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thrive, you must feel that the result obtained is very satis factory. I will not go into the traffic figures of other lines ; but any gentleman may compare for himself their traffic, as given officially, with our own. What will be the state of the Brighton traffic when prosperous times have returned, and the whole of the traffic from Weymouth, in Dorsetshire, on the one side, and Hastings on the other, is developed, when such is the traffic under the present state of depres sion ? Haying made these observations, I have to request, in conclusion, that any proprietor will put to me any ques tion that he pleases, and to assure you that I will answer it, if by so doing I should not compromise the interest of this company. I know of no question but one which should be avoided on that ground. Ido hope that if any proprietor has anything to urge against the directors, individually or col lectively, he will have the manliness to do it here; and I shall be ready to give him an answer. Mr. CRoWLEY (a director) seconded the motion. Mr. LEVY begged to propose that the cordial thanks of the proprietors be given to the chairman and his colleagues. The motion was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the meeting then broke up. THE NEW NOVEL, THE DISCIPLINE of LIFE, IS NOSY READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. "A novel abounding in interest, in eloquence of feeling, and in truthful deNneation."—Messenger. " The object of this work is to show how much of happiness de pends ou self-discipline. It cannot fail to place the authoress in the first rank of female novelists. It contains passages of great beauty and pathos, evidently written by one who thinks much and feels deeply, and impresses us with a high idea of the talent of the author." —Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRIL. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. THE FAREWELL NIGHT. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that the FAREWELL NIGHT will take placelTO-MORROW EVENING, Aug. 24, when Madlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Bellini's Opera t.f LA SONNAMBULA. Amine, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, MdUe. Vera ; Count Rodolpho, Sig. F. Lablache Elvino, Sig. Gardoni. The National Anthem will be sang by the whole strength of the Company. Atter the Opera. Selections from the admired Ballet of FIORITA, by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. Dor. To conclude with the celebrated Ball Scene from the Ballet of ALMA, comprising the Pas des Trois, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. St. Leon. The Fn. List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. Gd. each, where applications for Boxes. Pit Stalls. and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at halt-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Undin . the Management of Mr. IL Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford ; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright ; Porno, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARIL DOING WELL _go YAL SURREY TiIItATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights enly. Re•appearance of Mr. THIS . Cooke and EVENING Grand Ballot Company. Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Zuridan, Mr. G. Bennett. Attar which MONSIEUR JACQUES. Monsieur Jacques, M. A. Wigan; Nina, Mrs. A. Wigan. To bo 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. Nixnager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fatrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitgbalrs new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. TI7 IS EVENING, Will 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. Ti) conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIYA AND PEEPING TOli OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications ai the Box-office, the gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendour on Monday, August 28. isux-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. At traction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Hanson. 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 Performeii: includes Messrs. Cioftl, Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Griesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most ma's nifleent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby Gates open at Ten ♦.s[., Feeding Time Five--Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. This Day, the Boys of the Greenwich Hospital School, accom panied by their Band, will pay their Annual Visit to these Gardens. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. _ THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 23. TLIERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 63; Noon, 65. BsuomETss, 29.77. WIND S.S.W.; morning, slight showers; afternoon, fine, - _ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 18 rain. after 8 I Evening .. 59 min. after ! 9ii.';' , ; ;; , .. ): ' 7 e:,..' , - ~ .. : ‘ cA, ~. 4,..,..- ~.,.. .. . , ~., ~- , '' , . t i n .. j. , .. , ,40 -,,,..w. Ito . . -' *4 .P..,-: ' l4 v ' .",', 102:;;;P.:t5.r,•:•*, , is ‹. ." 'it Jellins 'Atlt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1848. The attention of the House of Commons has again " „tip, ca . l,led to the fatal effects of the Bank Charter --Act of 1:844. Although, at this advanced period of the session, nothing could be attained of any real value, it was at least desirable to show that some re /',.;ihlt'should follow from the inquiries that have taken L,plaC"e',"and that the public and their representatives in • Parliament would not await in listless apathy the dis tress and suffering occasioned by a blind adherence to an abstract theory. If the investigations directed by both Houses of Parliament were intended to answer any beneficial purpose, if they were not mere pretexts to avoid an immediate discussion, when the public mind was fully awakened to the vital importance of the subject, and men of all classes were smarting under the injuries and losses they had sustained from the total prostration of credit that had taken place, some steps should be taken to follow up by active proceedings—by certain and tangible measures—the information that has been obtained, and not to ~ permit the evidence that has been taken to re main buried in the pages of the Blue-book, in which it is contained. The Right Honour able Gentleman the Member for Stamford has given an assurance that he will not permit the question to be thus shelved ; and by the motion which he last night submitted, calling upon the House to take into its serious consideration, early in the next session of Parliament, the reports of both Committees, he afforded the best proof of his sincerity and steadiness of purpose. A certain insight was given by his state ment into the management of the Committee of which he was himself a prominent member ; and he clearly established that their decision in favour of the continuance of the Bank Charter Act, without relaxation or modification, was wholly opposed to the opinions of the great majority of the witnesses examined, four-fifths of whom, and those the persons whose varied experience, representing the most influential and deeply interested classes, should have given pecu liar weight to their testimony, strongly condemned its provisions, and yet the report said, that "after a careful review of all the evidence" they are of opi nion, " that it is not expedient to make any altera tion in the Bank Charter Act of 1844." This statement we unhesitatingly denounce as a most unfair attempt to mislead the public, as to the tendency and effect of the evidence so given ; the quibble of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER that "a jury 4 1 should not be debarred from taking into their consi deration the value of the evidence given before them," is unworthy of notice, and we regret to be obliged to say unworthy of the character and position of a Cabinet Minister. The Committee were, of course, justified in coming to such decision as they thought proper, and any person acquainted with its composi tion could have little doubt as to what that decisio n would have b een —th a t it wo uld fully exonerate the mischievous provisions of the Act of 1844 from the creation or even the aggravation of the commercial dis tress ; but we repeat that they n had no rig ht to permit the p u bli c for a single moment to be so far deceived as t o suppose that decision to be in any degree founded upon the evidence that was adduced before them, when it was wholly opposed to the we:ght and authority thereof. Before entering on the analysis of th e ev id ence given by the Right Ron. Gentleman, we may be public att b e i n u tion to permitted to direct the one extraordinary fac t stated by viz., that " there were six Members intimately con nected with com mercial affairs i n the Commons' Committee, and it was remarkable that of those five alicays voted in the minority." Thus it would appear that the independent and unprejudiced practical me n of business on the Committee were opposed to the Act, in nearly the same proportion as the witnesses examined before them, and yet the votes of Sir It. PEEL and Sir CHARLES Wool), and of their adherents, set aside the opinions of those who from their position and valuable experience would have commanded the public confident,:. There were then, it appears, twenty-six witnesses examined before the Committee, of those two were exclusively examined on the subject of the East India trade. There remained twenty-four persons, of whom nineteen were unequivocally and decisively against the Bank Charter Act, declaring that it required amendment, while but four were decidedly in its favour. Let us look, however, to the different classes by whom that evidence was given, and the disproportion of numbers will be enhanced by the still greater disproportion in the weight that should be attached to their testimony. First, then, there were four gentlemen delegated and selected by large and influential commercial bodies to represent them and express their opinions before the Committee, viz., Mr. BEvArr, by the London bankers ; Mr. BIEKBEC& by the country bankers ; Mr. KINNEAR by the Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow ; and Mr. MACFARLANE by the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh. These gentlemen were unanimously of opinion " that the Act of 1844 con siderably aggravated the commercial distress of 1847," and stated " that it required to be amended by the introduction of some power to abate its re stricting regulations." These persons, then, who spoke the opinions of the great bodies they repre sented, could not be regarded as ordinary witnesses, whose individual views only were put forward. We regret that a want of space precludes us from completing the consideration of the analysis of the evidence this day, we shall, however, return to the subject to-morrow. Politics so generally and largely monopolise the space of our leading columns, that the consideration of a matter of a strictly literary character in this de partment of a newspaper would almost seem to demand something very like an apology from the journalist. Yet, considering the circumstances under which this article is written, we apologise not, even to the extent of one syllable. We dare to say that the emotions with which even our feeble utterances will be read must inevitably, in the hearts of the in telligent, amount very nearly to those of positive gratitude. There is a man in England who has recently written a book—called "An Inquiry into the Phi losophy and Religion of Shakspere"—a big, laborious book of 547 pages. The name of this person is paraded upon the title-page of his volume as —" W. J. BIRCH, M.A., New Inn Hall, Oxon, author of the " Real and Ideal," &c., &c. To epitomise the purpose of his present composition with the utmost possible degree of brevity, we should say that it is an endeavour to vilify the character of a dead man, whose name is one of the noblest and holiest glories of the human race. The whole pro duction is one prolonged and agonising struggle on the part of the writer to realise this intention—an intention so inspiring, so graceful, and so benignant, as to constitute of itself its own panegyric. From the first line of the " Preface," to the last diphthon g in the appended " Additions and Corrections"—from the exordium to the peroration—it is manifest throughout the entire work how acute have been the throes of its conceptien, and how distracting the torments of its birth. Every sentence is a spasm—every epithet is a twinge—and whenever the style merges into a disjointed glibness, it is per ceptible with what excruciating pangs the author has writhed into volubility. Nor is this surprising when we remember that the aim of the production—an aim ever present to the imagination of its scribe—is eminently calculated to carry along with it its own tremendous punishment—like the damned soul de scribed by DAITE in his Inferno, gnawing the skull of his enemy, for ever and for ever, his lip reeking with blood, and his teeth tangled with the hair of his victim. Regard the question in its simplest aspect, and we undertake to say that the effect is little else than a sensation of horror. Here, in the middle of the nineteenth cen tury, is presented to us the spectacle of a man devoting all his moral and intellectual energies— hoinceopatllic we must acknowledge them to be, as far as his present effusion enables us to decide—de voting the whole, we say, of his moral and intellec tual energies to dim the lustre of a renown second to that of no human bard that has ever trod Gon's earth since the days when Jsaeraias chaunted the woes of Babylon amidst the desolation and soli tude of Jerusalem. Mr. W. J. BlRCH—en vious, we suppose, of the sublime celebrity of SHAKSPBRE—envious, as the emmet might he of the dimensions of the behemoth—Mr. W. J. Biacu, M.A., strives in this big, empty book of his, to hold up the fame of SHAKSPERE to the exe cration of the world by arguing that the poetical works of SHAKSPERE, his comedies, his tragedies, his " Venus and Adonis," his " Rape of Lucrece," his sonnets and even his minor fragments, all tend irre sistibly to prove him not only a debauchee, a drunkard, and a profligate, but a libidinous and irre ligious blasphemer. To demonstrate that SHAKSPERE was intensely irreligious, that his dramas teem with impieties, that his philosophy was built up on infidelity, and his religion buried under the filth and ordure of atheism, Mr. W. J. Blum' takes the plays of SIIAKSPERE, one by one, beginning with Titus Andronicus, and ending with the Tempest, and endeavours, as far as the stalest sophisms and the grossest misconstructions will enable him, to bedaub the fane of the giant dramatist with the dust and mire of his imputations. The effort has not even the merit of originality. For every one knew already that the purest and most pellucid ut terances of a virgin lip may be distorted into the vilest conceits and the most disgusting double entendres by the ingenuity of a foul imagination. It is precisely in this manner that Mr. W. J. Buten, M. 4„ ,has. acted towards the divine and ravishing melodies of Sumisr*itit. And hourba has proceeded in this very pleasing effort may be discerned in a few moments by glancing at the mere manner of his intro duction. The whole work is based upon" conjectures," "idea," " may-be's," and " may-not-be's." Mr. Bract' then argues in this fashion. He says that "probably" SHAKSPERE frequented the society of MARLOWE, that MARLOWE was said to be an unbeliever by ANTHONY WOOD, and that consequently SimicsrEaß was an Atheist. He says that SHAXSPERE " doubtless" imitated MARLOWE'S style from the force of asso ciation with MARLOWE in his early days, that the fact of this imitation has been " verified" by the accusation of GREENS, and that therefore SHAKS TERE was an Atheist. That SHAKSPERE knew RALEIGH, that it was " a current opinion of his age" that RALEIGH was without religion, and that therefore SI/AMPERE was an Atheist. That " it is possible " SHAXSPERR knew BACON, that much of BACON'S Essays " are said " to have been taken from MONTAIGNE, that the design of both MONTAIGNE and BACON " seems to be" to distinguish between the quibblers on religion ; that SIIAKSPERE, in a passage in the Midsummer Night's Dream " seems" to have coincided with an idea expressed in BACON'S third Essay, and that, therefore, SHAHS' PERE was an Atheist. In this slovenly and execrably illogical manner does Mr. W. J. lifacu enter upon his ungrateful theme. We have alluded to his:volume, not in bitter ness of feeling, but in utter contempt of his singularly ignoble and slanderous ambition. He has pilloried himself upon the title-page of his "Inquiry," and has with every sentence in the volume branded himself with a brawl which would most certainly be eternal, but that his very name itself has such a fortunate affinity for oblivion. A YACHT VOYAGE TO NORWAY, DENMARK, AND SWEDEX, By W. A. Boss, ESQ.—Mr. Ross, who per forraed his journey to Norway in company with Lord Rodney, has in these lively volumes furnished a guide which will be highly welcome to all tourists to the north, particularly to yachtsmen and adepts in the use of the rod and gun. His sporting details, in reference to fish ing, bear shooting, &c., are highly amusing, and will re mind the reader forcibly of Nitnrod's vivacious narra tives. Independently of its forming a work whose ori ginality and truth, together with the novelty of the sub ject and the romantic interest of many of the incidents it contains, must at any time ensure it favour, the yacht voyage" possesses at the present moment an ad ditional source of interest to numbers whose arrange mentst I,lr their autumnal tours have been disordered by detst ß oo O d ß he state of affairs in the southern part of the continent will be of Europe.—Evening Paper. ?GATION OP PARLIAMENT.—It _ Septemb in person on is now un derstood official quarters that the business of the session the coed to Woolwich following day ; brought to a close, if possible, by Friday, the Ist of er, and that her Majesty will prorogue Parliament Albert Royal and will afterwards pro steyatnac it, when, attended by the Black Eagle, Royal squadron, the -Y l and embark on board the Victoria and Admiralty steam -yacht, and other vessels composing the directly to Dundee, nQueen route Prince A Hera id, " e to Balmoral shooting lodge, Albert will proceed Aberdeenshire.— THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1848. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. Their con tents are devoid of interest. MADRID Boise, Aun. 17.—Threes, 194 i ; Fives, 10i i ; Exchange on London, 46 paper. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the following decree:— • The President of the Council charged with the executive government, considering the decree of the National As sembly, dated June 24, 1848, and which runs thus—Art. 2. Paris is in a state of siege. Art. 3. All the executive power is vested in General Cavaignac. As also the decree of June 28, as follows : •" The National Assembly confers the executive power on General Cavaignac, who will take the title of President of the Council of Ministers ; "Considering that the journals—the Representant du Peuple, the Pere Duchene, the Lampion, and the Vraie Re publique—by the doctrines which they profess against the state, family ties (la famille), and property, by the violent excitations which they ferment against society, the public authorities emanating from the sovereignty of the people, against the army, the National Guards, and even against private persons, are of a nature, if tolerated any longer, to re vive agitation in the heart of the city, disorder, and war; " Considering that publications profusely and frequently gratuitously spread in the streets or the workshops and in the army are instruments of civil war, and not instruments of liberty, decrees— " Art. 1. From this day the Representant du Peuple, the Pere Duchene, the Lampian, and the Vraie Republique are and shall remain suspended. " Art. 2. It is forbidden to any editor, printer, or publisher to edit or publish the said journals, until they shall be duly authorised so to do. " In case of contravention of the above decree, the journal so published shall be immediately seized, the presses put ander seal, and the parties so offending proceeded against ac cording to law. "Art. 3. The present decree shall be made known to all editors, printers, and publishers, and the Prefect of Police is ordered to attend to its execution. Signed "CAVAIGNAC, President of the Council. " SENARD, Minister of Interior. " Paris, Aug. 21." In accordance, we presume, with the treaty lately entered into between the reactionnaires and the Com munists, M. EMu DE GIRARDIN, in the Presse, takes up the cudgels on behalf of his allies, who have declared that "property is a theft, and family a prejudice." He published the Presse yesterday with the following in 'place of a leading article:— " Our friends, who have not yet had time to forget that the :Presse has been already, suspended for 42 days, will, we doubt not, on-hearing of the recent suspension of some other journals, appreciate our motives for confining ourselves to the mere narration of facts, without any comment, until the day shall arrive when we shall be able to exercise our right of discussion with freedom, without which all moderation would appear suspicious." The . following letter, purporting to have been ad dressed by the Bourbon Pretender of the eldest branch to one of his partisans in Paris, has been extensively circulated among the Legitituatists:— " Mon cher Monsieur,—l have just read a letter pretended to have been addressed by me to the President of the National Assembly, printed and published in Paris at the end of May. I know also that various other letters have been circulated, which are calculated to lead to the belief that I have re nounced the pleasurable hope of again seeing my dear country. Not one of those letters came from me. What is true, nevertheless, is my love for France, my profound sentiment of her rights, of her interests, and of her wants in these present times, and my disposition to devote my self entirely, and even to sacrifice myself to her, should Providence deem me worthy of this noble and sacred mission. Frenchman above all, I have never suf fered, I never will suffer, that my name be made use of to cause division and trouble, but if the hopes of the country are again deceived, if France, at length wearied of all these experiments, that keep her suspended perpetually over an abyss, turns her eyes towards me, and prononnces of her own accord my name, as a pledge of security and safety, as the true guarantee of the rights and of the liberty of all, let then this generous and beloved France remember that my hand, and heart, and life, and all are at her service, and that she can ever reckon upon me. " I renew to you, my dear Sir, the assurance of my eom plete affection, " HENRI, "Petit fils d'Henry IV., et de St. Louis. _ " Froksdorf, July 1, 1848." At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday the President announced that notice had been given of an application on the part of the Government to prosecute a Member. The Member alliided to is understood to be M. TURCK. The Assembly was engaged up to the hour of post in discussing the Debtors and Creditors Bill. These were considerable. assemblages of workmen near the Portes St. Martin and St. Denis on Monday evening. The club of the Rue de Poitiers has decided to pre sent to the Assembly a resolution to the effect that the Assembly shall decree that the Committee of Inquiry has conscientiously and loyally fulfilled its mission, and that its report shall be referred to the Executive Go• vernment, to take what steps in it that it may consider necessary. The National has the following on the affairs of Italy : " The cause of Italy is not lost; the war of Kings is finished, that of the people commences. The annexation of Lombardy, and of - Venetia to the Sardinian States, which has never existed de facto has now ceased de lege with the power of the Albert intrigae. At the news of the disgraceful armistice of Vigevano a new and com pletely independent Provisional Government was esta blished at Venice, and M. Tommasco has just arrived at Paris to demand the immediate assistance of France. In Lombardy the late Committee of Public Safety of Milan has constituted itself into an insurrectionary junta at Lugano, and at this time must have established itself on the Lombardion territory. General Gari baldi, who, during ten years, defended Monte Video with so much bravery, has given in bis adhesion to the junta, and has just gained a striking victory over an Aus trian corps on the banks of the Lago Maggiore. After a combat on the 15th, which lasted upwards of three hours, the volunteers of Garibaldi remained masters of the field. The Italians only lost three men killed and one wounded. The Croatians lost upwards of thirty on the ground, and fled in all directions. In consequence of this affair half the pro vince of Como has been retaken from the Austrians, and great hopes are entertained that in two days more the whole province will be freed from them. Apina _still keeps in the mountains." Corers Authentique.—PAßis, Auo. 22.—French Five per Cents., 71f. 75c., 72f., 71f. 75c., 72f. 25c., 72f., 7 2 f. 25c. New oal], 71f. 75c. 50c.; Three per Cents., 44f. 44f. 25c., 43f. 75c., 44f. 44f. 25c., 44f. ; Treasury Bonds 23ff.; Bank of France, 1,62af. ; Neapolitan, 7 3 f., 73f. 50c. 25c., 73f. ; Roman, 64f., 63if.; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 78if.; Ditto, 1842, 78i if., 79f.; Ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 71if. ; Obligations of the City, 1,090 f., 1,095 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 23. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 35c.; three months, money, 25f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AuG. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Namur and Liege, 04- Northern of France, 5 3 / 4 —Orleans and Bourdeaux, 13 - Paris and. Lyons, 4%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. In the sitting of the Austrian Diet, on the 16th inst., M. VON PILLERsDoREY presented the following repots from the Finance COmmittee : ~T he first care of the Committee was to ascertain the sum indispensable for the service of the year. There ap pears to be a deficit of 17 and 20 milmlmpioirlanoiytsva.irnnyocleto'stpbi operations, may needed,aCommitteeatyi obseand d t hope,h in asmuche h ost aise however ,successposv e t r h s a the has a l s dth attended whole reclaimed the this ex pected to contribute to the war expenditure. The Minister of Finance proposes to coverasanx the ito h the ss deficitby susoof a tditniatei employing d l credit of the State, and the Committ ee acquiesce, though re luctantly,other i n measure, the but proposal,are admits e t bhot the should be incurred. The Committee disapproves of the proposal to bring the credit of the National Bank into play. It consents to an issue of Exchequer bills, but is opposed to making them legal tender, or compelling the Bank to receive them. The Com mittee has no objection to a loan on State debentures, but objects to hypothecating the lands of the Church or State for their payment; for the guarantee of the representa tives of the people ought to be sufficient, and such security would be unjust to the already existing Creditors of the State. The Committee urgently requests the immediate re vocation of the prohibition of the exportation of silver as hurtful, and au act of hostility to Germany with which Austria is so intimately allied. The Committee proposes th e immediate opening of a loan of twenty millions, either on Exchequer- bills or as a simple loan. But the former are not to be declared legal, or the Bank to be required to receive them ; and no security is to be given for the latter on the lands of the Church or State. Lenders may be e nce „. wish that Minist ers r c a o tre c d l u . s h i o o n w , e t v h e e r, C o b nl y m o t i f t e t r e i e n g e x p a r ess higher the rate of interest. In will exert themselves to conclude a peace as soon as pos. sible ; will make in the meantime the reclaimed provinces responsible for a part of the loan ; will bring forward the budget without delay; will revoke the prohibition to ex port silver; and that the Diet will appoint a Commission of Finance." In the same sitting a Ministerial explanation (which was considered satisfactory) was given as to the inten tion of the Government in calling together several of the provincial Diets. It had been suspected that, acting on the old METTERNICH policy, the Government had convened these local Diets for the purpose of playing them off against the General Diet assembled in Vienna. In reply to certain questions which were put to bins on this subject, the Minister DORLOFF stated that the provincial Diets which have assembled since the 15th of March are those of Moravia, Silesia, Upper Austria, Tyrol, Steirmark, Carinthia, and Brain. The object of their convention is to dispatch purely local business. these finformation ml Another oaet iat m ln ip o t ir ie e v etss p ew t h cat a si t had respecting ghe the eopsrspoteamet prospect o t prompted dh r t t hee their obtainings pser importantmo v b in l i e n e g s s o s f matter for the deliberations of the Constituent Diet. They had been convened by Ministerial circulars, which were authorised by the constitution. The votes of these Diets would nut have the power of laws until sanctioned by the Constituent Diet. Ministers would to this end submit them to ,the people's representatives as soon us received. _ _ The appearance of the cholera within the A us t r i an t er ritory at Bukowina has been officially announced by the Government. In consequence of the heavy rains, storms, and partial rain spouts which inundated the country during the nights of the Ist and 2d July, the greater part of the circle of Villach, in the Government of Lay bach, in Aus trian-Illyria—natnely, in Tarvis, Korteschach, Spital, Griefenberg, and Upper Villach, has been devastated and destroyed to a most fearful extent, and hundreds of families have been brought to beggary and the utmost distress. The damage sustained cannot be less than several thousand guilders. A public subscription has been opened in Vienna by the city police authorities in aid of the sufferers from this terrible visitation of PROVIDENCE. TRIESTE. A letter from Trieste, dated August 13, says : "The enemy's fleet has definitively quitted our waters. Several coasting-vessels which have arrived here to-day from Venice report that they have already seen the fleet before that city. Probably, the Sardinian ships, in consequence of the conventions of the armistice, will receive the Sardinian subjects, and convey them safely home. It is said that our squadron is to put to sea very shortly. It is to be hoped that you will soon receive intelligence that the communication between Trieste and Venice has been re-established." _ _ The Governor of the coast has received the following letter from Admiral Mama:— " Your Excellencv,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's communications of the 25th inst , together with the acts of the convention concluded between his Sardinian Majesty and his Excellency Field- Marshal Radetzky. Major Baron Von Bourgignon, chief of the staff of the Marine of his Imperial Majesty, who was charged with the above dispatches, had arrived this morn ing, at nine o'clock, at the fleet under my command, lying at anchor in the waters of Venice; as, however, I have not, up to this time, received from my Government any commu nications and instructions upon this subject, I could net enter into any negotiation with the Major. While I, there fore, make known to your Excellency, that no change has taken place on my side, in regard to the condition of the two naval powers, I embrace this opportunity to assure you of my entire esteem, &c. &c. " ALBINI." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. A very limited quantity of English Wheat was on offer in our market; nevertheless the demand for that article, arising from the improved state of the weather for harvest work, was far from active, at Monday's advance in the quotations. The best parcels of fine foreign Wheat moved off freely ; all other qualities slowly, at late rates. Bonded Wheats were mostly held for more money. No foreign Wheat has come in this week. For Barley the demand was firm, and a good clearance was effected, at extreme figures. Malt was in good request, and quite as dear as last advised. All kinds of Oats, the supply of which on sale was small, sold steadily, at very full prices. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn •meal, and Flour, were quite as dear. ARRIVALS. Barley. 300 4r!. Wheat. 1,560 qrs. English •• • ..• Irish. • • • • •• • • Foreign ...... ° I Flour. 4_,32a1_10:. I qra. 1,120ak,. -- 1 220 Malt, 610 qrs. !'"VITHITECHAPEZ. Prime Beef and Mutton commanded a steady sale, at full prices; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state.— Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 10d to ss; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. 1307101TG11 NOP MARKET. The best parcels of Hops are in steady request, at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds exceedingly little business is doing. The plantation accounts, received to-day, are rather more favourable, yet the duty is called only 185,0001. Sussex pockets, 21 2s to 21 6s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 4s to 2/ ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 2/ 8s to 5155. IPSWICH CORN EXCHANGE,AuG. 22. The weather continues very unfavourable, which pre vents farmers doing much in earting Wheat; a few fine days would enable them to get it up in quick time. We had a fair demand for Wheat to-day, at an advance of 2s per quarter; Barley, Beane, and Peas, are 18 to 2s higher. Oats improved is ; Malt, 2s better; Flour, 3s per sack dearer. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 49s to 61s Beans 29s to 37s Barley Oats ... Rye.. ....... .... 28s to 31s Flour, per sack 44s to 498 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 19. Wheat Barley Oats Begins 2B II 34s 10d. , Peas 161.7 ” 34s sd. SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) WHITE V. WILLIAMS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of W. 2s. 6d., the balance for money lent. The plaintiff is a widow, carrying on the business of a salesman in the Borough-market, and the defendant is a farmer. From the evidence it appeared that 20/. was lent to defendant in July last year, but he sent up some potatoes which were sold by plaintiff, and realised 141. 7s. 6d., after deducting commission. For the defence it was, in the first place, endeavoured to be shown that there was a partnership between plaintiff and her sons, whose names were on the carts and cards; but Mr. White swore that was only to protect the property, as the rough lot of costermongers had frequently refused to give up baskets to him, and said he had nothing to do with them— he and his brother were paid regular wages. The SECONDARY considered that there was no question as to the partnership to go to the jury. It was then urged that if the money was advanced on the pods, therefore that the count for' money lent" was bad. The SECONDARY was of a contrary opinion, and left the case to the jury, who found for the amount claimed. This was the only case. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR% . (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Alderman Guns.) POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—Robert Wynn, aged 17, a clerk in the General Post-office, was indicted with stealing two post letters containing money, value 2/. 35., and two postage stamps, value 2d., the property of the Postmaster-General. Mr. CLARKSON having stated the case for the prosecution, Robert Forbes, a messenger in the Post-office, deposed, that on the 3d of July last, he was on duty in the Inland-office, in which the prisoner was employed. The Scarborough mail bag arrived about a quarter past six in the morning, and it was taken to the table where the prisoner was stationed. Witness had received directions to watch the prisoner, in consequence of something having occurred which excited the suspieion of the authorities in the office. It was the duty of the prisoner to open the bag, to take out the letters, and to separate them. He opened the bag, and laid two letters aside, which he afterwards placed in a drawer under the table. He subsequently saw him take out the two letters and go into one of the closets. Mr. Palmer, a president in the Inland Department, said in consequence of information he received from the last witness he went to an adjoining closet, and looked over the partition. The prisoner saw him do so, andwitness then observed him place something in the pan of the closet, which, on being after wards searched, was found to contain two letters, which were both unopened. They had the Scarborough stamp upon them—one contained a half-a-crown, a sixpenny piece, and three penny stamps, and was addressed to the proprietor of the News of the World, and the other two sovereigns, and was addressed to a person residing in Tower-hill. Several other witnesses were called to complete the chain of evidence for the prosecution. Mr. BALLAirrtxn, in defending the prisoner, stated that he was most respectably connected, and was the son of a post-captain in her Majesty's navy, who was now deceased. He had always borne a good character, and had been pro moted to discharge a most important duty in the Post-office, which his youth could scarcely warrant him in under taking. Several officers and clerks in the Post-office gave the pri soner an excellent character. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, . . The jury retired, but had not returned into court with their verdict when we went to press, although absent nearly two hours. The Court was occupied during the remainder of the morning in trying other Post-office prosecutions, but none of them presented any feature calling for a particular report. NEW COURT. (Before the Common-Sergeant and Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER). CHARGE OF POT-STEALING.—James Barnes, 65, a re spectable•looking man, a smith, carrying on business at Blackheath, was indicted with stealing three pewter• pots, value 2s. 6d., the property of John Munn. The prisoner, it appeared, was a most respectable but eccentric old man, and had carried on the business of a smith and reared a large family, at Blackheath, for many years. The prisoner, it appeared, dealt with Mr. Munn for beer, and, according to the statement of the policeman, he saw him one morning, about six o'clock, secrete the three pots, and take them away. Mr. PARNELL was addressing the jury for the prisoner, when _ _ The foreman intimated that they did not consider the evidence sufficient, and their verdict was Not Guilty. The prisoner was again indicted with stealing one pewter pot, value 18d., the property of Charles Evans. The jury also Acquitted the prisoner on this charge, and he was immediately discharged. Henry Sullivan, 33, a labourer, was convicted of stealing, on the Ist of August, 1121bs. of lead, value 125., the property of Joseph Barber, and was sentenced to four months' impri sonment and hard labour. Owen Gibbins, aged 15, was convicted of stealing a penny and a halfpenny from the person of Jane Brooks, and was sentenced to one months' imprisonment and hard labour. Ann Jones, aged 20, and Ellen Trent, aged 22, two nymphs of the pave, were indicted with stealing a watch, value 255„ the property of Bernard Duffy, from his person, on Holborn hill, op the night of the 9th of July last. be jab' , folind - toth ptisoners Guilty, and -The COMMON-SERGEANT sentenced them both to three monthi' imprisonffent and hard labour. Hannah Bruceinnd Mary Ann Bruce, mother and daughter, were indicted with stealing various articles of wearing ap parel, sheets, &c., of the value of 10/., the property of Pncebe VVillings, the mistress of the school in London-wall. It appeared from the evidence on the part of the prosecu tor, that the younger prisoner, a girl only fifteen years of age, was in the service of the prosecutrix, and the elder prisoner frequently came to her house. A pawnbroker in London-wall proved that both the pri soners pledged property at his shop, which the prosecutrix identified as her a. The jury convicted both the prisoners, and The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced —Hannah Brace to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour, and Mary Ann Bruce to three months' impr i son ment and ha rd labour?' MANSION-HOUSE'• --(THIS DAY.) APPREHENSION OF ANOTHER CHARTIST LEADER.—John Show, a respectable-lookng man, who is stated to be an undertaker, was brought up on a warrant charged with hav ing uttered ' a seditious speech, in his character as chairman of a Chartist meeting, held on the evening of Friday, the 28th of July, at the Milton• street Theatre. Mr. James White, the Government short-hand writer, read his notes of the prisoner's speech, which consisted of a tissue of inflammatory bluster. The prisoner put a few questions to Mr. White, but eli cited nothing material. Police-constable Rowley, 159 1 - 1 division deposed to hav ing apprehended the prisoner at a public•house in Windmill street, Haymarket. The prisoner was then committed for trial. A true bill was found against him yesterday. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—OH Saturday next Mddle. Jenny Lind will sing at the concert given for the be nefit of the chorus at this establishment. 'I he operatic season will close to-morrew (Thursday) when Mdlle. Lind will ap pear in one of her favourite characters. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,— HiS Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse) honoured the performance at Her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with his presence. Amongst she audience were the Prince Louis Napoleon, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Lady Charles Wellesley, and Mr. Arbuthnot; the Marquis of Titchfield, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Donegal, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Drunow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, Duke de Ahren berg, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, Lady Newport, Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle and party, who occupied her Majesty's box; Viscount and Viscountess Bury, Count d'Orsay, Count de Guise, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, General the Hon. A. Upton, Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lady Rotheby, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Lady Flower, Sir G. Womb well, Sir G. Carroll and Lady Carroll, Sir J. Bayley and Lady Bayley, Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford and Lady Woodford, Lady Anson, Mrs. Dennistoun, &c. LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN RAILWAY COM PANY.—An exceedingly gratifying meeting of the old engine drivers and firemen of the above railway was held last night, at the Railway Tavern, Hampstead. road. Mr. Jonas Brown was in the chair. It appeared by the proceedings at the meeting last night, that the whole of the old hands are to resume their former duties, many having done so yesterday. SOUTH • WESTERN RAILWAY.—OPENING OF THE WINDSOR BRANClL—Yesterday the branch of this railway to Datchet was opened for public traffic. Strictly speaking it is an extension of the Richmond branch, which it leaves by a slight curve a short distance from-Richmond, croisss;enwgotrhthe Thames by an iron bridgesituate midway between and Richmond-bridge, it proceeds through Twickenham Park to Twickenham, where there is a station , and f r o m t hence in a straight line to Staines and Datchet, on the north-west side of Windsor Park. The distance from Waterloo-bridge, about 23 miles, was performed in one hour and a quarter. During the day fifteen trains passed either way. Mr. A. E. Fuller has paired with Mr. Robert blond for the remainder of the session. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMON S. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Great Western Rail. way (Loop line from Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway through Leamington) Bill were considered and agreed to. The Lords' amendments to the Great Western Rail way (to confer additional powers on the Company with reference to the purchase of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway) Bill were considered and agreed to. Sir It. 11. INGLIS presented two petitions against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. DUBLIN ELECTION. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR brought up the report of the Dublin Election Committee, declaring Messrs Reynolds and Grogan to have been duly elected for that city. SUPPLY. On the question for going into Committee of Supply, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he trusted, at this late period of the session, Hon. Members would not delay their going into the Committee of Supply by bringing forward questions which did not relate to the Estimates. Mr. POULE FT SCROPE said he had no objection to withdraw his motion relating to Ireland, but he should be glad to know if the supplementary estimates for the relief of the Irish distress would be prefaced by and statement from the Government? Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exclli quer would make a general statement upon the subject. Sir JOHN WALSH said he had a notice on the paper for calling for an explanation of the circumstances con nected with the recent appearance of the fleet under the command of Admiral Sir William Parker in the Bay of Naples; but, perhaps the Noble Lord could make a statement upon that subject which should obviate the necessity of his bringing forward that motion ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the King of Naples had attempted to raise a forced loan contrary to existing treaties with the country, but the King subsequently abandoned that project. A question, however, had arisen with respect to the use of the British flag by the Neapolitan navy in seizing certain Sicilian vessels; but upon that subject also a satisfactory explanation had been given. A further question had, however, since arisen, as to whether these vessels were taken in the waters of Derfer, and Admiral Sir William Parker had written a letter upon the subject to the Commissioners of the lonian Islands, who had not yet returned an answer. Sir J. WALSH said the statement of the Noble Lord was satisfactory as far as it went, but he wished to put a further question to the Noble Lcrd, relative to the existing state of things. He wanted to understand whether, up to this time, her Majesty's Government had maintained a strict neutrality between the two contending parties; or whether Sir Wil li= Parker had committed any act, either towards. the King of Naples or the Sicilians, which could in any respect make England a party to the contest? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he did not wish any state. ment of bir own to hamper the future discussion of the Go vernment in this matter, but he could assure the Honourable Baronet that no steps had been taken by Admiral Sir William Parker which could tend in the least to betray hos tilities towards either party. Sir JOHN WALSH said the explanations of the Noble Lord would render it unnecessary for him to bring forward his motion. Mr. HERRIES hoped the Noble Lord at the head of the Government did not contend that the King of Naples had no right to levy a forced loan upon his own subjects. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said certainly not ; but the King of Naples had no right to make a forced loan upon the British subjects resident within his own dominions.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME said a few days ago he presented a petition from a clergyman of Montrose, complaining that one of his parishioners had been taken up on suspicion of felony, but whose trial could not take place for some time to come,'and was treated by his gaolers as a convicted felon. Now he thought if that practice was general in all gaols, it was highly objec tionable, and he hoped this particular case would have the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Sir G. GREY said there was a distinction made between prisoners waiting for trial and prisoners under the sentence of the Court. He was not aware of this case until the Hon. Gentleman had directed his attention to it. The House then went into Committee of SUPPLY. 67,0001. was voted to her Majesty to defray the charges and allowances to superannuated public officers. 4,400/. was voted to her Majesty to defray the expenses of the Corsican emigrants. 2,0001. was voted to defray the expenses of the National Vaccine Establishment. 6,0001. was voted to defray the expenses of the Refuge for the Destitute. On the question that 8,7001. to defray the expenses of the allowance to the Polish refugees, Mr. OSBORNE said it was high time this vote was put a stop to. At first the grant was only conceded for one year, but although there were thousands of their own fellow-coun trymen absolutely starving, it was still proposed to put the country to an expense of 10,0001., to support parties who were strangers to the land, and many of whom were, by their own industry, placed beyond the want of such assistance. He found by the last report of the Society of the Friends of Poland, that several of the parties who were participators in the proceeds of this vote werq actually engaged in thriving trades; for instance, there was one refugee in re ceipt of a pension of 451. per annum who filled the office of teacher to the French schools; another, with an unpro nounceable name, who carried on the business of a fencing and dancing master at 101, Sloane-street ; and a third named Albert, who kept one of the finest tobacconist's shops in London. In fact, there appeared to be a list of about twenty of them, who were all in receipt of pensions, and who were all earning good livings in business. They must be just before they were liberal, and while their own countrymen were suffering so many privations, it was high time that they had abolished this grant of 10.000/. a year, and he should therefore take the liberty of dividing the Committee upon the vote. But, independently of the vote itself, there was an expensive staff kept up to superintend the dis tribution of the fund. The secretary received 2751. a year, his clerk received 60/., and these two sums, together with the Polish officers, made up an additional expense of 7001. a year; and as it was high time a stop was put to this spe cies of extravagance, he should certainly give the vote his most decided opposition. Lord DUDLEY STUART had heard the observations of his Hon. Friend with deep regret, because he was convinced, when the question came to be fully and minutely discussed, the vote would not a ppear to be so objectionable as his Hon. Friend had represented it.—(Hear, hear.) He knew very well that nothing now-a-days was more popular than for Hon. Members to come forward and call for a reduction of the public expenditure either large or small, but he thought he should be able to satisfy the House that they would avert the ends of charity if they refused this vote to parties who were really in distress. He thought, if they stopped this grant to the Polish refugees, it would be a most uncharitable act, and one which the British Parliament had never been guilty of before. His Hon. Friend had made statements which he was sure he would never have ventured upon, had he been correctly informed upon the facts. (LEFT SPEARING.)' COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Ma• jesty and Prince Albert from taking their usual early walk this morning, but the rain ceasing soon after ten, the Queen and his Royal Highness promenaded with the Princess Hobenlohe and Royal Family. The Queen and Prince Albert, and their illustrious visitor, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Princess Roy a l, Prince Alfred, and Princess Alice, attended the Regatta at Cdwei in the afternoon• The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Elisee Poujade had an interview with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) On Monday afternoon at five o'clock an accident occurred on the above line of railway, the result of which was almost instant death to one of the passengers, and serious injury to several more. A :mixed train left the Preston station at 4 o'clock for Lancaster; at the Bay Horse station (about six miles from Lancaster) it stopped to let passengers down. Whilst the station keeper and guard were engaged in remov ing luggage, to the dismay of all, a train was seen approach ing on the same line at a truly fearful rate. This train proved to be the express train, which leaves London at 9 o'clock in the morning, and which was then nearly two hours after its time. As soon as the engine -driver on the Lan caster train saw the approach of the express lie immediately put all steam to get out of the way, but before he could attain any speed the express came up and dashed right into the hinder carriages. Four carriages were completely dashed to pieces, and the wonder is how any of the passen gers escaped. An engine immediately went forward to Lan caster for surgeons, and on their arrival it was found, that although many were much injured, there was only one killed —a woman of the name of Edmondson, from Poulton-le- Sands, near Lancaster. Two men received compound frac tures of the skull, and now lie in the House of Recovery at Lancaster in a hopeless condition. Mrs. Yates, of Lan caster, had her face much cut, and her collar-bone broken. A Miss Bland, of the same place, received several injuries. The number of the injured amounts to between ten and twelve, but at present it is impossible to tell the exact amount. When the engine-driver and stoker on the express train saw what would inevitably happen they jumped off and escaped unhurt. Mr. William Jackson, of Lancaster, one of the directors of the Lancaster and Preston Railway, was in the exp ress train at the time, and leaped out unhurt. Mrs. Edmondson, who was killed, had in her arms at the time a . lovely little boy about fo ur y ears old, who received no injury whatever. If . there be any blame it is not known as yet to whom it is attached, but d o ubtless a searching inquiry will be instituted. This is the first collision that has occurred on the Lancaster and Preston Railway during the ten years it ha s b een opened and has cau.ed a deal of excitement in the neighbourhood Mr. Beckett, tea-dealer, of Lancaster, had a marvellous escape. He was in one of the second- c l ass carr i ages that was smashed to pieces. He fell through the bottom of the carriage when it parted, and escaped without even a mark of injury. SUBSCRIPTION BY THE GERMANS IN MANCHESTER. —The subscription for the wounded and the widows and orphans of the fallen victims in the popular struggle in Ber lin and Vienna has been closed, and the amount of 5031. collected. The committee have sent 3901. to Berlin, and 75/. to Vienna, to the proper authorities, fbr distribution. A small remaining balance of about 231. they have handed over to the Society for Distressed Foreigners in Manchester, ac counts received from Berlin stating that the funds sent in from all parts are quite ample. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RICHMOND BRANCH RAILWAY.—Last evening Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Frederick Gant, aged 29, a guard on the Richmond branch of the South-Western Railway. The particulars of the accident were stated in our columns yesterday. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the injuries received, but in what manner they were occasioned, there was no evidence to show. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING. YORK, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—The following horses have ar ived since our last report was forwarded :—Beverlac, Syl van, Maid of my Soul, Garrick, Abbot of Meaux, Swiss Boy, Cigarette, Flatcatcher, Canezou, Backbiter, b c by Touch stone, out of Mickleton Maid; Winesoar, Iraperatrix, Velez, gr c by Robin Gray, out of Queen of Carthage; Ada Mary. Entries for the Plates, &c., which closed on Monday night WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes; for three yrs old and upwards. Oils mile and a quarter. Dough, 3 yrs—Sir Robert Sloper, 3 yrs—Ladybird, 3 yrs —lnheritress, aged—Reality, 3 yrs—br fby Jaques, out of Curl, 3 yrs—Wanota, 4 yrs—Philosopher, 4 yrs. Her Majesty's Plate; for three yrs old, &c. Four miles. Dough, 3 yrs—br f by Jaques, out of Curl, 3 yrs—Ben nicol, 3 yrs - Cockermouth, 3 yrs —Raisthorpe, 4 yrs—ln heritress, aged —Otterburn, 3 yrs. The Lottery Plate of 251., &c. One mile. Philosopher, 4 yrs (to be sold for 300/. )—Otterburn, 3 yrs (1001.)—The Man in the Moon (bro. to Lunedale), 3 yrs (1000—gr c by Robin Gray, out of Tractariau's dam, 3 PI (1001.)—Sir Robert Sloper, 3 yrs (1004 )—Chestertield, aged (500—Lady Mary, 3 yrs (501.)—Ennui, 3 yrs (501.) THURSDAY. The County Cup of 1501., &c. Two miles. Dough, 3 yrs— Miss Sarah, 6 yrs—Lecomte, 3 yrs—Rowena , aged—Sir Martin, 4 yrs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for mares. Three miles. Shropshire Witch, 3 yrs—Reality, 3 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs-- Miss Harrison, 3 yrs—Ellerdale, 4 yrs—Gaiety, 4 yrs—ln heritress, aged—Vanish, 5 yrs. FRIDAY. The Members' Plate of 501., &c. One mile and a half. General Sale, 5 yrs—gr c by Robin Gray, out of Tractarian'S dam, 3 yrs—Miss Faun, 4 yrs— Acomb, 3 yrs—Chesterfield , aged— Otterburn, 3 yrs—Activity, 3 yrs—The Man in the Moon, 3 yrs—Sorceress, 3 yra. Arrivals up to Ten o'clock on Monday night:—Little Casino, Reality, Post Tempore, Philosopher, Ellen Middleton. Pyrland, Slashing Alice, Queen of the May, Alp, Wanota, Inheritress, Shropshire Witch, Dough, Besborough, Cocker mouth, Tuscan, Lady Mary, Ladybird, Snowball, Langton, Lucullus, Mysticle, The Baby, Sir Martin, The Cur, Load stone, Remembrance, Meaux, Camphine, Dark Lady, 'Le. comte. Pillage, Marquis of Conyngham, b f by Cardinal Puff, out of Croton Oil's dam ; Glauca, Earthingale, Valiant, Ennui, Castanette, and f by The Provost, out of Siberia, 2 yrs. CROATIA. A letter dated Agrarn. August 12, says, on Saturday last the BANN mustered the Ottochan borderers, who have returned from Peschiera, at St. Joan (Joanieh), and addressed them to the following effect:— " Valiant Ottochans,—Your heroism is the admiration of Europe. We now contend for the central power, a consti tutional monarchy which must devolve upon the Imperial dynasty. The greater part of Hungary awaits us as their deliverers. Only four weeks and you will return to the bosom of your families. A fine constitutional empire, the bulwark against all enemies, from the east and the west, will be the reward of all faithful Croatians, and all loyal Austrians. We fight for the liberty of the Crown and of the people—for fra ternity and equality." Idolised by his soldiers the BANN returned from St. Joan to Agram. In the course of this week the attack will commence. The forces of the BANN are estimated between 80,000 and 90,000 men. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. General BuLovi t with full powers from the King of Pitussia. and the ' , Frankfort Parliament, has arrived at the Swedish bead-quarters at Malmo, with the view of concluding an armistice of six weeks. The principal terms proposed are the retreat of the present Provisional Government of Schleswig-Holstein, to be replaced by a new Government chosen by the King of DENMARK from a list of candidates of the Duchies, presented by the Administrator of the Empire ; the withdrawal of the German troops from the Duchies, with the exception of four thousand Prussians. The army of Schleswig-Hol stein is to be preserved. HUN GARY. _ - - The report of the defeat of the Servian insurgents, by the Hungarian troops is confirmed. Tho Servians have been driven from the towns of Szarcsa and Neuzina, which they had occupied. General HIABOWSKY has received a letter from the Archbishop of CARLOWITZ, stating that the Servians were ready to conclude peace with the Magyars on the conditions they had proposed, but if they do not succeed they will be under the ne cessity of applying for protection. It was reported at Pesth that the Bann, JELLAcrtica, had crossed the Danube at the head of a large force. PRUSSIA. The King of PRUSSIA arrived at Munster, the ca pital of Westphalia, on the 17th, and was enthusiasti cally received by the inhabitants. Much surprise has been excited by the omission of the King of PRUSSIA to ask his late Minister, Count VON ARNIM, who resides at Bonn, to the festivities at limb!, which is only two miles from Bonn. This omis sion is attributed to the fact that Count VON ARNIM is an ardent partisan of German nationality, and would fain have Prussia become entirely German; whereas the German nationality of the KING would fain display itself by forcing all Germany to become entirely Prussian. The cholera still continues its ravages at Berlin. As a prevention, the police have forbidden the introduc tion of pears into the town, which are usually devoured by the people in great quantities. Several fatal cases of cholera have also occurred at Stettin. A report has spread among commercial men, that Russia has made overtures to the Prussian Government for the establishment of a commercial convention. ITALY. PIEDMONT. " We believe," says the Piedniontese Gazette," we can state that before the departure of the Minister of En gland and the Charge d'Affaires of France for the head quarters of the KING and for those of Marshal Its.- DETZKY as mediators, the Ministry announced to them officially that, whilst it admitted that the armistice signed at Milan on the 9th instant was binding as to military matters, it was not of any avail with respect to the political question, and consequently could not be o6nsidered as a basiti for any negotiations. This decla ration is justified by that principle of public law which declares that a general can certainly conclude an armistice, but cannot, without having full powers od hoc, pass any political act or convention, which would not be of force unless invested with the signature of a respon sible Ministry." The Adria of Florence of the 14th says :—" If we are well informed, CHARLES ALBERT has decided to lose even Piedmont rather than consent to a peace unfavour able to Italian independence." A letter from Genoa of the 15th states that General SoNNaZ is about to be appointed military commandant of that city and division. The fort of Castelletto is in course of destruction, and will be levelled with the ground in a month. The Risoryimento of Turin of the 1 ith instant states that the English and French Ministers had returned to that city on the previous day, from Alessandria. where they had had an audience with King CHARLES ALBERT, who had accepted the mediation of England and France in the Austro-Italian affairs, and had also consented to the terms proposed us the basis of the treaty. • Imme diately on their arrival at Turin, they dispatched a courier to Innspruck. LOMBARDY. Advices from Mila.o of the 14th sly—" The city is tranquil in appearance; it has been respected by the Austrians. Three soldiers who had been detected in theft have been shot. The city is deserted—the shops, with the exception of those selling provisions, are shut." The Italian Governor of Peschiera has refused to sur render the fortress to the Austrians. L' Opinione of the 18th announces the capture of Peschiera by the Austrians, after a bombardment of two days. ROME. The following is the proclamation issued by the Roman Ministry to ,Nlitch ,Ixe alluded in The Sun of yesterday. " People Of tile states of the Holy Church,--The Minister of War has received a dispatch from Bologna, couched in the following terms The people are fighting against the Ger mans.' The importance of these few words is great and terri ble. The dispatch concludes thus The people have triumphed.' It is constancy, therefore, which assures, victory. The Ministers hasten to communicate the intelligence to his Holiness, and pointed out th e d anger t o w hi c h hi s c hildren were exposed. His answer was, let everything be done that can be done to save and defend the country and its sacred territory. Battalions of the Romagna are already in march towards the field of battle, and others from the capital and from the other provinces will follow, and will carry with them the blessings Of the Pope, of that Pope who watches for the defence and the safety of the common country. " Given at the Quirinal, 11th Aug." (Signed by the Ministers.) VENICE. Venice. it is said, has again proclaimed a republic. The Dieta Italiana gives the following account of the recent proceedings in Venice : " Scarcely was the capitulation of Milan known, when the people assembled, and the Royal Commission were obliged to resign. Meantime Daniel Mannin rushed into the square, and was received' with . loud acclamations. He began to speak in the midst of the greatest of silence. He spoke of the necessity of union in such solemn moments, recommended them to think only of the liberty of their country, and offered to resume the reins of Government, and to sacrifice his life for the public safety. The people applauded him with fury, proclaimed the Republic, and named him Presi dent. He accepted, immediately set to work, and Totnasso and Tofani left for Paris, to solicit intervention. General Passe has published a proclamation declaring a traitor to his country whoever abandons his flag. Venice appears re animated; and if, as is assured, Admiral Albini will con tinue to cruise with his fleet in the Adriatic, this city may perhaps be the anchor of Italy. On the 11th there was an attack upon Malghera, which lasted four hours. The Ve netians defended themselves bravely, and after supporting a hailstorm of balls and shells, forced the Austrians to retire." COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 22. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. PRINCE ALBERT'S Cur.—Monday set in with a storm of wind and rain, yet the yachts took their stations; but there was such a difficulty to hear or see what was doing on the shore, that three of them—the Brilliant, 392 tons, the Wyvern, 205 tons, and the Enchantress, 213 tons, started before the si gna l gun was fi re d, leaving the Flirt pitc hin g at her post. followed by th e o th er t wo t o the Nab, in rounding which the The Brilliant flew away before the g ale, closely Wyvern's mainmast went over the stern. One of the seamen, fearing the mast would fall on him, made a desperate leap overboard, and after some difficulty was saved, the En chantress bearing up to assist in towing the wreck. The Brilliant beat down, and of course came in first. There never could have been a finer breeze for this noble yacht; she might havo defied the fleet. It is said that the Capricorn missed stays twice. The Cup is to be sailed for again on Wednesday. Her Majesty and the Royal Family came over in the Fairy in the a f ternoon . The weather was then line, but it still blew hard, with a heavy sea out, but the yacht was moored in still water close to the parade. There were some hundreds of fashionables on shore, and afloat there were some very ex cellent rowing matches. In the first match the boats came in so close together that there was great doubt which was the winner. The blacks were strong, powerful men, but unfortunately the bow man broke his oar. The duck hunts were a sell, and no prizes ought to have been given. Her Majesty seemed highly delighted, as was Prince Al bert and the Royal children, and rewarded the different win ners, particularly Julius Caesar and the other dark ones belonging to the American ship Ondine. The display of tire-works followed, but the Flirt alone was brilliant afloat. Heretofore, when the members of the squa dron pulled together, all blazed off on such a night, now the Vice- Commodore shines forth alone! CANTERBURY RACES.—TuEsDAT. The East Kent Handieap of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 soya, each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared; the second to receive 201., and the third 101. About two miles. (2 2 Subs., 3 of whom declared.) Mr. R. Lawley na Alkali, 6 yrs, 7st 21b ... (Planner) 1' Lord Strathmore's Swallow, 4 yrs, 7st 91b... ... 2 Mr. Lowther's Black Doe, 8 yrs, st 6lb 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Geral dine, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Columbus, 6 yrs, 7st 41b, and Wee Bit, 4 yrs, 6st A very fine race. Won by a neck. The City Members' Plate of 50/. Heats, two miles.—The first heat was won by Mr. T. Lyne's Barmaid, and the second by Mr. Wotton's Margaret Catchpole. THE YORK MEETING ANTICIPATED. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. STAKE. PROBABLE WINNER. Dundas Stakes Her Majesty's Plate Colt Sapling Knavesmire . Filly by Cardinal Puff • Ebor SL Leger .. Flatcatcher, 1; Besborough, 2 Prince of Wales's Stakes... Garrick or Pyrland Match County Cup ..... Miss Sarah or Lecomte Queen's Plate lnheritress or Ellerdale Filly Stakes, Queen of the May or Camphinn Bramham Park Produce Stakes • Members' Plate ~ Thirty Soya. Stakes ........ Flatcatcher Gimcrack Stakes ..... Abbot of Meaux or Clams Great Yorkshire Stakes..... Springy Jack (Butler), 1 Besborough, Loadstone, Swiss Boy, Beverlac, Caneaont and the Queen of the• May will probably also start. For the race of the week, the Great Ebor Handicap, about a dozen will run, to be selected from the following:— st lb at to Winesour 8 8 M eaux 7 0 *Lightning ... 8 6 Pillage ... 6 8 Ellerdale 8 2 D oug h - 8 *Rowena 7ll Sir Martin... ... 5 * n King of Morven 7 7 R emem b rance ... 5 *Jonathan Wild... ... 7 4 *Sylvan s it 'Gaiety 7 2 Maid of my Soul ... 5 Philosopher ... ... 7 0 *C ann ib a l 5 L ' Little Casino ... "Lucaria 5 Of the above, those marked th us are not certsw starters, but being at York, or in its vicinity, might 1 101 : The top weight has " a steadier" on him, but it Into' be remembered that he can carry weight, and be might perchance turn out the sourest wine ever awn': lowed by his enemies. Ellerdale, if in her old form, is weighte° favourably ' enough and will be among the first four at the finish. Philosopher and Little Casino, with the winning weight of seven stone " up," will make an excellent N forlor.1! hope." Meaux and Dough will be handy, but lam akiiia not good enough to win. Pillage, with 6st 81b, and BO Martin, with sst 131 b, are not overburdened with weight , and if worth anything ought to be about the mark this time. Remembrancer will, as usual, be about third; Maid of Ml Soul and the other light weights nowhere. In conclusion, I must take Ellerdale, Dough, Sir Marint and Remembrancer, placing them in my opinion thus Sir Martin or Ellerdale 1 Remembrancer ••• 3 Dough .. ... 4 The three next on the list being Winesour, Little Casino. and Pillage.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Wednesday Morning . RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Awa. 22. STOCK EXCHANOK.—The market to-day has been less buoyant, and prices are still very low. The sales are— Bir ker.nean. Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 9'% dis.—Birmingbam and Dudley, 4 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 164 dis.—Dittut Fifths, 2 dis.—Ditto (late Extension), 101. Preference, 118.3 d. c. p.—London and North- Western, 113—Ditto, New Quar ters, Is. 3d. c. dis.—Midland Stock, 91—Ditto4New Halves, BV e dis.--North Staffordshire, 4 dis.Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares (B.), 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 244—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. 'PO' chase), 3s. 9d. p. MANCHESTER, AUG. 22. &roux ExcitANGE. l -The sales are—Birkenhead, Laney shire, and Cheshire Junction, 9 1-16 dis.—Manchester , Sheffield, and Liacolnshire, Preference, 10—North Stafford' shire, 3 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6 dis." - * Leeds, Preference, LA, p.—Manchester and Birmingham (A and B), 1 p.—Lincoln Union, 61s. dis. BIRMINGHAM, Auo. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The - only transaction was in Shror shire Unions at 2% dis. YORK, Atm. 21. STOCK EXCHANOK.—The business transacted to-day AN as follows : —Great Northern, 71. 8 8.—North British, Third► 41s. 6d. dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension ), No. 2 (late New Berwicks). 101. 11s. 3d.—Ditto (G.% Purchase), B%—York and North Midland, 61. HULL, AuG. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The sales are—North British/ 19 % Ditto, Thirds, 2. NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AuG. 22. „14 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 77 ' dis.—North British, Thirds, 2,4 dis. GLSGOW, . 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—AThe sales Ana are—Caledonian, rre f r rence, 5416 —Clydesdale Junction, 58—Edinburgh and Pert 16s. 3d.—Gl asgow, Ki lmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, N o h 61.65. 6d.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 3s. 6d.—Great Northern' 71. 6s.—No r th B r iti s h, Thirds, 41s. 9d.—Paisley, Barbii and Hurlet, 225. FATAL EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE STRAY - s l . . 11' EARL OF LIVERPOOL—An accident of a most app a lling 0 4: ratter, involving loss of life, happ ene d on S a t ur d ay n i g ht on board the General Steam Na v i ga ti on C ompany ' s steam s ship Earl of Liverpool, Captain Finch master. Soots aftor, a n' had taken her departure from G rea t Y armou th f or Loua ' , when nearly a head of Lowestoff e h ar b our , an exp l os i o n tt, place, and at the same instant a body of steam issued frui t the engine-room. Great alarm was naturally created, a l was half an hour before any means could be adopted to . i. siscV, tain the cause of the accident, or the extent of the valsou. l . f . William Watts, a stoker, and Henry Briggs, a carpent er ; were then discovered to have lost their lives by the unfortl; nate' occurrence. Eventually the vessel was towed up river, and arrived at Deptford in the course of Sunday. inquest was last night held at Deptford on the bodies of tbs deceased, when the evidence generally went to show that tr o fatality was purely accidental, and that no blame co uld attached to any person. Edward Elliott, the chief engirle A l in his evidence stated that it arose f rom th e b rea ki ng of :d side rod, which displacing the cross head, th e latter cirri over and tore the steam-pipe away. P rev i ous l y the evg...,`° had been working properly and we ll, a t th e or di nar y sure.—Verdict, " Accidental Death." nett CONSULAR OFFICERS.—By a Parliamentary Pri e r just printed, it is shown that there were, in May last, ja . ,„ r f Majesty's service 237 consular o ffi cers. The lowest so' — ' was 251., and the highest 2,000/. NIRTEM. a 011 On the 18th inst., at Halkin-street, W es t, th e lady W. P. Gallwey, Bart., of a son and heir. the On the t9th inst., at Glocester-place, Portman-squo-60% lady; of Daniel Weisweiller, Esq., of Madrid, of a dog & of On the 20th inst., at Upt on -pl ace, W est Ham, t h e S. Soutter, Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst., in Connaught-place, West, the C. B. Young, Esq., of a daughter. lefec kiell‘ On the •40th inst., the w if e o f H . H yde, Esq., o f burgh-square, of a son. v i ma , On the 18th inst., a t Blackheath, the wife of H..C. Esq., of a son. f/. On the 18th in s t., at D avington, Kent, the lady o f t of a M. Skinner, Esq., of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regime ° son. stillborn. of 1 ' On the 19th i ns t., at W ormleybnry, Herts, the w•--- ife Dent, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at K af il Al lalo ßl e g Cathedral, Charles . 5 "" - tbs yi youngest son of th e l a t e Willi am A ste ll , Esq.. .p. ; or county of Bedford, t o H arr i ette D are, secon d datigbte r °I Spaight, Esq., of Derry Castle, Tipperary. ntoor On the 19th inst., at Withybrook, Warwickshire. •-•-fot. sius Wilfred, second son of the late Captain Dowling. b' irr i - e t.b. master of St. James's, London, to Catherine Et i iz e ne e youngest daughter of the late T. Arnold, EscF;of 13°P1- ford-hall, Warwickshire. lets At St. John's, Paddington, William Hawkins. of the Carabineers, third s o n o f F. Hawkins.EEl., la te tie Judge of the Court of B are illy, East Indies, to Leti„Zdeo roness de Welden, daughter 1) t Field Marshal Baron d e ",,b o ne. On the 17th inst., at Trinity Church, St. lkte r Y — ot'r George E. Hodgkinson, Esq., of York-terrace, Reggio , park, to Ellen, second daughter of Luke Hopkinso n, Bedford-row. DIED. n big On the 29th ult., on board the Earl of Hardwieke,.to n , passage home from Calcutta, aged 58, Colonel Ge or g e of the 59th Regiment, Native Infantry, Bengal Preside" after 44 years ot uninterrupted service. aged 3, On the 18th inst.. at South-shore, near Blackpool, of Robert Peel, Esq., of Church-bank, Lancashire, third o ?!.' re - , the late Robert Peel, Esq., of Accrington-house , Lan cas c.." l On the 19th inst., at the Vicarage, Herningford-ure Huntingdonshire, the Rev. J. S. Banks, LL.B., aged 113 2„ J. On the 19th inst., at Belgrave-house, Turpbara-gr e— 'lo W. Graham, Esq., late of the Hon. East India ColaPg l i service. A r, Gi On the 20th inst. , at tipper Brook - stre et, Miss Cart—, Engcott, Northamptonshire, aged 77 London: Printed and Published by WIRD° YOUNGIt No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OS" No. I', Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the oust ° Middlesex, Wednesday, August 23, 1848. coy The Co; Of the eni notice thn they will Contract t Packet C;: MOO T titcan Pa The e ( 30th Apri letter $ .-. ~. g The Coi be seen at 0%100( antenia, t" ,4 s, or Every 1 and hear and intaq with the 1 ante of 11 C lit The Ci Tintotic; Menai sty pointed e, fare. The as 310 horse te ar hour 1, F rnr t 11114, wi I ntha Ma Quarter 1 Ro f - Pait 2. F ror the M e tertioon' 1 Attern o tlrne. 1. p rou at 2 . The. 11411 :lel. the Trait Ininntes Nine in 1 M orning, Only th the Stunt Auguxt XI gitu 1 t ) o'clock hi A p a rNel t aktnilt o ; 1 V hfi ,.n r e , eharles ~ 1.1 1 • ond wn Tae i,,, Per (mile 12 T A b it 12 best( 12 Tbi 12 i) e A ,4 2 /x; 1 Soup' 4 Sane( 4 gait 1 Fish 12 Tea ; 1 pair The Cl elegance E. 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