhon, in consequence of the suspension of the Bepre sen t ant d u Peuple, has offered his collaboration to the U n i vers. This proposition was gravely debated in a meeting co mpose d of MM. Montalembert, Fal loux, &c. We do not know if the pious synod of the lll:je ers will open the gates of the Ch u r c h to the Mephistopheles of M. DE BRIGNOLLES-SALE was yesterday presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to General CAVAIGNAC, and remitted his letters of credence as Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of SARDINIA to the French Republic. The application presented to the Assembly, asking for an authorisation to prosecute one of its members, was from M. GUERIN, one of the witnesses before the Insurrectionary Committee. He asked permis sion to prosecute M. CAUSSIDIERE for calumny, CAUSSIDIERE having, before the Committee charged him with having been a former agent of police under M. DELESSERT. The application was refused. The Debtors and Creditors Bill, which declares that " suspensions or cessations of payments which have taken place since February 24 up to the promul gation of the present 1311 were not to receive the qualification of failure, nor to involve the disqualiti• cations attached to quality of bankrupt, except in such cases as the Tribunal of Commerce should re fuse to sanction the concordat," was yesterday passed by the Assembly by a majority of 545 to 127. The eight Military Commissioners which are sit ting to determine the fate of the insurgents of June have decided 4,400 cases. Of these 2,100 prisoners have been set at liberty; 2,120 prisoners have been transported, and between 160 and 170 have been re ferred to court-martial. It is only the gravest cases that are referred to the courts-martial. One of the first of these was that of PAUL. SAINTARD, who was charged with having taken the command of the in. surgents at the barricade of the Rue du Jardin des Plantes. He was convicted and sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for ten years, to pay a fine of 200 f. and the costs of the prosecution. General CAVAIGNAC has determined to convoke the Electoral Colleges forthwith, to proceed to fill up the vacancies in the Assembly. The elections will take place in the second week of September. The Communist editors of the suspended journals have published a protest against the act of suspension. A courier arrived in Paris yesterday from Vienna, bearing the important intelligence that Austria had accepted the mediation of Prance and England in the affairs of Italy. BOURSE.--PARIS, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23. THREE O'CLOCK.—The rise which commenced yesterday made further progress to-day, and during the whole day the demand both for Rentes and Railway Shares was steady and brisk. It was very currently reported that the Government had received accounts from Vienna that the mediation of Eng land and France . had been accepted. It was also said that Naples had abandoned the expedition to Sicily at the request of England and France. Both these facts, together with the cessation of the military preparations in Paris, and of the rumours of rmeutes, had a very favourable effect. The belief in the peaceful termina tion of the affairs of Italy becomes every day stronger. For the Account the French Three per Cents. have risen 50c.; Five per Cents, have risen If.; Loan has risen If. For money, the Three per Cents. have risen 50c. ' • Five per Cents. have risen If. •, Loan has risen If. ; B ons du Trevor not quoted ; Bank of France Shares have risen 20f. ; Belgian Bank Shares and Two -and-a-Half per Cents. not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days), 25, 35; ditto (90 days), 25 25. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE • - LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. AUG. 23. Northern of France, s%—Paris and Lyons, VA—Paris and Rouen, isq—Sarnbre and Meuse, 2 VI. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, AUSTRIA. The EMPEROR returned a most ungracious answer to the deputation from the Diet, which waited on him at Schoenbruna, to" congratulate him on his return. " Gentlemen," said the EMPEROR. " you have deemed it necessary for me to come here: I have done my duty, and here I am." With these words he turned his back upon them, and retreated from the audience chamber to his private apartments. In the sitting of the Diet of the 17th several important announcements were made by the Ministers. The Minister of War was called upon to say whether the contingent of troops for Schleswig•llolstein, de manded by the Minister of War of the empire, had been set on foot. The Minister replied in the negative, and excused himself by saying that the Vicar of the Empire had expressed the hope that, in consequence of the ar mistice which would now be speedily concluded, he should not require the said 8,000 troops. It was further asked why Prince LEICEITENSTEIN had entered the states of Modena; and whether the Duke of MODENA, contrary to the assurances given in the speech from the throne, was to be imposed upon the duchies by the Austrian troops? The Minister of War declared that the march of the troops against Modena was a needful military step. With regard to the return of the Duke of MODENA, ho added that the Duke had arrived only a few days before at the head -quarters of the Austrian General; that he had then repaired to Mantua, where he remained five or six days. On learning that the inhabitants of the Duchy everywhere received the Austrian troops with joy, and earnestly desired the return of their ruler, the Duke repaired to Modena. A Deputy then inquired how far the proceedings against the ex-military Governor of Venice, Count ZICHY, relative to the evacuation of Venice, had been concluded? The Minister of War declared that there had been an unavoidable delay, as it was necessary to forward the deposition of Count MARTINI to OiMUitZ before a sen tence could be passed. With regard to the proces verbal of the civil Governor of Venice, Count PALITY, the Minister of Justice de clared he held a special commission under the former Ministry ; but that a special commission should be ap pointed to decide whether, like the military Governor, he was amenable to a strict examination. With regard to the war in Italy, the Minister of War made some statements which were rather important. He stated that he had received by a courier explanations from General WELDEN, which placed the whole liffior in a different light. The General had advanced to Massa in order to reach the left bank of the Po; he was obliged to Occupy Sermide with a small detachment, when thoy were suddenly fired upon from all the windows, in con qta ace of which he sent some hundreds of men, but these were obliged to withdraw, as they were fired upon from the houses and barricades. Two days aftt.r General WELDEN felt himself compelled to attack the place with increased force, as its possession was in dispensable to his crossing the Po. Grenades were used, and the place was soon in flames. The inhabitants had all withdrawn, and the Austrians had the satisfaction of delivering from certain death 24 persons who had been shut up by the insurgents in a church, which had been set fi re t o . This fact has been grossly misstated. lie would like this occurrence to answer another interpella tice. General WELDEN, with his small corps of 4,000 men, had crossed the Po, to cover the movements of Count LEICHTENSTEIN in the flank and rear. They fell in w i t h a body of 14,000 Croatians; but these the General's small force scattered like chaff, and pur sued them to Bologna, where he received orders from Field-Marshal RADETEILY not to enter th at city—to evacuate the L egat i ons. Ile had, how ever, already entered into a convention with the city that the Croatians should not halt in Bo logna, in order that, if needful for the Austrians to pass through, they might do so without molestation. On the evening of the 7th General WELDEN quitted, after having taken up a military position, arid even erected batteries, in the event that th e c i ty s h ould not accept demands, On the morn i ng o f t h e Bth reliance on the conc l u d e d conven todineßmoal ogna. Th ree o f them were assas sinated, were also s evera l so l diers. Upon this an armedtstiehoen:sera repaired mob op aofficers,das eirreadte rushed out of the city, and fired upon the advanced guard, by which five were killed and sixty wounded. PERGLAS, had beets lett in command by WELDEN, with orders to march on the Bth to the Po; immediately aft er commenced his counter to fire upon the city. Bolo g n a was b om b ar d e d , and march to LAs the Po. These were facts, and when soldiers were assassinated, and when troops were attacked, they were bound to defend themselves, and to punish every act of treachery. Field-Marshal WELDEN had crossed the Po and evacuated the Legations. Lord PONSONDY arrived in Vienna on the 15th. SAXO.N Y. Letters from Dresden, of the 19th, announce the ar rival of the King of PRUSSIA. in the city. In the same number of the Deutsche Allyemeine Zei tung, which announces his MAJESTY'S arrival in Dres den, apprehensions are expressed of the approaching re signation of the Liberal Minister OBERLANDER, in con sequence of the intrigues of the re-actionary Camarilla, who completely govern the King of SAXONY. PRUSSIA. Their Majesties the KING and QUEEN have returacd from Pilintz to the Palace of Sans Souci. On the 19th there were 80 fresh cases; of cholera in Berlin. FRANKFORT. The Administrator-General of the Empire, the Arch duke Jonti, has nominated the following Envoys to re present the Germ a n nation in England, Russia, and France :—M. VON ANDRIAN, to London; General Vox AUERR WALD to St. Peteraburgb; and M. VON RAIINER to Paris. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. A letter from Kiel of the 18th instant, announces that the adjournment of the Schleswig•Holstein Diet for a period of four weeks was decided upon, after a very warm debate, at u second sitting on the 17th, which lasted till two in the morning. The committee is to remain in permanence, and continues its labours in the revision of the constitution, and is empowered to summon the Diet if needful. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, AUG. 22.—The First Chamber of the States -General has been convoked for the 25th of this month. We announced a few days ago that several new mem b ers were t o b e a dd e d t o the First Chamber, and that his MAJESTY, by a royal decree, had appointed Count VAN DER DUYN, VAN MAAS DEN, Baron ITERCKEREN D'ENGIIINZEN, and F. VAN DER ONDERMEULEN as members. We have just learnt that his MAJESTY has been further pleased to appoint as members of the First Chamber M. Vos DE WARL, Burgomaster of the city of Zuolle, and Count DE STIRUM. We must add, to the honour of these new members of our Legislature, that on accepting these honourable functions they have de, I dined the pay attached to them. This noble ex ample of patriotism will not have been given in vain. The new reductions in the expenses of the State, and a few more sacrifices of this kind, will soon bring back to their normal situation the finances of the State, which have unhappily lost much during the diplomatic events which have taken place during the last six months. The Nederlandsche Stoats Courant announces that the Minister of Finance intends to withdraw his pro ject relative to the property-tax. DUTCH EAST INDIES. BATAVIA, JUNE 28.—The steam-boat the Queen ; Of the Netherlands arrived hero on the 27th of May, . and left for Singapore with the mail, conveying 1,971 Iletters from Europe of April last. The Java journals, which have been received up to the 28th of June, give sad accounts of the eruption of the Volcano of Klvet, between Passarouang and Kedirie on the 16th of May. Immense masses of fire were ejected, which in falling destroyed all the vegetation around. The rivers were raised above the level of their banks, and many people and cattle lost their lives. Whole farms were swept away, and several rice fields and coffee plantations, with more than 100,000 coffee tr e e s , were - destroyed. Several bridges, among others that at Kedirie, have been to tally destroyed. On the 13th of .111ay there were three severe shocks of earthquake at Kedirie. On the 20th the Klvet was still enveloped in smoke and mist, and very fine ashes still fell from the craters to a considerable distance. On the 3d of June 48 native dwellings were thrown •down at Adjebarang, near Bawjoemaas by a hurricane.—Amsterdarn Cou- rant Aug. 22. _ _ _ The Allgemeine Handel.sblad of the 22d says that the troops were compelled to quit Bali, which they had nearly mastered, for want of ammunition and water. Though their retreat was effected in the utmost order, the losses amounted to 14 officers, 104 European soldiers, 2.5 Africans, and 113 islanders. THE HAGUE, AuG.22.--Acccording to intelligence received from Frankfort, the visit of the Regent of the Empire to Brussels and the Netherlands is ex pected to take place very shortly. DARMSTADT. Letters from Darmstadt state that on the morning of the 11 th of August the body of the Countess of Gourxrz, who died about fourteen months since, was disinterred, by order of the magistrates, in the pre sence of Count GORIATZ and his valet JOHN STAUFF. The body has been submitted to medical examination, and various surmises are afloat as to the object of this extraordinary measure after so long a lapse of time. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCUAREST, JULY 20.—The Provisional Govern ment has invited all the inhabitants to sign an address to be presented to the Emperor of RUSSIA. POLAND. The Cologne Gazette states that an insurrection broke out on the 13th in W a r sa w, i n which some of the troops have taken part. After five hours' bombardment the city submitted. Details are wanting, but it appears that this insurrection is connected with the conspiracy of Staniszewski, recently discovered at St. Petersburgh, and which got wind in consequence of a betrayal. It was intended to strike the first blow at St. Peteriburgh. According to intelligence which, however, requires confirmation, a new Polish conspiracy has been disco vered at Kalisch, which was to have been carried out on the 15th at Kalisch, Posen, and Gallicia simultaneously. From fifty to sixty persons in the Grand Duchy of Posen are said to be implicated. According to another report, a meeting of the Poles was surprised by Cossacks, and the individuals who composei it were arrested and transported without trial. It is said that among the per. sons thus banished there are twelve belonging to the Duchy of Posen. HUNGARY. The fortified position of the Servians ■t VerlaEz has been stormed by the Hungarian troops. The Servians lost 3,000 men killed. ITALY. VENICE. The following proclamation was issued at Venice on the 12th by the Provisional Government:— " VENICE, AUG. 12.—CitizensI In this hour of danger we have need to take prompt and energetic measures. To the end that you may not be without a chief, I have not hesi tated, although it be only for a few hours, to take upon my self the office of Dictator. Necessity has made this course a law to niv, but your kindness will render it less painful than it would otherwise be. To-morrow will meet the Assembly of your representatives, whose first care will be to constitute a new Government, and afterwards to provide for present emergencies. Have confidence in God, in us, in Italy, and also in the aid of other free nations—aid which we have de manded, and which will not fail us." The Provisional Dictator 711istix has alto addressed the following proclamation to the army:— "Italian soldiers !—The war of independence for which yon have alreadyshed your blood has assumed a disastrous phase for us. Perhaps at this moment our canals close the sole re fuge for Italian liberty I Venice must, therefore, guard this sacred spot at any price. Courage, citizens! In the name of that Italy for whom you have fought, and desire still to fight, I conjure you not to relax your zeal for the defence of this sacred asylum of our nationality. The moment is solemn. The stake is the political life of an entire people, whose des tiny may depend on the fate of this last bulwark. You sol diers who have come from the river Po, from the Mincio, and from the Ticino, for the defence of the common cause, remember that i❑ saving this city you will save the most precious rights of your native land. Your families will bless you, Europe, in admiration of your noble perseverance, will give that perseverance the reward it merits ; in that day when Italy shall be able to call herself free, among so many monu ments sacred to the valour and the glory of our fathers, she will raise another, on which she will inscribe these words : "fhe Italian soldiers in defending Venice saved the indepen dence of their country.' " MANIN. " Venice, Aug. 12, 1818.' The Opinione of Turin publishes the following letter from Venice, dated the 13th:— " The Sardinian fleet has arrived here with the Venetian one, and has declared that, having no orders, it will stay here at the disposal of Venice. The forts are continually tiring upon the Austrians. The Assembly, convoked for this day, has named the new Government, consisting of Marlin, Cavedalis, and Graziani. The Piedmontese will not quit us; the Sardinian fleet returns to blockade Trieste." LOMBARDY. A party has declared itself among the Lombards for the creation of a Duchy, at the head of which the Duke of LEICIITENBERG, the son Of EUGENE BEAUHARNOIS, who married the Princess MARIE of Russia, should be placed. - Placentia has surrendered to the Austrian troops, who also occupy Brescia, Bergamo, and Como. ROME. The POPE has appointed the Swiss General, LA.TOIIII, Minister of War. NAPLES. On the 12th of August the Neapolitan Ministers, with the exceptions of the Ministers of War, Marine, and Justice, tendered their resignations, on the ground that they did not receive sufficient support from the Chambers. The KING had not decided whether he should accept them. The expedition to Sicily has been postponed, in consequence of the Ministerial crisis. The Courtier Francais says that the King of NAPLES has addressed a note to the different Cabinets of the Great Powers, to whom he has sent his protest against the election of the Duke of GENOA as King of SICILY. In this note he declares that he is willing to consent to the separation of Sicily, and to the concession of a con stitution of the most comprehensive kind, provided that the Sicilians consent to take his second son as heredi tary Viceroy. It is added, that the English Ambas sador has offered his mediation, and that be has gone to Palermo to recommend to the Sicilians to enter into an arrangement with the Neapolitan Government. PIEDMON T. The New Ministry was appointed on the 16th. It is composed as follows :—The Marquis Alfieri, President of the Council of Ministers ; General Baron Perron, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; the Chevalier Final, Minister of the Interior ; the Count de Revel, Minister of Finance ; the Chevalier de Santa Rosa, Minister of rub lie Works ; Count F rang i n i, Mi n i ster o f War and Marine. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) Nu VTGILICX AND Zzia.l) El nriuts..x. These markets were tolerably steady to-day, at full prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s Sd ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 48 2d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bibs., by the carcase. sup plied to-day, yet the general demand wa s in a sluggish state. SountALL,Auct il . 2f. — Aar Ou market a iZ was ET tt moderately i at barely stationary prices. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s to ss: Veal, 3s 6d to 48; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per Sibs., to sink the offals. ROMFORD, AVG. 23.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in good request, at full prices. In other kinds of stock, only a limited business was doing. Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 4s N to ew 4l d ; itt N o, 3/ to 58; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 8 1 bs. Quarter Old Store Pi3glss,3ltsos4tlo;2N2seewacdhi.tto LEWES, Auci. 22.—Beef, from 3s 4,6ds;toN4esw2ddi;ttos,l3uittioons,t4sz 2d to 5s ; Lamb, 45 6d to ss; Veal, 3s p per r d i to oa load ; aArlmPoodrekr,a moderate to 4s 4d per bibs. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. MAT DLAitIVETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 ss to 41 ; new lOs to 41 lt's ; and Straw, 114 s to 11 98 per load. Trade 5 N 51 New I; w ditto, 3/ lOs ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ lOs; •Old Clover, at 4 yo l ,S t i3 o : per load. 8 upply s dt42 r ol a ii ttcs:4hoosule:;3r2tii CUMBERLAND. —OId E u nss3 l ßd;: l , rtas a o2n t :B3drD;ai the .ow_i ,lto a drsoa b ol;Ciw o idi Ovld:63,ael Clover, a g e: tr u ao: o d44 t osd a liwol t ttw i 000 t: Clover, quotations. . 1:1 103 supply and a steady demand. IVHITECHAPEL.— limited, and trade firm. COAL MARRET.--YESTEILDAY. Charlotte .. .. ...... ... 15s Od Lambton Primrose l6s Od Davison's West Hartley 15s Od Belmont l6s 6d Dean's Primrose ...... 13s Od Braddyll's Hetton 16s 6d Hasting's Hartley ...... 158 Od Haswell l7s 3d Holywell Main ... ..... 145 6d Hetton ..„ l 7s Od New Tanfield 6d 'Canfield M oor .... ..... 14 5 Od,Caradoc l6s Od Townley l3s Gd Cassop 155 9d West Hartley ........ 16s Od Heugh Hall Wall's End, &c. Reline 165 Od Gosforth ..... . ......... 15s 6d Adelaide Tees Hedley liart on Washingt on 1 1 6 5 : 0 3d di l Howsharipda's atW m *il ; r N k e e t t . h . ;5155s Od Eden Mai n . CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL' AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORE For the Week ended Agu. 23,1843, made up fronl,the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I I I W H EAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. RYE . BEANS. I TEAS. PRICE .• I 511 Ott 30s 3d 21s Sci 31s Ild 378 94 363 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. wuzet. Liiimr. i OATS. I ETC 1 BEANS. 1 PEAS. at Od 35 Od 2s 6d 3s Od 35 Od 3a Od A deputation, including Mr. Charles Russell (Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company), Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Hunt, had an interview with the Commissioners of Rail ways yesterday, at their °dice in the Board of Trade. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR I. _ _ _ (Before Mr. Baron PLATTa4IIft. Alderman Gums.) CASE OF POISONING.—The grand jury have ignored the bill which was presented to them against Mary Spry and Mary Ann Dore, who are at present out on bail on a charge of having caused the death of a child by administering poi son. They will, however, be tried upon the coroner's inqui sition. Upon the application.of Mr. CLARKSON, this morning, the case which stood upon the paper for to-day was postponed. TRANSFERRING MARE OF GOLDSMITHS' HALL TO AN ARTICLE OF Srunious METAL.—.Robert Gordon, a man of colour, aged 40, and described as a jeweller, was indicted for feloniously transposing and removing the ma r k of a certain die used by the Goldsmiths' Company for marking and stamping silver wares, to wit, from a silver spoon to certain ware of base metal. Mr. CLARKSON, in stating the case for the prosecution, said that it was one of great importance as it involved an offence of a very serious nature, by which the public might be defrauded to a great extent. The prisoner carried on the business of a working-jeweller in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. A gentleman lof the name of Dr. Halley em ployed him to manufacture a Scotch purse, or sporral, which forms a portion of the Highland costume, and the contract was that the clasps should be made of standard silver. 1)r. Halley called at the shop before the article was finished, and on seeing it expressed some doubt, from some pe culiarity in its appearance, as to the purity of the metal, but the prisoner assured him that it was good silver. To make certain, however, that it was composed of pure metal. he '.esired the prisoner to have the mark of the Goldsmiths' Company placed upon it when it was completed, and the prisUner promised that he would do so. There was a person of the name of Johnson in the em ploy of the prisoner, and the prisoner said to him that it would be easy to remove the mark of the Hall from another article and place it on the purse, to which Johnson replied that he would not do such a thing for f.so/. The jury would find, however, that the Hall mark was atterwards taken from a tea-spoon, and placed upon the article. When the purse was taken home, Dr Halley expressed himself satisfied, and paid the prisoner 4L les , which was the value of it made of silver. Subsequently Johnson and the prisoner had a quarrel, and the former went to yr. Halley and informed him that the purse was made of base metal. This information led to an inquiry, which resulted in the present prosecution by the Goldsmiths' Company. A number of witnesses were called, whose evidence bore out the statement of the Learned Counsel. It was stated by the deputy warden of Gold,miths' Hall that the mark which was transferred from the spoon bad not been used since ➢lay, 1845, and that the mark for the present year would have been altogether different. For the — defence, which was conducted by Mr. Parnell, it was contended that Johnson was the guilty party, and not the prisoner, in proof of which a witness, named Wood, was called, who stated that he was present when .iohnson offered to make the whole article and get it stamped for 183. The prisoner, he added, consented to the offer, and gave Johnson 103. on account. Several witnesses were called to speak as to the prisoner's character. Mr. 134.5.0 x PLArr having briefly summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to transportation for the period of 10 years. IV.E W GOUit I'. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman FARNCOMB.) THIC ROBBERY AT MESSRS. :NICHOLSON'S WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE.— William Henry Smith, 36, a respectable-looking young man, was indicted with stealing thirty-nine boxes of raisins, and other goods, of the value of 1051., the pro perty of Messrs. Nicholson, Besley, and Co., his masters. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin were for .the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. From the statement of Mr. CLAntisox, on the part of the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of Messrs. Nicholson and Besley, as foreman of the fruit warehouse, since the month of February, 1847. In that situation he was responsible for all the goods that came into and went out of that part of Messrs. Nicholson's warehouses that was devoted to the French department. Oa the 30th of last May the prisoner came to the warehouse early in the morning, and before the arrival of the partners of the house of Messrs. Nicholson. At nine o'clock on that morning he stated to one of the labourers that he was unwell, and under that plea he left, and nothing more was heard of him until be was taken into custody. His absence excited suspicion, the stock in warehouse of the fruit department was taken, and pro perty to the amount of upwards of 1001. was louLd to be miss ing. In the month of June, Messrs. Nicholson received a letter from the prisoner, expressing his tears that his absence had done no good fur his character, and expressing a wish to explain the cause of the deficiency of the goods in the fruit department. On his interview with Mr. Besley, one of the partners in Messrs. Nicholson's house, the prisoner explained the cause of the deficiency of eleven boxes of raisins by stating that he had charged the douse to which they had been sent with eleven boxes less than had been sent to them, and this upon inquiry was found to be the case; but the deficiency unaccounted for by the prisoner was found to be so great that Messrs. Nicholson had ruin taken into custody and brought the present charge against him. Mr. Besley and several other witnesses were examined at considerable length, to prove that the prisoner had received a great quantity of baskets and boxes ut raisins, and other pro perty; that he had not accounted for it, and that it was not to be found in the warehouse appropriated to the fruit depart ment, of which he was foreman. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody found in his possession a memorandum-book, in which were copied three letters, two intended to be sent to Messrs. Nicholson, in which the prisoner denied that he had been guilty of the robbery, complained of the loose manner in which the business of Messrs. Nicholson was ccnducted, the facility it afforded to robbery, and stated that as ho had fallen a victim to the system, it was his determination to leave the country tor ever, iu order to avoid the disgrace of a public prosecution. The prisoner also, in another letter, stat e d th a t if h e h a d committed the robbery he would have done so to a far greater extent, and that he would have fired the warehouse sooner than have been discovered. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury at some length on be half of the prisoner, contending that, although the prisoner had been guilty of a breach of trust and duty, for which he was answerable before a civil tribunal, lie had not been guilty of the crime of larceny with which he was charged before the Court criminally. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. The liEcoaDEtt summed up at some length., The jury found the prisoner ; aud The k h sentenced him to one year's imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. DREADFUL RAILWAY FlRE.—Shortly after two o'clock this morning a dreadful fire happened at the Chariton station of the West Kent Railway. It broke out on the part near the tunnel at Charlton. Messen gers were sent to London for the engines and firemen, and those belonging to the London establishment and West of England arrived shortly before three o'clock. Water could not be procured in a sufficient quantity, and the flames made sad havoc. Plenty of assistance, however, was at hand, and the sleepers, about 1,000 in number, were saved. By five all danger ceased, but the loss will be at least 1,0001. Nu cause could be ascer tained for the calamity. On the arrival of the steatn•ship United States at Southampton, on Friday last, it was reported incorrectly that the steam-ships America and Hermann both reached New York on the 4th inst. The fact is, that the America, which sailed from Liverpool on the 22d ultimo, arrived at New York on the 4th, at noon ; and the Hermann, which left Southampton at midnight on the 20th, arrived on the sth, at seven o'clock, A.M. nex ‘ t V , I t N h D e 5 2 0 61 R, h i I n V s E t. D , N h s S DAY Royal E H y j E g rr h l T N , , G s 3 .70 , will enter his 29th year, and the day will Irbe le celebratedSe at A ur lb d e a r y t at her Majesty's marine residei.ce, the rural Isle ofNight, with more than ordinary effect. fete, similar to that E of Kent's birthday given in celebration of l as t week, but on a more extended and marine of the Duchess P scale, will be given ; and to guard against the discom fortlike the present, a num ber, atv o o i t t. n . o t e i r t z a a c n n a s d s ne windy, t h t i i n e v w e L e o b e r e t d: n e C r l; b a u m l, r a ily n i g n a s g e d d e p i a () r r t m s o e m n t e , days past in repairing and rdittsiehngt off ailUtMoboersboorfnteenbtys and marquees recently b r ou g ht fr om the Pavilion at thel3r Brighton h o i tuotnh:" We ste rn PEMBROKE R ailway. anti t h e y y were r.COLLECTION OF COINS. —T h e sale of this extraordinary and important collection of coins, after lasting twelve days, e i d v atAhs Among o r h o ni to g u g g h lit hte rcr a oi ci c ne l ss o se on Satur day, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers, of l l a V s e t l d li a n y gt t o i n ios s e trzt :ich Str fe a t n e l i . curious gold coins of Cyrene, of great rarity, v h s i w o c l h e d r e s o o n l s some the' me 57/. ; two little silver coins of Nubia very' of admission sold ' for 41. 16s. ; a curious " cuntomiate or ticket admission to the publc games and spectacles ' of Constantine the Great, stated in the c a t a l ogue to be unique, sold for 21. 153. The most remarkable coins in the day's sale were the Roman Im perial coins and the coins of the Byzantine Emperors, most of which were purchased for the British Museum. The fol lowing were worthy of notice :—Romulus Augustus, struck A.D. 475-476, and of extreme rarity on account of the Ro man empire in the west ending with this emperor, sold for 9 guineas ; Michael 111. and Theodora, Isis mother, struck A.D. 842-856, having on the reverse the bust of our Saviour, in the act of blessing it, sold for 4 guineas a coin of great rarity of Theodore, A.D. 1054-1056, having on the obverse the bust of the Empress, and the reverse a bust of Our Saviour, sold for 41. 7s. Among the miscellaneous objects, three curious antique Roman bronze weights were bought fur the British Museum for 11. 35.; a beautiful medallic carving in wood, inches in diameter, representing twe royal personages habited in the costume of Germany, of the early part of the 16th century, stated to be " cut on wood by Albert Darer," and menticned in a book giving a full description of the works of that artist, under the title of " Das Leben and die Werke Albrecht Darer," published by Heller, at Bamberg, in 1827, sold for 31. 14s. The sale was wound up by the disposal of the cabi nets which had contained this rich collection, and, although they were dropping to pieces from age, they fetched remark ably high sums. The collection produced in the aggregate 5,905/. 14s. It will be gratifying to know that the most valuable of the coins still remain in the country, our own national collection, the collection of Major-General Fox, that of Dr. James Bird, recently Physician-General at Bombay, &c., having been greatly enriched by it. For the continen tal museums Mr. Curt purchased largely. MONEY MARKI.T.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.42; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.324, it follows that gold is 0.38 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Acimburgh the price of gold is 4334 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the exchange at llamburgh on London at short being 13.9, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent, dearer in llamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is quoted by the last arrivals at 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.33 per cent. against England; but the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. EXTRAORDINARY STEAM TUG.--An iron steam vessel, of unusual proportions in this country, has recently been built by the Hayle Foundry Company. She is called the Dordrecht, and is 205 feet in length, by a width of only 23 feet. Her engines are nominally of 200-horse power, but are equal to nearly 300, and the machinery weighs 200 tons. She is intended to ply as a steam tug on the Rhine, and her extreme draught of water is only 4 feet 6 inches. She left Hayle on Friday week, and the weather proving rough she was struck, when off the Longship, by a heavy sea, and not being constructed for a sea-boat she sustained an injury which induced her commander to return. The requisite Wecautions having b een s i nce taken she sailed again on ednesday for Holland, where her owners reside.—Bristol Atirror. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE , ECLES RACES.—MONDAY. The Sweepstakes C of 3 sow. each, with 20 added, one mile and a quarter (5 Subs.). was won by Mr. Green's Clara , yrs (Ftintoff), b eat i ng Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs, Gran d Seignior, 5 yrs, and five others, easily. 'the Gentlemen's Purse of 9 5'., added to a Handicap of 3 sous. each, one mile and three quarters (6 Subs.), was " 0 in two heats by Mr. W. G. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4 Bst 6lb (Abdale), beating Little John, ist, Grand Seignicit I Ost, and three others, easily. The Pony Race was won by Rod Rose, beating three othePi BASINGSTOKE RACES. 'I he Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 15 added, one mile and a quarter (6 Subs.), were won in three beats by Ur; Williams's Rosalinda, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib, beating Moodkee ,* yrs, Bst 101 b, Sult an , 4 yrs, Est 10Ib, Hippona, S yrs, 7st lab, and Royalty, 5 yra, 9st 81b. The Hackwood Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added, o °, B mile and a quart er , were won i n two heats by M r. S a dler! Faith, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b, beating Frank, 5 yrs, 9st 11b, Prospect' 5 vrs, 7st 131 b, and four others. The Selling Stakes of 4 soya. each, and 20 added, one mile acd a half, over hurdles, were won in two heats by Mn Haligan's Ploughman, aged, lOst 41b, beating Bella 1)0111 9st 121 b, and Arkwright, Sat Sib. YORK AUGUST MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added; O r three vrs old, 6st 81b ; f our , B st 21b ; fi ve, Bst 9 1b ; six an d aged, list ; mares and geldi ngs allowed 31b. One mile an d a quarter. (8 Subs.) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged ... ••• 2 Mr. Payne na Philosopher, 4 yrs ... ••• Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 7st 9 n l four, Bst 121 b; five, 9 st 41b ; s i x, 9 st 71b ; and aged, 't . miles. 91b Two _ _• Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth, 3 yrs ... 2 Mr. Woflenden's Raisthorpe. 4 yrs... ... • d . The Prince of W a l es ' s S ta k es of 10 sous. each, and 50 Adde; for two yrs old colts, Bst 7th; and fillies, Bst 21b; Win° 21b extra. T.Y.C. (34 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Farthingale ...•'" ' l 2 Lord Zetland's Ell en Middl eton ••• Nine ran. Won cleverly. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 soya. each, 20 ft; for too yrs old, Bst 71b each. One mite. (10 Subs.). -r, Mr. Bell's Velox ••• Mr. J. Moore's Old English Gentleman ... ••• ' Match, 100 aovs., 25 ft. Half a mile. Mr. Holmes's Mysticle, 2 yrs ... ••• 2 Mr. W. H. Dawson's Snacks, 2 yrs, 7st 111 b ••• The Ebor St. Leger Stakes of 25 nova. each ; with 100 eon s ' for the second, and 50 f or t h e t hi rd ; colts, Bst 71b; Bst 31b; winners extra. Two miles. (61 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Canezou . Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina Lord Stanley's Canezou won in • very clever style by length, Distaffina a very bad third. Run in f our minute six seconds. After the race the winner was backed at 4se 5 to 1 for the St. Leger, and 8 to 1 offered againstFlateatcheri The Lottery Stake s Pl a t e of 251., added to a swe e ps of soya. each, for three-years. old and upwards, the second to save his stake. One mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's Man in the Moon, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Charlton) Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ••• Mr. Padley's Lady M ary , 3 yrs, E st Il b • v The following also started but were not placed :-- 31r. Osborne's gr c by Robin Gray, out of Queen of Carthage' 3 yrs, 6st 81b—Mr. Scholey's Chesterfield, aged, Bst 31b-- 01 Mr. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs, Bst. • Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Mary, and 3to 1 agst Man in the Moon. Won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 51 ffec• The Knavesmire Stakes was no race. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Dough I 6 to 1 agst Meaux (t) sto 1 agst Remembrance I9to 1 agst Ellerdale 7: 2 ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Springy Jack 5 to 1 agst Canezou 4to 1 agst Justice to Ire- 11 to 2 agst Surplice land (t) 8 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (t) CHOLERA. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Friday afternoon, during the delivery of his inte resting and important lecture upon the Asiatic Che tracing its connexion with the electric condition of tbs atmosphere, Mr. 'sham Beggs suggested a means u,l which th e morta li ty caused by that great scourge of t he nineteenth century might be very materially dimanishe u9 by which, indeed, in the instance of many hundreds il l terrors might be altogether evaded. The mode eft' plained by the lecturer is one so peculiarly simple, se yet so obviously efficacious, that at the first moment 1 0 suggestion of it almost amounts to "an 15 suit to one's understanding "—the effect surprise experienced by those who heard it I Friday afternoon was only comparable ,to L depicted by Hogsrth upon the features of the se nish courtiers when Columbus made the egg stand 0 1 1 1 the table. Yet. prepo s t erous l y s i mple as the expediee of Columbus was, it had never occurred to any one he fore the great navigator flattened the broad end of 1116 egg upon the mahogany. Mr. Beggs then propusel, that those whose fortunes ad m i t o f t h e expenditure shoe' escape from the ravages of the Asiatic cholera bf taking up their residence in some elevated localiti , as not one single case of the epidemic ever been known to have occured upon Su' top of a mountain, whereas in fiat countries, in vallies' and especially in the neighbourhood of water, the 0 10 ,r tality has been en ormous l y great. Beyond' this, 111• learned gentleman observed that the track of 1 1 1 cholera can b e ca l cu l ate d w i t h the utmost degree precision, and that consequently the most certain mess°, of avoiding the chances o f d eat h f rom t hi s part i ca lt disease would be to shun those towns and cities 'Wel the cholera must in e vit a bly traverse. In testimony e ` the accuracy of this assertion, we need °elf refer to the speech recently delivered in Ms House of Commons by Lord Morpeth, in which it was shown from authentic statistics that the course pursued by the cholera was very nearly identical in ese r f, respect with th a t f o ll owe d b y i t on the occasion of t he last visitation. Among the more ingenious portions of the lecture in qu es ti on , was t h at in which Mr. Bagg i developed one et the most beautiful theories of Justee Liebig; and it must be acknowledged that the former investigator carried out the views of his illustrious con' temporary by a sin"ulurly simple process of resson lo P , In every man's blood, said he, there is a certain quantity of iron, and Liebig believes this iron to be an agent 1 0 the arterialization of the venous blood. He supposes that the dark venous blood contains the iron in the feral of protoxide, and that, in passing through the lungs to the arteries, this protoxide becomes peroxide by the absorption of oxygen in the process of respiration. Supposing this to be correct, Mr. Beggs maintained tha t o a corollary of extreme i nterest necessar ily follows. Th e venous blood containing protoxide .of iron must froth rom that circumstance be magnet i c, an d the arterial blood containing the peroxide must, on the contrary, be dia magnetic. The circulation of the blood therefore in this condition, he argues, constitutes a continuous relative movement between conducting and magnetic matter, and must consequently give rise to the generation of magneto-electricity, which currents will be, doubtless, found upon investigation to fulfil most important physic' logical functions. Thermarkable character of the lectures now being delivered by Mr.lsham Baggs impresses us only the more forcibly with a sense of the usefulness of suet's° establishment as that of the Royal Polytechnic Insilco' Lion; and the arguments of the lecturer, applying 0 they do, so immediately to ,the sanitary condition of 111 6 people of these realms, call in an especial manner for the attention of the Government. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COES, AuGusT ROYAL YACHT SQUAD OW REGATTA. 23. PRINCE ALBERT'S C UP .—T he Fli rt, Enchantress, and Capricorn, started this morning at eleven o'clock, th e Capricorn appearing to have the lead. There was $/ nice breeze from the westward, and the vessels ran 0 1 3 nearly together; the Flirt got round the Nab half ° minute before the Enchantress, and one minute and half before the Capricorn. In beating down, she gained so much that she rounded th e vesse l o ff Yarmouth sa ve „ : minutes before the others, and arrived at the starting vessel at twenty-four minutes past eleven, the ()Wa s being considerably astern, indeed not in while we writ e ' , Daniel Corke steered th e Fli rt, an d , as usual, 10". the Cup. • A deputation, consisting of Mr. Auldjo, Mr. William Char man, Mr. Ambrose Moore, and Mr. Atcbeson, Directors of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, had an interrieW with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. THE CHARTISTS AND IRISH CONFEDERATES. Another large meeting of these parties was held le" , night at the South .London Chartist Hall. The Choi r man observed, that accordi ng t o t h e A ttorney- G en eral' it was sedition to repeat a t one meet i ng any se ditious language that had been spoken by other speakers at ell previous meeting. There were, he went on to ga te ; 70,000 men out of employ in London, bat the Cher"' would cure this, and all th e i r ot h er grievances w hilst the measures of Messrs. Hum e an d C o bd en wou ld prove wholly inefficacious. The proceedings at the meeting were of no general interest. The Lord Chancellor has issued an order appoin,t ing F. A. Warburton, E sq ., b arr i ster-at -law, an Aefil tant-Registrar in Mr. Commissioner Holm} d's court, a l consequence of the prolonged and serious inness of 51 , 1 : . ‘ Millar, the registr ar , w h o has been ill for four months past. This is the third instance in which an assistant' registrar has been appointed under the Act. BIRTHS. On the 7th o f J une, at Mss uoorie, the lady of Capt al Renny, Bengal Engineers, of a daughter. f On the 19th i nst . , at Old-square, Birmingham, the Fi f e o V. W. Blake, E sq. , o f a son. On the 19th i nst., M rs. Vickers, of Trinity-square, Toner hill, hill, of a son. On the 19th inst., rt Wells, Eomerset, the wife of RO T / Bernard, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. At Ladyland-house, Ayrshire, on the 18th inst., CsP tain Robert W. Wilson, to Janet Glasgow, youngest daughter 0f the late NV. Cochrane, Esq., of Ladyland. On the 21st inst., at Fulham, Lieutenant F. L. Cotton t , R.N., to L ou i sa, e ld est daughter of John Goodered, E 2(l ' ° Elysium-villa, Fulham. n son At St. John' s Ch urc h, Willi am N ev ille, Esq., Lu• — •' 3 of Mrs. Jam es R aymon d B ar k er , o f L on don. to Fran ce d Mary White, e ld est d aug ht er o f th e late C. V. Whit!' an granddaughter of 'l'. White, Esq., banker, of the said city DIED. On the 13th inst., Mr. James France, of the Marquis Camden, Great College-street North, Camden-town, aged 60, most deeply and sincerely regretted by his family en d friends. On the :12d of June, at Mussoorie, Eleanor Josephine, the infant daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Kenny, Bengal Engineers. On the 16th inst., at Glasgow, Anne, youngest daughter of the late T. Cole, EL.+ On the 21st inst., at Fulham , John F. Waller , Esq., of the late office of Woods. &c., aged son of John Waller, Esq. , cashier of the said of f ice. On the 21st inst. , at Hampstead , accidenta ll y drowned, Charles Edward, aged 11 years , the youngest s on of IS'illiam Hughes, Esq., of Lincoln's London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , al No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the county ft Ididdleaex, Thursday, August 24, 1848, cc The of the I notice they w Contra l'azket 5,00( Step The 30th A The be seel o'closk tends, Eves itild and m letter, with tl ante u C' The TH. ito .11 1 lei poi Ile, lure. The 310 h o julictit fear h, 1. p %lug, in the 4uart( 2 . F ni the lerno o Allem tithe. holde r Attny, "Pro TAI 'title , 1 the The 2 eaoh 1, ter of a dopt a. AnT, u th Of the e to ut( leg I( dead An the as Ths and 0 Pool , of Bub tbbik Th Tbi add affair (31- *410 .al 6 1i.7 Bo Three Duk4 Brun FO' thun now FOR' trate WM 0 0101 A. :Rani Low Ozfc Con thud Koa Pap( the tan, Cate Vet And lei Reg all I Pert ellc bey lad, h - Oi kai kei ' , el )ki THE SUN, LONDON, TtIVRSDA tIVENING, AUGUST 24, 1840.