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, - 3034 ...... . 9 3 A X. I. _.. w~..r,r, of Glasgow, from Calcutta to Liverpool, 29th. Both lee sell had encountered a hurricane on the 23d of the "Lame month, in lat. 8 S., long. 89 E., by the Frolic, ar rived at Bombay. DunraN, JULY 31.—TheEleanor and Betsey, Aberyst- With, went on shore on the rocks at Skerries today, but got off again, and is now in Skerries harbour. DEAL, AUG. I—Wind, W.S.W. to W., ‘,strong and srituttly.—Eliza Blyth, Quebec. 29th ult., Marmion, 4iackson, Mata.nzas. Ist, Jamaica, Sewell, Antigua; Caro fine, Caro perfield, West Indies; Manchester, Jarman, New York, and sailed for Rotterdam; Royal Adelaide, Smith; • - Wallace, New York; Britannia, Moody, and Saguenay, Coverdale, Quebec. Arrd. from the river, August Ist, Mountaineer, Smales, Quebec ; British Isles, Luckie, Berbice; Nimrod, Slaughter, Barbadoes. Put back, Junior, Jefferies, for Singapore, with loss of main top sail-yard; Java Packet, for Batavia. OFF MARGATE, JULY 31.—Ealing, Grove, Domi nica; Londoe, Freeman, Jamaica; Standard, Quebec. CARNARXON, JULY 31.—A brig with sails unfurled, and two fishing schooners beating about her, was ob serr2d on the Birds Rocks 11th inst., by the _Mufti), arrived here. LOWESTOFFE, JULY 31.—A large steamer was seen tkiit, morning off this place, with loss of bowsprit, figure !bead, cutwater; boats put off to her, but she proceeded. LOWESTOFT, AUG. I.—The Catharine, of and for Whitby, was in contact yesterday morning, about ten miles off this port, with the Cl'Arence steamer, from Leith to London, and sank immediately; crew saved. PETERHEAD, JULY 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Enter prize, Gardner, tlteenland, with 4,000 seals and one fish; Union, Robert.ron, Greenland, with one fish, superior; Arbuthnot, C,reenland, with 2,000 seals and one fish. SHIELDS, AUG. I.—Wind N.N.E.—Arri. 31st July, Mary, Lr.urenson, Calcutta; Aug. 1, Weatherby, Stroud, Quebec; Francis, Ayton, Quebec. OFF FRASERDUHGH, J ULY 25.—Nerus, St. John's, Nevi Brunswick, for Aberdeen. •lARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) q CORNEXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat from our market thi s week have be en on a somewhat extensive sale ; never• theless, n a good clearance of the samples was etncted on Monday, and as Ihe quantity fresh up was conspara tivelY small, the show today was far from extensive. Owing chiefly to the favourable change in the weather for harvest work, and the comparatively small number of buyers in attendance, the demand for all kinds of Wheat '.ti home produce was by no means active. Still, howera, the whole of the supply was readily disposed of, at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday. The best quanties of Foreign Wheat were in good request at full rates of currency. The middling arsel inferior kinds mc,vecl off steadily, at late rates. We had a very firm ii.squiry for Barley, the best samples of which produced' IL trifle more money. Malt was slow in sale, but not cheaper. There was a better inquiry for Oats, at a rise :in the quotations of quite fid per quarter. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Flour had an upward tendency. ng lis h . Irish. Foreign . Wheat. 4,840 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. 320 irs. Oats. I Flour 1,250 qrs. 3,050 5,180 3,010 Malt. 3,520 qrs. BOROUGLI }IOP MIinEET. Our market continues exceedingly depressed, but we } lave uo further decline to notice in the quotations. The 'duty is called from 205,0001 to 210,000/. Sussex Pockets. 212 s to 2/. 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 214 s to 218 s; Mid and East Kent date, 21 8s to 5/per cwt. 171.1.-IXTLICZLCIPML. Our market was but moderately supplied with each kind of Meat to-dav; yet the general demand was far from active, on the - following terms:—Beef, from 2s Sd to 38 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to as 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d Per 814 by the carcase. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) WilliarA Smith, alias Mahoney, alias Fitzgerald, about 17 year' A old, was indicted for stealing a purse, the pro perty 'af Mrs. Holmes Hall, from her person. kr• Aristides L e gall, a l aw s t u d en t, s t ate d th a t b e i ng t ). -ie Strand on Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, he saw the prisoner, in company with a man who has r.ot been taken, and watched them. They went on towards Temple-bar, and when they came to the "Baby. •temper" shop they mingled with the crowd before the 'window, and in a few minutes the prisoner passed a blue purse to his companion. The latter ran away, and Witness, calling out " Stop thief !" secured the boy, but the roan escaped. The prosecutrix, who had been standing at the window, utif.sed her purse, which was a blue one. rile jury baying found him Guilty, evidence was e'en that he had been before convicted, and he was bomeneed to be transported for ten years. READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) : at A t h e g enr officesa l of meeting of this company was held to day, the company, Exchange-buildings, Mr. Aid. Lainson in the chair. • The report stat e d that the business of the company bad pro,, , vresEed favourably, and that the directors had been enabled to proceed on the funds furnished by the call of last August, but that another call was necessary, ~.atad the directors bad accordingly decided upon making call of 2/. 10s. per share, payable in September next. cash account showed that the balance in hand from "the last report was 147,3851. 6s. 9d. Amount received 'on calls since February, 748/.1 amount received in ad i3:vance of call, 11,2751.; interest, 2,371/. 13 s . 5d .; w hi c h , . 'with other sources, produced an amount of 162,1031. Os Bd. The amount had been expended, with the ex ception of 8.140/. 11s. 10d., with an amount on loan of 3 2,390/. ss. 6d. The CHAIRMAN briefly recapitulated the heads of the p o t, and stated that a portion of eleven miles from Dorking would shortly be opened for traffic. The report was then unanimously adopted. Thanks 'were Voted to the chairman and directors, and the meet ing broke up. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by ° his Royal Highness the OSBORNE, TUESDAY. prince Queen took an early walk in the Park at Osborne. The younger members of the Royal Family also balked and rode in the grounds. _ The r o y a l di nner party this day is expected to include Coloul and Lady Catherine Harcourt, the Hon. Mrs. Xhipps, and the Dowager Lady Lvttelton. Mr. P. Borthwick had an interview with the Chancellor iof the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Tidd Pratt bad also an interview, yesterday, with the Right Hon. Baronet, •t his official residence in Downing -street. HER MAJESTY'S TuEATnE.--The Queen's box at leer Majesty's Theatre was last evening occupied by i the Bon. Mrs. Charles C ust, the H on . Miss Macdonald, Captain the Hon. James Macdonald ,and party. In her :Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box there were the Prin.- -cess Metternich, the Princess Melanie Metternich, the Prince Richard of Metternich, the Countess Flahault, and the Baron of Hugel. Among the audience were his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of SY'eacuse), his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse, his Gstace the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Leeds r.nd Miss Lane Fox, the Duchess of Montrose, the Duke of Leeds, the Duchess of Richmond, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness de Brunow and Madlle. ' ol ga de Lechn er , hi s E xce ll ency t h e S wed i sh Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Count B. Metaxa, the i laron Nicolay, the Count de Barke, the Marchioness of D ouro, the Marquis of Clanricerde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of D ouro , t h e Countess of , G lengall, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Cadogan, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Viscount Ranelagh, the Vis a°4lat, Anson, Viscount Somerto n , L or d G ardner, Lady 44 ndhurst, Lord Elphinstone, Lord W. Graham, Lord Ernest Bruce, -- Lord Sandys, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Fitzroy Somerset and the Misses Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Howard, Lady Palmer, Bart, ALP, T a ta s tl Y Warneford, Lady Colborne, the Ladies Somerset, ' — `‘'Y Ann Beckett, the Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, M. Canofari, General the Hon. A. Upton, Colonel Fludyer Colonel J. Dixon, Sir G. Carroll, Bart., .. ir A. Maclean, ' Bare., and Lady Maclean, Sir J. John ass"''°lle, Bart. and Lady Johnstone, Lady Mary Ross, Sir N" • Baker and Lady Baker, Lady Augusta Paulett, ajor-General Sir A. Wooford, Bart., Sir Ralph _, °ward, Bart., Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Mr. Para tn:r, Mr. Moore, Major Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, I.7airDenuistoun, Mr. and Mrs. Towneley, M. C. Koud ca„g,k,Y, Mr. C. Barry Balwin, M.P., Mr. Sturt, M.P., m a t o " a r l l 3 Meynell, R.N., Mr. 0. Morgan, Mrs. Ascus, Mi l d . p uc kleY, Mrs. Percy, Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar, Rorraaser, Mrs. Paulo, &c. &c. Roy a l p i t i ! T ALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her Lad y A o ll e t ese the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Cletnentin6abitTli-Chad°gael the Countess of Jersey, Lady perforrea ue 1 ors, and Mr. Mildmay, honoured the with their p r at t he Royal Italian Opera last evening b y the jiluobeseanee. Her Majesty's box was occupied Misses Hardy. Aof Grafton, Lady Seaford, and the Royal Highn ess pp_ong the general company were his Duchess of cl avela m d eo Louis Napoleon, the Duke and and Ladies Somersn , bulte and Duchess of Beaufort th e belle, Duchess Dowet' sell, and Mr. and Duke and Duchess of Monte 42;resr of Bedford, Lady Rachael Rus , and Marchioness of A. : l William Russell, geld, the Marquis of the Marquis si.esbury, the Marquis of Titch and Countess of Gran Atiss Johustone, Sirlgo, the Marquis ot Douro, Earl tams Dillon, Earl Dar ". le Countess Dowager of Essex, J ohn and Lady Walsh, Viscoun and Ladies Murray, the Syedmnpelye,toltwanr Darnley,, the Countess of Mansfield Earl of Dysart, Viscount T ofivesisseßraye, Baroness Ranelagh, Viscount vee r Caroline M Viscount Neville ' Georgiants Viscount Mandeville, Codrinaxse, Lady Emile Pennyfather, Lady Denisongtou, Lady Henrietta, Somerset, Lady Charlotte -14„,,adY Carrington y Lady Mary Bentiack, Lord and .Lord, Francis Gordon, Lord and Hon. .-- Puley, ,),,,i • Earctley, Lady Webster, Lady Scott, lair John agnd'LtCdY -a-Judy Mur an L Doraville and the Misses Doraville, toy Burgoyne, the Misses Burgoyne, Lady Quentin, Lord Charles Bruce, Lord Wodehouse, ii u . and tin, Lord • Colo n el a nd Hon. ir i agi b bon non w , Mrs. piontlourter.SCatl'ne(i lion.l. illoughby, Hon. G. Milles, Hon. Miss Campbell, Llen. Mrs. Murray, . s. Ashburnharn, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. asCharles Marshall Sir Jasper anh Lady At 'Anson s• mlnson, Sir George Armyt;ge, Sir Wm. de 13atl, e", Sir I n- Ab 4, Mr. and rslrs. Villeboyes, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. sad Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mrs. Mountjoy Martyn, Mrs. !helluoghlao, Mrs. Pulsfor, Mrs. John Stanley Miss Mit end party, Miss Burdett Coutts and ' Party, Miss PlXlchards Colonel Olivej,aCptoaliounl Nield, Colonel M•Dou , Captain Seymour Captain Webster, 4 . 11 .1 Colonel Brownlow lino; kii7; J)JPLt)MA7`IC RELATIONS WITH ROME. Mr. BANKES pris(lued a petition from Dorsetshire against, tiie Diplomatic. Relotions with Rome Bill. LIVERPOOL—SUSPENION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS. Sir T. BIRCH presented o. petition from Liverpool praying the MA's() to disregard the petitions that had been presented to the House the other night from Liver pool, praying for an extension of the suspension of the ILhcas Corpus Act to that town. BAKERS. Captain PECHELL prevented a petition from the Journeymen bakers ot Brighton in favour of the Bake houses Bill. SPAIN. Mr. BANKES postponed his motion relative to the expulsion of the English Minister from Madrid to Thursday next. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. On the, motion for going into Committee on the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD id that as he form] it was i m p oss ibl e to go on e ff ectua ll y w i t h t h e Bill during the pr esen t sess i on, he should move to discharge the order for going into Committee. In doing so, he trusted that the Government would turn their attention to the subject in another sas3ion, and bring in some Bill on the subject. After some observations from Mr. Hume, Mr. P. Scrope, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the order for going into Committee on the Bill was discharged. BAKEHOUSE BILL. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill was dis charged. LIFE POLICIES OF IN*SIJBANCE BILL. On the motion of Mr. FAGAN, the order of the day for tha committal of this Bill was discharged. RREME•I)IES AGAINST THE HUNDRED BILL. • Sir Vv'ILLIAM CLAY moved the second reading of this Bill. The law as it at present existed on this subject was absurd and anomalous, aid the object of the pre,ent measure was to place it on a better footing. lie bclievA that the measure met with the general approbation of the public, as it would have the effect of amencling the law as it at present existed with respect to the compemation of parties whose pro perty had been destroyed in consequence of outbreaks and riots. Sir G. GREY felt bound to oppose the second reading of the Bill. believing that much better tests might be applied to make the hundred liable for damages caused by riot than those proposed by the present measure. BANKES was sorry the Right Hon. Gentleman had refused to give his assent to the measure going into Committee. He believed that there was a great deal of good in the measure, and that it was one that ought to be well considered by the Government. The Government had received upon a late occasion great 'assistance from special constables, and it was, in his opinion, their duty to do all in their power to protect and suture their pro perty while special constables were discharging an im portant and most, onerous duty to their country. He thought if the Government looked so lightly upon the value of the property of such men, they would upon emergencies taking place find it no easy matter to get tradesmen to take upon themselves the onerous duty of special constables. He thought that the Government ought to allow the Bill to go into Committee, and if they would not, he trusted that the Honourable Baronet who had introduced the measure would divide the House upon the motion for the second reading of the Bill, in order that it might be known who were in favour of the principle of the Bill and who were not. Mr. BERNAL thought it would be much better for the Government to introduce some short measure on the subject than go into Committee on a Bill brought in by an individual Member. Mr. HUME said those whose property was destroyed during a riot had a strong claim upon the liberality of the Government; but he r, ,, ,reed with the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down that the mode in which the Government should afford compensation to such persons should be left to the law officers of the Crown. This Bill ',sad been long enough before the House to attract the attention of the Government, and he thought they were to blame for not having taken it up. It embraced a subject of the utmost importance, and ho thought the Houso ought not to separate without applying some re medy to the difficulty this Bill grappled with.—(Hear.) Alt.. SI'OONER said the law as it now stood was ex ceedingly defective, and he felt strongly that it was the duty of Government to take the matter into their own hands. Government compelled parties to leave their own projects to protect the peace in some other part of the town, and it was really too bad to tell those per sons that they had no right to claim compensation for the loss and destruction of their property. The principle of the Bill the Right Hon. Baronet admitted to be good, and he could not • understand, under these circumstances, how the • Government could object to adopt the Bill, and make such improvements in it as they thought the public service required. • Captain PECHELL regretted the decision the Right lion. Baronet had come to on the subject, for he could assure the House that all the large towns in the country were looking with great anxiety for the passing of such a meaeure as this. Really, then, something ought to be dolie, and he trusted, therefore, the Right Hon. Baronet would reconsider the decision he had come to. Mr. ELLIOT suggested that the parties who were instrumental in calling riotous and tumultuous assem blages together should be made responsible for the damage done to property by the rioters. Mr. CARDWELL bore testimony to the accuracy of the Hon. and Gallant Captain's statement, that most of the large towns were looking with anxiety to the passing of this Bill, and he begged to state that he held in his hand a petition from the Liverpool Society for the Protection of Trade in favour of the measure. The difficulties which now stood in the way of a party reeeiving compensation were of a legal character, and all reasonable persons must agree with him that they ought to he removed. Sir G. GREY was understood to promise that if the Bill were withdrawn the subject should have the best consideration of the law-officers of the Crown during the recess, with a view of introducing a Bill next session. Mr. HENLEY was decidedly in favour of the prin ciple of the Bill, but he thought it better to refer the subject to the law officers of the Crown before any measure was adopted. Sir WILLIAM CLAY said if the' Right Hon. Bart. would consent to the second reading of the Bill, he would leave it in his hands to make what alterations the law officers of the Crown suggested. Sir G. GREY had no objection to the second reading, but he doubted whether the Bill could b e f ur th er pro ceeded with this session. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day week. SALE OF BEER BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. C. BERKELEY said he had an amendment to move. The SPEAKER. said that the Hon. Member could only move it on the question that the Bill do pass. The Bill was then read a third time. On the qu-stion that the Bill do pass, Mr.,HASTIE moved, as a substitute for clause six, the following clause :—" And it be enacted, that every person offending again 4 this Act shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every such offence; and every separate sale shall be deemed a separate offence. And it be enacted, that in England all penalties under this Act shall be recoverable with expenses, on conviction before any justice of the peace for the county, riding, division, city, borough, or place, where the offence shall be committed, or where the p Arty offending shall reside; and that in Scotland the penalties, with expen ses , shall he recoverable on conviction before the sheriff or any justice of the peace of the county, or any bailie of the city, borough, or place, where the offence shall be com mitted, or where the party offending shall reside; and the procedure for recovery of penalties may be of a sun:Fun:3 - y nature, without any written pleadings or re cord of evidence ; and it shall be competent for the court to grant warrant for the recovery of the penalties and expenses tailing payment within fourteen days after conviction, by distress and sale of the goods or by imprison mentand () a r t t n e chattels e e r f t n t a h e a t r e the s p e d e t i i s v c e re o ti i t e n nd o e f rs the court not ex ceeding sixty days, it being hereby provided that a re cord shall be preserved of the charge and of the judg ment pronounced." Mr. LIUMp; objected to the clause. Mr. T. EGERTON said he had no objection to it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the clanse would create a difTh:ulty in the recovery of the penalties imposed by the Bill, and it was, therefore better to omit it. The LORD-ADVOCATE suggested the clause had better be withdrawn, and words introduced into the Bill making penalties recoverable before magistrates as well as before justices of the peace. The clause was negatived without a division. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY moved the omission of the words •' before half past twelve o'clock in the after noon, or where the," and insert " before the termina tion of," in line 13. After some discussion the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority -35 (ratrT SITTING.) KILLING HARES.—By an Act which came into force a few days back (11 and 12 Victoria, cap. 29), power is given to persons having a right to kill hares in England and Wales, to do so by themselves or persons authorised by them,. without being required to • takeout a game certificate. T I-1 IT SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'Clock. LORDS AMENDMENTS. .The Lords Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Aberavon Musket Leith Municipality and Police Trusts, Markets, Paving, and Sanitary Improvement Bill. Wishaw and Cohness R ilway (Deviation Connecting Branch and Improvement) Bill. SECOND READING. The Earl of Sheffield's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to bci committed. WALSALL IMPROVEMENT. On the motion of Mr. SPOONER, it was ordered.— That the report on the Improvement Bill b.? t.:lken into consideration on Thursday, provided a bre viate of the amended Bill be laid on the table the day before ; and one clafs notice thereof be given in the Private Bill• otlic,!. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. The race of tourists—whose name, thanks to rail• roads and steam-vessels, is now Legion—receives the malediction of Blachwood. Especially the profestional lady tourists—women who, according to the apt ex pressions of the critic, " talk of faces they have never seen, describe fetes to which they would never have been admitted, and quote conversations which they have never heard." Some we could name who come precisely under this category—authoresse: , with all the dogmatism and none of the genius of, Mrs. Somerville, with much of the self-sufficiency end very little indeed of the verve and brilliancy of Madame de Steil, Madame Daciers in everything but erudition, and Corinnes in everything but tact. The writer who eyed so superciliously the Americans in Philadelphia, the French in Paris, and the Italians in Rome might perchance detect the delineation of her own character in these sentences but for an obliquity of vision which defies the appreciation of truth. Although Miss Harriet Mar tineau is not classed among these melancholy profes sionals—" scattered over Europe, all pen in hand, all determined not to let a henroost remain undescribed, all portfolioed, all handbooked, all getting up a journal,' "—her theological lucubrations as to the career of Moses are justly the subject of the con demnation of the reviewer; and certainly the flip pancy of such irreverent interpolations cannot be too severely condemned. " The Caxtons" conti nues to be the chief attraction of the magazine, and, if completed as it halPcommenced, will certainly stand among the most exquisite serials which have adorned the pages of Blackwood. Already Fame is not si!ent as to the authorship. It is whispered among the literary circles that the scholastic hand of a ripened genius is detectable throughout, that the mind which conceived Adam Warner could alone have imagined Augustine Caxton, that the great work on " Human Error" has something of a prototype and a foreshadowing in the mechanism of the Eureka, that, in short, the author of " The Caxtons" is no other than Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. Whether the notion be erroneous or correct, we are satisfied that Bulwer might have created a roving blade like good Mr. Peacock, that the young, scapegrace his companion is almost the double of Varney, that Trevanion promises to be a compa nion picture to Brandon, and that, under any cir cumstances, the story, as far as it has gone, is emi nently worthy of our distinguished countryman. It is the fate, at any rate, of Sir Bulwer Lytton to have almost every noble anonymous effort in Eng lish literature at once fathered upon his genius— a circumstance, to our thinking, which shows that the • prolific, cultivated, elegant, and virile beauties of that genius are in some measure appreciated. We have again and again expressed our conviction that the "New Timon" is his, that the splendid epic of " King Arthur" is his, that occasionally the cunning of his hand is perceptible among the contributions to the Edinburgh Review ; and while we now acknowledge that there is much of the verisimilitude of his style in these opening chapters of the " Caxtons," we must acknowledge that, with all our admiration for the powers of Sir Bulwer Lytton, we could never have attributed to him such a sweetness of wisdom, such a gentleness of senti ment, and such a bewitching refinement of pathos, as are the principal characteristics of the work now appearing in the pages of Blackwood. The present instalment follows Pisistratus on his road to London. His accidental interviews with Mr. Tre vanion and afterwards with Lady Elinor and Fanny are admirably told; and in the entrance of the young pedestrian into London it is well said—" the Gra dual is a great disenchanter." Those who have pored for hours and hours over the dusty records of the lore of ages piled together in those glorious halls of learning the library of the British Museum, will relish the following passage—so true, so accurate, so genuine .Pisistratus," said my father, one evening as he ar ranged his notes before him, and rubbed his spectacles. " Pisistratus, a great library is an awful place! Thero are interred all the remains of men since the Flood." " It is a burial-place!" quoth my Uncle Roland, who had that day found us out. " It is an Heraclea!" said my father. " Please, not such hard words," said the Captain, shaking his head. " Heraclea was the city of necromancers, in which they raised the dead. Do I want to speak to Cicero? I invoke him. Do I want to chat in the Athenian market place, and hear news two thousand years old? I write down my charm on a slip of paper, and a grave magician calls me up Aristophants." . . The seventeentli . chapter describes the wanderings of Uncle Roland de Caxton through the streets of London. The description is life-like, and the touch of feeling at the close, when the light breaks in upon Pisistratus is beautiful. " Life in the Far West" is continued in the old harum scarum spirit, so delightful to catch now and then in the narrative of a traveller from the days of Strabo down to those of Kinglake. " Art and its Prospects" is a bone of criticism, not a fos sil like the leg of a megatherium, neither a mur derous weapon like the jaw-bone which slew the Philistines, but a bone full of the marrow of research. "Eighteen Hundred and Twelve" is a ghastly reminiscence of one of the most awful catas trophes mentioned in ancient or modern history—the wonderful conquest of Russia by the Emperor Napoleon, and the destruction of his great army, not by the puny hand of man, but by the arm of the God of battles. " The Blue Dragoon," a tale of circumstantial evidence; " Laurels and Laureates," a paper of agreeable chit-chat about the old poets and poetast ers o f E ng l an d ; " The Horse dealer, a story translated from the Danish and " Sketches in Paris," are all capital additions to , the number, which is worthy of the prolonged fame and popularity of Blackwood. DOLMAN. " A few words from the Editor," are introductory to three letters —one from Lingard the historian of England, one from Tierney the historian of the Ro man Catholic Church, and one from Rock the anti quarian and topographer--eulogizing the spirit in which the magazine is conducted under its present editorship. In the estimation of the Catholic subscribers to_Doinzan the praise of such men, but especially of such a man as Lingard, will be as a crown of laurel. A long and interesting account of "l'he Opening of Saint George's," from the pen of the editor, contains, among other passages, a very graceful and to our mind, indeed, a very beautiful allusion to the remark made by a contemporary that the procession of 240 priests Was conspicuous for its display of ugliness :—Thus speaks the writer who was one in that procession of secular clergy : "We certainly never plumed ourselves on mere personal beauty or comeliness of look. We are as God made us, and s are thankful w e are not worse. A Catholicprierins a priest especially a L on d on priest's— habitsthend toiling eultiva tio cultivation of personal life; poor diet, little sleep, and much and continued a n xi e ty, are eha not certainly favourable wearisome, to and frequent ailments from unremitting attendanc e by premature hospitals, so on so on dry up the beds, in noisome cellars, and rin springs o fworkhouses,you youth, and a bring on a old age." 48 the Trinity man conti nues on "France in 18 I pap,.. of Cambridge," and Mr. gtehnetlheneaesysieorf.thiveiwe.ri j te e r r 's ni m ng a h n a n m er cmoanktreishhuitsers ; e p n ruoTeas his h c Prophecies:' The number Paley writes on " Popular intelligence. " Reminiscences is completed with the usual monthly criticisms and COMMONS' INCLOSURE.—By an Act of Parliament, which took effect a few days since (11 and 12 Viet., cap. 27), the inclosure of the following places was autho rised :—Corringham and Springthorpe, in Lincoln ; Oreton-common, Salop ; Tansley-common, Derby; Cal decot Open Fields, Cambridge ; Church Stoke and riurdley, Montgomery ; Hyssington, Montgomery and Salop ; Ashly-marsh, Westmoreland ; Dulverton, So merset ; Burghfield, Berks ; Barrow, Suffolk ; Woolpit, Suffolk ; Hesselt, Suffolk ; Egton, York ; Twardale Fell, Westmoreland ; Antrobus, Chester ' • Ikon-moor, Devon; Chinnot, O x f or d ; M ottram S t. Andrew, Chester; Bris tow Surrey; Cookbury-moor, Devon ; Ison•common, Somerset ; Winsfo r d, S omerse t ; Th or nton-mocr, York; Stoke-pew, Somerset ; Warborough, Oxford ; Upwoodand Ramsay, Huntingdon ; St. Stephen's down, Corn wall ; Beninek, Cambridge ; Syminge, Kent ; Mid La vent, Sussex ; East-green, Suffolk ; Ealsworthy-moor; i ll kacnmeag e trp v hhtn e t. : o t ima i nn ; ratr c lehon:nLk; Kingsley,sohatn , Stafford Sulk ; ; E G I 1 i r s e fi a e t l d m . isse common, nden, S ß o u u c t k h Bagley-wood, asnhceaisitoo Berksndm maManor-waste, rr-hw t o h au e ss tee,G, Nottingham.r Surreyan g e-c o ; m m ll Grange-common, n s Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office, on Monday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. GRAVESEND RAlLWAY.—Considerable progress is making with this very expensive and tortuous work. An iron bridge is partly thrown over the New-cross-road, the construction of which is quite a novelty to the gene rality of passengers. Strong cast-iron girders, weighing seven tons or more each, are thrown over the excavation, or opening under the road. The flat part Of these girders, forming what the workmen name a panel, rest upon brick piers and stone coping of great thickness. Upon the top, or carriage -way, the earth is bound to gether by iron ribs, and rendered immoveable. The in terest excited by the engineering and the labour exerted to overcowe the difficulties of the soil is remarkable. Crowds are collected daily. They retrain gazilig on the navvies who arc cutting through the hill, and nothing but a shower of rain will move them. I,IIxED GAUGE BETWEEN GLOUCESTER AND CIIEL TENHAM.—The stations and sidings are in duplicate, and are e h rm at ed G ia lo te ue s e t s a t t e jo r n a s. nd T C h h e el c t a en rr h y a i m ng; and to th tl t i,: r i e y distinc no tb in o t t stock (engines, carriages, and trucks) for the two gauges are in duplicate, and totally distinct. When the railway `vas on one gauge only, there were only twelve pas senger-trains each way, which is ample for the trade between the two towns. There are now twenty-six trains a day each way, by which the working expenses must be greatly increased. The staff of servants is in duplicate at each station, and the number of policemen on the line is much lucreased.—Front Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Loche's Report, THE RIVER PLATE. We have received files of papers from Buenos Ayres to the 6th May inclusive. The news of the revolution of February at Paris had caused great sensation. The new French Government was immediately recognized by the Minister of the United States and the Argentine Confederation. M. Le Long, the agent of the French Legionaries in Monte Video, had also given in his adhesion to the new order of things, curiously enough attributing to himself the cha racter of Charge d'Affaires of the Oriental Republic. The 6th May was the 956th day of the blockade. No movement of importance had taken place. The departure of Garibaldi and his condottieri was re garded as a good riddance.—(Garibaldi is at the present moment on the confines of Tyrol, with all his band, de fending the passes against the Austrians). On the 14th April, a dinner, expressly given, says the Courrier de la Plata, in honour of Baron Gros and Cap tain Gore, took place on board the corvette bearing the broad pennant of the Brazilian Commodore. Amongst the guests were Rear-Admiral Le Predour, and Com modore Sir Thomas Herbert. According to the last accounts from the interior, affairs in Bolivia were beginning to assume a more quiet aspect. After an interregnum in the admi nistration subsequent to the disappearance succes sively of General Ballivian and General Guilarte from the political scene, General Velasco, proclaimed President by the people, made his entry into the ca pital on the 3d of February, and immediately set about re-organising the Government. His first appointments were—Doia Casimiro Olaneta, Minister for Foreign Af fairs; Don Andres Maria Torrico, Home Department; General Belza, War; and Senor Asin de la Paz, Fi nance. Some disorderly officers attempted to excite fresh disturbances on the night of the Bth February, but were speedily put down. The President was about to visit La Paz tbr the purpose of regulating matters of importance, and hopes were entertained that the order and tranquillity re-established in all the departments of the Republic would soon be consolidated. The British Packet of the 29th of April (Buenos Ayres paper) says:— " Another week has elapsed, and although in the meantime we have had the arrival of a steamer from the scene of diplomatic action, nothing positive has trans pired in regard to the pending negotiations. The Harpy, which has come up, was placed at the disposal of Presi dent Oribe, to convey hi t h erian envoy, but w i th respect toth is eo s bject of this_geng eman ' s mission the utmost re serve kept. " In Monte Video, at the date of the last advices, all The intrusive government note which it h a d a dd resse d th e published l i doubtshed on an d the uncertainty. a day previous to the so-called ' Notables,' informing them of the arrival of the new negotiators, and of the invitation it received from them on the 28th ult., to enter into a pacific arrangement with President Oribe; but, at the same time that it gives to understand that it had received subsequent communications, it is silent with regard to their contents. The note alluded to denounces the existence of a plot to deliver the town to President Oribe, and calls upon the ' Notables' to devise means to enable the authority to frustrate any seditious attempt. This language, taken in connexiou with a report put in circu lation that the intrusive Government was about to con tract provisions for five months, would seem to imply a determination on the part of the ruling clique to make a show of resistance to contemplated arrangements, anta gonistic to their views and wishes. " That the partisans of the rebel cause are strongly apprehensive of a result being arrived at adverse to their illegitimate interests, is clearly demonstrated by the tone of rabid virulence and desperation in which the two French organs of the armed foreigners speak. The editor of the Courrier de la Plata, in particular, has be come so outrageously violent and abusive, that the French agents have been compelled to disclaim all con nexion with the ci-devant pensioner on the bounty of the Legation. " Since the above was written, we have been informed that Monte Video had been, or was about to be, de clared under martial law by an enactment of the Notables'." VESSELS OF WAR IN PORT ON MAY 6. British—Steamer Harpy, Lieutenant Jan;les - W. Tom linson. Brigantine, Kestrel, 3 guns, Lieutenant Henry Baker. French—Brig Pandour, 10 guns, Lieutenant Duparc. United States—Brig Perry; 10 guns, Lieut. Tilton. CObIALERCIAL. The highest price of doubloons during the week end ing May 6, 360 dollars ; the lowest price, 344 dollars. Although not much is done, the market isa little more brisk. There has been some demand of hides for Spain this week, and sales have been effected at an advanced price. Exchange on England, 63 to 64i ; ditto on France, no transaction ; ditto on Rio Janeiro, 3 to 4 per cent. premium ; ditto on Write Video, to I, ditto:; ditto on United States, 21i per dollar. Discount, 1 to 2} per cent. Money. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Plate entries for to-morrow have closed as follows: Trade Plate. Tantivy, 4 yrs—Monteagle, 4 yrs—Passion Flower, 3 Ira—Self-defence, 3 yrs—Alpheia, 3 yrs—Lovelace, 3 yrs—Dean Swift, 6 yrs—b f by Lanercost, out of Zariffa, 3 yrs--Nectar, 3 yrs—and Man of my Heart, 5 yrs. The Southdown Stake is re-opened. The following horses are here for the Pavilion and Brighton Stakes, both of which will be run to-morrow:— Pavilion Stakes. British Consul, Philippa, and Buffalo Gal. Brighton Stakes. Footstool, Lady Wildair, The Cur, Ipecacuanha, Fis tiana, Antagonist, Marquis of Conyngham, Millwood, Reflection, and Self-defence. The Qimen's Plate will be run for on Thursday; the entries for it are Miami, Weathercock, Antagonist, f by Muley Moloch, out Of Guzman's dam, Lady Wildair, Alpheia, Pyrrhus the First, The Tartar, Fistiana, Foot stool, Red Hart, Marquis of Conyngham, and Man of my Heart. The other stakes have filled well. Mr. Topham, clerk of the Chester Races, succeeds the late Mr. Etty in the lesseeship of the Liverpool Race course. AQUATICS. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. This very respectable and old established aquatic con test, upon which the popular musical farce of The Wa terman is founded, took place yesterday. Added to the first prize, which was given to commemorate the ac cession of the family of her present Majesty to the throne of these realms, two others have been bequeathed by the late Sir W. Joliffe, being 41. 7s. 6d. and 21. 12s. 6d. for the second and third men, being the interest on South Sea Stock. Notwithstanding the very stormy state of the weather—and it singularly occurs that the most awful storm with which the metropolis has been visited for many years occurred on this day two years ago, the race attracted a vast assemblage of spectators, both on the water and on the shore. It is almost unne cessary to say that the distance is from the Swan at London Bridge to the Swan at Chelsea. John Ash, Wapping ••• •• ••• •.. 1 John Fry, Kidney Stair s Limehouse 0 Richard Dolwyn, Horseferry, Westminster ... 0 John Charles Cu'ridge, Horselydown ••• ••• Samuel C. Spurling, Woolwich .•• ••• 9 James John Brooker, B er monds e y ... ••• ••• 0 The men were st ar t e d a f ew m i nu t e s before high water, in order to relieve them of a portion of the labour in this extremely long distance, and kept the tide nearly up to Westminster. The race was very deficient of va riety, Ash taking the lead from the moment of starting, retaining the lead, and winning by nearly 200 yards. Fry took the second place, and kept it up to the Mill bank Pier, where, becoming waterlogged, he rowed into Chelsea Creek, and having, as it is alleged, gone on shore, his boat was emptied, and he again started in pursuit of Dolwyn, who had ro we d i n t o th e secon d place, overtook him, and came in about four lengths a-head of him. There was agreat distance between the third and fourth. Brooker did not show at Chelsea, his boat having gone down. An objection, immediately after the coming i n , was made to Fry receiving tke second prize, on the ground that he had violated the rules of watermen's wagers, by leaving his boat while the water was taken out of her. Mr. Dards, the bargemaster of the Fish mongers' Company, who had the control of the wa ger, represented it to the master and wardens, at th e i r h all, at nine last night, when the coat and badge were pre sented, but the other prizes are at present h e ld i n abeyance. Mr. James M. Arnott has been appointed Profe ssor of Surgery at University College , in the room of th e l ate George -street, the balance f Euston square. Mr. Liston. FETE AT WILLOW BANS.—The rec e i p t s for the late fete 0o 4 i., amountedleaving to s h a about lnaeeo f 2,0501., about and l ,5 t6he expenses to about 01 , a t the dis posalcontributed of the tloawdaiersdsptahtreonfuenssdess, now l, raisingsooL for of which they com pleting the model establishment of baths and wash houses in Go ul andsto n-s wash-housesquare , W h i i n t e c Gg h e a e p r el and tothe baths MANCHESTER, JULY 31.—The indications of re turning improvement in the trade of this district have at last, we are happy to say, assumed a more practical cha racter, not so much, however, as regards any material I additional gain realisable by spinners and manufacturers generally, as in the existence of a demand surpassing very considerably in extent that of any which has pre vailed for some time past. From the commencement to about the third week in the month the market was cha racterised by much animation. Since then it has become gradually more quiet, accompanied with an indisposition on the part of buyers to operate whilst the condition of Ireland and the unsettled state of matters on the conti nent remain as they are. The weather, too, not being so favourable as could be wished is beginning to originate anxiety with respect to the approaching harvest. There are rumours likewise (most likely very much exagge • rated) in circulation respecting the reappearance of dis ease in the potato crop. To these matters combinedly we consider the change of feeling here to be ascribable. The transactions of the month, which are large, would have been more extended had not producers demanded higher rates than purchasers were inclined to give. CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY... -..T ra ffi c for the week ended July 29, 1848: =Coaching traffic, 1,2144 Is.; goods and cattle, 2461. 3s. 2d. Total, 1 ,460/. 4s. 2d. THE CONDEMNED :PRISONERS.—AIthough both the prisoners, Thomas Martin and Michael Leary, were sentenced, on Monday last, to undergo the extreme pe nalty of the law for the murder of John Williams ' we have heard, from undoubted authority, that Michael ',play has since been reprieved; he will consequently, in all probability be !transported for the term of his na tural life. —Cambrian. THE MILITARY.—The troops lying at the Ipswich Barracks have had notice to be ready to march at the shortest possible notice, and a similar notice has been given to Captain Beckham and the militia staff under invi-Ipowich ,Express. OAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. X. s. d. X. s. d. British Ditto Provincial- 11. 85. 20 0 0 19 0 0 23 Bristol •• ••..• • • • • • 101. per cent. 20 0 0 Brighton ••• .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 16 City of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New ........ 85s. pr share) 50 0 0 37 10 0 - Equitable........ •• .. 455. pr share. 50 0 0 50 0 0 36 Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 London • ...... 50 0 0 40 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Phmnix • ...... • ..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 31 Ratcliff 5/. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 ; 75 United General .. •• • . 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 15 Westminster Chartered 31, 50 0 0 - 5530 Ditto, New .... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' 11 CANALS. Names of 4 Dividend , l price Names of 2 Dividend Companies. 21 per r " Companies. 4.4 per Price. st Annum. Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. pe I 80 Macclesfield . 100 - Barnsley •• • • 160 121. ; 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 181. 3rknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 0xf0rd , ...... 100 201. 190 Bi rm ingham 35 41. 180 Peak ()rest. 78 _ C ov entry..• • 100 25 1. - Regent's •• • • 33 11. ss. 1834 Derby .•••. 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 85 41. 54 41. 48 Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. 130 - Do.LkEdSt 12 614, c. E Er li e s P r ash ... 100 32e, re &Chs 133 Gran dJunctn 100 51. 7 7 Stasi &Wore 140 281. 290 Gran d Surrey 100 - 35 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - , G ra nd Union 100 1 11. 10s. , 25 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 285 Grantham 1501 121. - Severn and Kennt & Avn 391 7s. 6d. 4% Wye Rail.l 26 11. 8 5. 26 L e As&Livrp 100' 341. 410 Warwick& 1 L e icester ..•• 140 101. 75 Ilirming. !00 51. 65 b e icstr &Nth 83 4/. 1 36 Warwick&l i `''nn :.oughborogh 14 2 701. - Napton..3 - 46 Afonmouthsh 100 Si, - Worestr &) 78 21. 39 Mntgamrysh 1100 51. - Binning. meltnMwbry, 100 101. - Wilts & Brks -1/. 11 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Frio( Annum. Share. ------- £ 5. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank • • 734 per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 4/. Os City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 II 0 0 1131 Clydesdale Bank •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 150 Eastern Bank ••••• •• • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91.195. Edinb.& Glasgow 13ank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 ;5% Exchangeßnk of Scot.. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 413% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.155. North British Bank • • 50 0 0 10 0 0 3 Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 118)4 Onion Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 Western Bank Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 2% B. Accord. Life an d F ire- 20 0 0 011 0 - British Guarantee I ns. 10 0 0 1 0 0 105 Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101• per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of Engl an d Ins. • 50 0 0 20 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 4i Edinburgh Life Insur. Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 115.0 d. E ng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - ercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11 in , iur. CO. of Scotlnd 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cont. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 7- 'Mercantile Life . 10 0 0 0 1•0 ss. Od. National Fire an d 'Llia 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205. North British Insur... 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22 North & West of Scot. 61. per cont. 10 0 0 1 0 0 175.0 d. Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 II 11 0 .is. Scot. Mas. and Gan. Life 1 0 0 015 0 105.0,1 Scottish Union Insrnco. 6)41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Is Standard Life ...... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 ; 93( United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 j 123.0 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X. 5. d. 1 X. a. d. Australian Agriculturl 100 0 01 30 0 0 - Itnglo-Mexican Mint l/. 45, 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 Ditto, llalf Shares 2lO 0 - Canada Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - City Bonds 3141. pr cent. - 82 Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91% Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 e. 15 0 0 14 0 0 18 London Institution . • • 10 Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 52 Reversionary Int. Soc. 041. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - ' Royal Mail Steam•• • • 3341. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 45 34 South Australian .•• •• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land lOO 0 0 23 0 0 - Universal Salvage•. • • 25 0 0 5 0 0 - THE SIIRIEVALTY. - A poll having been demanded on Monday in the behalf of Alderman Finnis and Mr. Goodhart, jun., proposed to act as Sheriff, votes will be received in the Guildhall every day until Monday next. The total number recorded yesterday was, for Alderman Finnis, 106; for Mr. Goodhart, jun., 100; for Mr. Bew ley, 2; and for Mr. Goodhart, sen., 1. By mistake the name of Mr. Goodhart, sen., was placed upon the board. That gentlemen being nearly eighty years of age, had no notion of serving in the office, and, we understand, would, if elected, have claimed e.:emption on account of ad vanced years. His son, who will, of course, be returned with Alderman Finnis, is willing to servo. It was con sidered necessary to go to the poll, in order to defeat the nanceuvring of one of the electioneering agents. The subject will, we understand, be discussed in the next Court of Aldermen. - - THE NEW ACT OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE RE MOVAL OF THE POOR.—Yesterday the new Act of Par liament, entitled " An Act to amend the procedure in respect of orders for the removal of the poor in England and Wales, and appeals therefrom," came into opera tion. The principal part of this Act (11 and 12 Vic., cap. 31), which was passed to lessen expense and useless litigation in relation to the removal of poor persons, has reference to the discontinuance of a copy of the exami nation on which the order of removal is made, in hen thereof a statement is to be furnished of the grounds of such removal. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. --A special meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the offices, St. Helen's-place, yesterday afternoon, to ap point a director in the room of George Pemberton, Esq., resigned. H. Barnwell, ,Esq., having been called to the chair, John Seward, Esq., was unanimously elected to fill up the vacancy in the board of directors, and the meeting separated. EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1848. CEYLON RAILWAY. The adjourned annual general meeting of the pro. prietors of the Ceylon Railway was held yesterth aftPr noon at the dices of the company ; Mr. 11 . /.. Tindal, was in the chair. At the last meeting the report recommended that the company should be allowed to stand in abey vice for a short while, and that in the mean time a call of 10s. per share be paid to discharge the liabilities ; ithe 55. per share deposit having already been exhausted. The report was adopted, but the directors were •only em powered to call up ss. per share. The CHAIRMAN now stated that the call had been made upon all the shareholders. Six thousand 3 lad signed the deed, and thirteen thousand were registered, but some doubt had arisen as to whether any othe r than the shareholders who had signed the deed could he legally forced to pay the call. The meeting was further adjourned wit b out any resolution upon this disputed point being ccane to. It was stated that the company would be kept, open for twelve months, when a meeting would be , called to decide how the concern should be disposed of. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. TOINT-STOCZ 2.8.21m5. :came of Company. Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. Australasia •. BritshNorth American Ceylon ...... • • • ....• ::ommercial of Loudon ........... Gloucestershire ...... lonian •• • • ••.. • •• • • Londu and Westminstr oint-Stock erovincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New. • • • • • • • . 'rational of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. • • • • • • South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Unioß of London Union of Madrid 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. €l. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. X a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Price Name of Company. Charing-cross. • • • .. • • Southwrk, Sub. Av. Ditto Nyv of 7% p .c. Waterloo ...... • . . • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto o( 71. Vauxhall .... Av. unix) G: Dividend per Annum. 355. per cent. 11. ss. 4d. 11. 2s. 2d. 11. 17s. 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Amount of Share. X. s. d. 632 12 6 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 FRANCE. We read in the Messager :—" It is in c antempla tion to prorogue the National Assembly :from the 25th of August to the 25th of Septembnr. Our representatives would thus have a month 's vaca tion preparatory to the discussion on the Con stitution, which cannot well commence before the Ist of October, in consequence of th(a labours imposed on the Committee for the introduction of the votes come to in the late conferences.. It has besides been considered that, as the Assernbl3 must sit permanently from the tat of October until the ,constitu tion shall have been voted, it was proper to allow the members a vacation at the moment of the ha rvest and the vacations of the law courts. The bureau, however, will remain constituted, so that the Assembl y may be called together in a few days, if circumstanc es should imperatively require it. The Presidency of 11. MAR RAST will expire before the day of the prorogation of the Assembly. According to all appear ante, M. MARRAST will be re-elected, and the honour of this re-election will be the more precious, as up to the present time no President of the National Al ssembly has held the post more than one month." WALL ACHIA. The Augsburg Gazette of the 27th inst. has the following:— " BUCHAREST, JLZLY 13. "Instead of the Russians we have once 'a iore the Provisional Government amongst us. It was ascer tained yesterday that the reports wl Lich had been spread and several dispatches were false. Thanks to the propaganda cf the yoicrug men who had not fled, the whole of the people I rove risen again. This time the merchants have also pro nounced themselves in favour of the n tovement. The whole of the population proceeded. to the residence of the Metropolitan, whom they com pelled to kneel and swear on the Bibles that he would tell the truth. He at length ow - ned that the spurious dispatches had been fabric*Aed by his order. The Kaimakan was dismissed.., and a courier was sent to the Provisional Government, to request them to return to Bucharest. Negotia tions were opened with ODOBESCO and SoLOMON. The former is favourable to the c,:use of the people, but he requires that TELL and MAGGIEEO, the two roost energetic members of the Provisional Govern ment should retire. The city is quiet ; som a houses, however, were sacked : amongst these were tlai: houses of the late Minister of Finance, GERESCO, autl of the Metropolitan's secr e t ar y. " Accounts from the frontiers of Wallacha:, of the 18th instant, state that the Russians, after leaving 4,000 men at Jassy, were advancing through Walla chia without encountering any resistance:: 3,000 men were marching to Krasowa. Prince :BIDES-CO was expected." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGIS' rERED IS THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1.548. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 505 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 25 Turbercular Diseases... ... ... 207 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 112 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ID" 26 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ••• 79 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .•• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of tho Skin, &c. Malformations... ... Premature Birth ... Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• •• Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... 81 ... 23 ... 34 ... 43 DEA TIES FROM ALL CAUSES Population Enumerated, 1,201 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Distr.',As 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Male 3 ... ... Females ... ... Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. In the Five Summers. Week. 142 ... 163 182 ... 247 178 ... 200 219 ... 287 251 ... 304 1 ... 1,201 ... 650 ..• 551 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total ... ... 707 ... 689 ... 1,396 CONFLICT WITH BURGLARS. A most daring and severe conflict took place on Thursday morning in the back green of a gentleman's house in Moray-place, between one of the servants and two burglars, who had invaded the premises for the purpose of pillage. It appears that about half-past one o'clock in the morning the butler, William Clarke, while proceeding down stairs to his bed-room, heard a peculiar noise, as if created by the scraping and wrenching of iron bars. He immediately proceeded to his room, and having armed himself with the spear of a sword-staff, he opened the back-door to the green behind the house. All was quiet; but observing the door of a water-closet, which is on the outside, shut, as it seldom was, he sus pected something was wrong. On pushing it up, a man sprung from within, and aimed a blow at him. Clarke, in return, plunged the spear into the fellow's thigh. The blackguard then drew a pistol, and fired it at his antagonist ; but Clarke, nothing daunted, made a se cond thrust with the spear, which, however, struck the wall, and snapped. The combatants then closed. Clarke seized the man with his right hand, and the burglar grasped him by the throat. In the struggle the butler drew a clasp-knife from his pocket, and cut the villain across the arm; he then threw him down, and standing over him, was proceeding to bind his victim with his braces, when an accomplice leaped from the roof of the water-closet on Clarke's back. Though he still retained his hold, yet the shock was so great that the fellow be neath him was enabled to get up, and the two ran across the back green together. Clarke followed, but had not advanced far when the discharge of a second pistol show how well prepared the ruffians were for any deadly encounter. Fortunately, like the previous dis charge, the shot did not take effect. The alarm hav ing been raised, several policemen were speedily on the spot; and on examining the premises some blood was observed on the walls and floor of the water-closet, and the knife which Clarke held in his hand was nearly covered with the same substance. Blood marks were also observed in a hen-house at the place of the wall where the burglars had escaped ; but, notwithstanding the most minute search, no trace has been discovered of the point of the spear, so that there is little doubt that when the burglar who fought so stoutly decamped, he carried two or three inches of the weapon sticking in his limb. The part of the spear which was snapped in the wall was found along with the pistol first discharged. Clarke has escaped unhurt, except with a contusion in the forehead, and his side slightly bruised with gunpowder. The wadding of the shot was found in his coat side-pocket ; but although a ball has also been found, it is not sup posed to be the one discharged from the pistol. The most active measures have been taken by the police to discover the daring thieves. All the members of the medical profession have been communicated with, and placards have been posted with the view of making the event known, in order that the depredators may be dis covered.—Edinburgh Advertiser. SUSPENSION BRIDGE at NIAGARA I FALLS. It is contemplated to have the foot bridge at the Falls ready for crossing on the 4th of July. This will be a great curiosity, and many will avail themselves of tho adventure. The following is to be the composition of the railroad bridge:—Number of cables for bridge, 16; number of strands in eac h cable, 600; ultimate tension, 6,500 tons ; capacity of the bridge, 500 tens ; number of strands in the ferry cable, 37; diameter of the cable, i inch; height of stone tower 68 feet 1 inch; height of wood tower or ferry, 50 feet; base of the tower, 9 0 square feet; size at the top, l 1 square feet; span of the bridge, 800 feet; whole weight of the bridge, 650 tons; height from the water, 230 feet; depth of water under the bridge, 250 feet. This suspension bridge is the most sublime work of art on the continent. It makes the head dizzy to look at it, and yet it is traversed with as much entire looked width. slatetya.' security as any other bridge of t at h esd e m.N s v a i were present while the workmen were enlgtaged inhalngle kti.rst cord was hang ing itch of pplearintsbouyteirtthe was fearful a p r r ti c chasm. It is im possible an accident has happened since the a :h e grandeur carried a t c o c r g o i s y s e the he river reader at a th c o le t a a r i l i of d e 800 a of t t t eh . e 230 feet, over a vast inw.ortkh.e air, lmaagtin the a heightfoot bridgeofloifunthgefeet in leugth, body of water rushing through rate of 30 miles an hour. It you gong© at the ar like a strip of paper suspended by ae e ob _web. When the below it, it l oo k s wind is strong the frail, gossaer.i tn sways to and fro as if ready to start from king structure and it shakes from extremity to centre its fastenings, under the firm i tread of the pedestrian. But there s no danger. Men pass over it with perfect safety, while the head of the timid looker-on swims with apprehension. We saw the first person pass over it—Mr. Ellet, the builder. His courageous wife soon followed him, and for two days hundreds, attracted by the novelty of the thing, took the fearful journey. It is worth a t r i p to the Falls to see this great work, although it is not probable that 1 in 20 will have the nerve to cross upon it. For, strange as it may seem, there were those who had no hesitation to slide over the awful chasm in a basket, upon a single wire cable, who could not be induced to walk over the bridge. And this aerial excursion is thrillingly exciting. A seat on a locomotive, travelling at the rate of 60 miles an hour, is nothing to it. When you find yourself sus pended in the air, with the roaring, rushing, boiling Niagara 250 feet below you, if your heart don't flutter you will have nerve enough to swing over Vesuvius! And yet the sensation is not altogether unpleasant. The ride itself, as the old lady said about skinning eels, "is nothing when you get used to it." Another new attrac tion at the Falls is the excursion from the site of the suspension bridge, to within a few rods of the Horse shoe Falls in the little steamer Maid of the Mist. In no other mode can the visitor obtain so grand a view of the great Cataract. Every one makes the trip, and all express the same sentiment, that the Falls are not seen in all their sublimity and grandeur, except from the dock of the Maid of the Mist. The run is made with perfect safety.--Albany Journal. real. 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V. per ceat. 61. 10s. 11. Gs. 10U pr cnt. Dividend per Aiinum. 41. per cent. 6/. pr cent. 255. per sh. 51. pr cant. 4/. per cent. 4 per cent. 43.1. pr cent. 21. per cent.l - .11.T125L-' Dividend per Annum. 21. 10s. 21. 108. 51. per cnt. 61.02. pr X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 00 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 '0 IZICS Amount of Skare. X 8. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 :00 0 0 Price, 50 0 0 X s. d. 25 0 0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 1.) SUGAR.—To-day a further improvement was visible in the position of the raw Sugar market, and there is evidently a desire on the part of several of the trade to get well into stock ; merchants on the other hand have conSdence. West India Muscovado was in ex cellent request both for the scale and pan, whilst the rates paid show an advance on those previously current of 6d per cwt. A pubic sale of 144 hhds and 6 trcs of 13arbadocs Sugar went at prices 6d per cwt above those of Friday. Fine yellow realized 42s Gd to 43s 6d, good 41s to 425, middling 38s 6d to 40s, and low 37s Gd per cwt. The total sales reach 1,017 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—To-dry refined goods were dealt in with increased freedom for home trade purposes, and prices advanced to 54s fur standard and 53s for brown grocery lumps. There is a large export demand fur bonded crushed Sugar at 26s Gd to 27s 6d per cwt. Mauarrius.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was dealt in with greater freedom privately, and 2,033 bags at auction were all sold, and in some cases 6cl per cwt above former rates, fine y( How went at 39s 6cl to 40s, good 38s 6d to 395, middling 37s 6d to 38s, low 36s 6d to 375, good and fine brown 35s to 365, low 31s 6d, washed 34s 6d to 395, and syrupy 29s to 36s 6d. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in excellent demand, and 3,512 bags at auction were sold at 6d per cwt advance, good white Benares went ut 44s to 42s 6d, mid 40s 6d to 41s 6d, fine soft yellow 39s to 39s 6d, mid 36s 6d, damaged 36s to 41s 6d, mid Khaur 295. Of Madras 605 bags were disposed of at Gd to Is advance; 94 casks of Ceylon sold at stiffer rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of foreign Sugar, but some parcels were sold privately, both for home use and exportation; the rates obtained show a small advance on those of Friday. The market closes with much firmness. COFFEE.—This afternoon, at a public sale of 49 casks, 94 barrels, and 207 bags of Jamaica, prices declined 2s per cwt ; low middling went at 48s, fine fine ord 40s to 455, fine ord 32s to 38s, good ord 28s to 31s, low ord 24s to 275, triage 18s to 265. Plantation met with less atten tion, and 96 casks 1,045 bags at auction were only in part sold at rather lower rates; good mid went at 565, mid 48s to 525, low mid 44s to 475, fine fine ord 39s to 435, fine ord 32s to 38s, good ord 29s to 30s 6d, triage 55s to 62s 6d, and damaged 24s to 41s 6d per cwt. For Native the market is dull at 29s to 30s for good and fine ord. TEA.—Previous rates are well supported for Congou, and there is a desire on the part of the trade generally to increase their stocks; there is also a less quantity on offer. Sales to a large extent were made upon the following terms; ordinary unclean coarse 7d to 71d, and new kinds 8d to Sid, mixed leaf 9d to I Id, blackish leaf rather strong to strong is to is 2d, strong and Pekoe flavour is Is 3d to is 6d, superior is 8d to 2s 2d. Of Souchong a fair quantity has been sold at 9d to is 2d for ord and mid, and at is 3d to 2s 5d for good and fine. Pouchong is wanted, and the parcels sold realized from 4d to Bd, the supply continues to diminish. We cannot quote green higher, holders are firm, and there is a good demand, especially for the better sorts. Scented and Pekoe Teas fetched fall rates with a fair sale. None has been offered at auction since this day week. RICE.—To-day East India Rice met with little atten tion, and privately few parcels were sold ; at auction 2,131 bags of Bengal were taken in at the full value ; fine cargo at 10s, fine white 12s 6d, good middling lls 6d, but damaged sold at 7s to 9s : 3,120 bags of Arracan were bought in at 9s 6d for good plump yellow. SPIRITS.—To-day there was a good business con cluded in Rum, and stiffer rates were obtained. Proof Leewards selling at is 8d to is Bid; East India is 50 to Is 61d; Jamaica, 28 to 33 per cent. over proof, 3s 5d to 35 8d; better quality, 34 to 37 over, 3s 9d to 4s 4d; and high flavoured, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per cwt. CINNAMON.—The sales wont off very heavily, particu larly for first sort, for which there were few orders, an d the small portion sold was at a reduction of id to 3d p er lb. from the prices of last sale ; second sort and g( sod thirds were in good request, and sold briskly from last sale's prices to 2d to 3d advance, whilst all the inferior descriptions were almost unsaleable. The next sales are to take place on the 30th October. COCHINEAL.-This afternoon at public sale 40 bags of Honduras Cochineal were sold at 4s to ss 4d, and one lot of fine 5s 10d, which are lower rates. For auction 200 bags, chiefly Mexican, are declared. SPICES.—To-day Pimento was less sought after, and 279 bags at auction were only partly sold at full rates— good mid went at 4d, mid 38d, and damaged aid per lb. OILS.—The receipts of Fish Oils have been upon an enlarged scale, whilst on the part of holders there is still a desire manifested to realise, as the deliveries are not of a satisfactory nature. Seal met with little attentir j e. Cod has been dealt in with caution at 23115 s to 24/upon which terms holders are desirous to sell. Southern is wanted, and the parcels sold by private treaty were at stiffer rates. At auction 70 tuns were sold. There are sellers of Sperm at a further reduction, yet few sales have been made by private treaty, whilst 25 tuns at auction were only in part sold at 701 to 721 for good quality. There is yet a plentiful supply, and not more than 731 can be obtained for the finest. A material increase is apparent in the demand for Linseed Oil, accompanied by a rise in the value. Home buyers have been large ope-. rators on the spot, whilst several export orders were cou eluded. For forward delivery several contracts halve been concluded from 22s 6d to 235. On the part of crushers there is firmness, and the consumption keeps large. Rapeseed Oil has been in better request, and higher rates are raid. For Palm the market is firm, and there is a good demand. In Olive large sales have been made, whilst holders have confidence; the stock does not increase, whereas deliveries are getting larger. Cocoa Nut is not offered at any further reduction, but the demand does not improve, and 295 packages at auction were taken in at 43s for fine Cochin, and at 403 to 42s for middling and good Ceylon. A fair sale exists for Lard Oil, but in Ground Nut little has been done and sellers are willing to accept 37s per cwt. TALLow.—There has been a material increase in the demand for Russian on the spot since our last, and prices have risen to 44s 9d to 45s for new, and 44s per cwt for old, at which a good business has been concluded. On. the part of holders there is firmness, and some will not sell at present rates. For delivery in the last three i mo n o n t a l s t hoef the advanced year e contracts 4 have 4e . b H e enteredeonme made finds a ready pl enti s f a ul l e supply. at44s to I4n4s other 6d sorts cash,the but sales made there are s supply is also less plentiful: at auction 114 i _ _ _ casks 2 G of old P.Y. upon an enlarged scale at advanced rates; the P.Y. Candle were sold. Rough Fat s quote at s d per stone. For public sale 300 casks are declared. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's ms- . jority was resumed yesterday, but the petitioners did nc A succeed in striking any additional votes off. LAW INTELLIGEN CE. ROUSE OF LORDS, August 1. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The P eers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Broughams and Lord Campbell. FOLEY V. HILL. The arguments on this appeal were resumed and c m . eluded to-day, and Their LORDSILIPS gave judgment, affirming the decision of the Court below. SALMON FISHING IN SUTHERLANDSHIRE.-- ei W understand his Grace the Duke of Sutherland has given teeming banks o t with salmon, Shin writes that a jubilee this y ear to all his rivers in Sutherlandshire; an d as this applies to net as well as rod fishing, th e rivers are absolutely rint grilse, and trout. A that river presents the appearance of a boili ng pot of fe(fromte theem water, from the constant leaping of the fish; and, as the watching is strictly preserved, he anticipates the same increased produce next year from the rivers, which a year's rest secures from the land. It is only, however, a few counties, like Sutherlandshire, where the fishings are in the hands of one or two proprietors, that such an experiment can be effectually tried; as in the case of the Tay, where the upper and lower portions of the river belong to different proprietors, the interests of the parties are too conflicting to admit of a common mea sure of the above nature. We may mention that the gentleman above referred to is yearly receiving addi tional confirmation of his theezy, that the par is the young of the salmon at a particular stage. A great variety of that genus were taken from the Shin in Deoember last, and transferred to ponds formed at the sides of the river, some of which showed the silvery scale ef the smolt in May, and others subsequently, ac cording to their age. There seems now, indeed, no ground upon which this fact can reasonably be (disputed. Glasgow Courier. FRENCH OXEN.—The steamer Columbine, from Havre, has brought, as a portion of a large cargo of general merchandise, eight oxen of French production. We believe that this is the only arrival of horned beasts from France, the produce of that country . during the pre sent year, and the arrival is therefore of interest. the same vessel brought 300 packages of biscuits, a some what remarkable importation from France. NEW CHURCH AT SYDENHAM. — Yesterday the foundation-stone of a new church at Penge, near Syden ham, in connexion with the Watcrmen's Almshouses, to be called St. John the Evangelist, was laid with the cus tomary ceremonies by Leo Schutz, Esq. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has contributed bountifully towards the expense of the erection. 2% 34 31% 126% 8% ' X I66 9% 2.2 a% - 14 24% 1 - 614 t 64 30% 1741 11%, 9 1 ,4 671/4 30% - 31 1 . 04 ,eod• lan , Sid., !era- ►ins, eV* ►rnp )afr we. ken !liar DOC Paid. Paid. Paid. Price, Price 11314 205 151 i 41 Os, are l7o 197 Price. 11R% 21 103 174 80 74 55