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FOR NORTHERN TOURISTS. Just Ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., A YACHT EXCURSION TO DEN3IARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDZY. By W. A. Ross, Ewa. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. BENTLEY Will publish To-Morrow. In 3 vols. post Svo., A XI Y M 0 A Romance of the Days of Pericles. By the Author of " Azetb, the Egyptian." Richard Bentley, ifew Burlington-street, N E. H ER, MAJESTT'S THEATRE. .. Mdile. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, patrons to the Opera, and thewill Public are plaoe respecon SA tittlly informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT take TURDAY, Aug. 12, when 3idlle. JENNY LIND will appeal; in a favourite Opera. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, c°mbininff the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Mdlle. M. Tagiloni, Mdile. Cerito, &c. &c. App li ca tions for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to le made at the liox-office of the Theatre. -- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mae. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfiilly informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, on which occasion 3ldlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Bellint's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Md lle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera ; Cent Modolpho, Sig. F. Lablache ; Elvin°, Sig. Gordon!. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LE.JUGE3IENT DE PARIS. The Ern List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-odice ef the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed VIE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. To conclude with the Burlesque, entitled TAMING A TARTAR. Count Cracovieninski, Mr. Worrell ; Kickerwhiski, Mr. Paul Bed ford ; Mazonrki, Mr. Wright ; Ivan, Mr. Manyard ; Monsieur Cou pee, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Strelenski, Mr. Culleniord ; Countess Crate vieninski, Miss Woolgar ; 31 a zourka. Madame Celeste . ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN continues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES TANTASTIQIIES, which, on account of his provincial engagements, must unavoidably terminate on Monday next; the remaining per f orm ances will be arranged in the fellowing order TO-MORROW' EVENING Commencing at Half-past Eight; ang Two Day Performances, on Wednesday and Friday Mornings, conswencing at Balt-past Two. A Grand Farewell Mo rn ing Performance, on Monday, August 14. Boxes and Stalls may bs secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. - ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mrs. FITZWILLIAM and Mr. BUCKSTONE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, in which Mrs. Fitzwililam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. Alter which, a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. Do conclude with THE IDIOT OF THE MILL. Manager and Trasrer, Mr. 11. S. Fatrbrether. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHBattEATRE. P r oprietor, Mr. W. y. Fitsball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR- Walter ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS. TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODITA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; •r, Clearing the Toll. The Prize New Boat rowed for at the Greenwich Annual Regatta YESTERDAY, will be presented to the winner on the stage of the Amphitheatre, Box THIS EVENING, August S. -office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. dULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BIND. GRAND MONSTER CONCERT. Now Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Continuation of the Engagement of Miss HUDDART. Engagement of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Sonthby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRI. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and instrumental, Conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per formers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett. Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Ciotti, Collinet, Koenig, Lazaru., Richardson, Sonnenberg, Lc. —Two Solos each Evening. —Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower and Miss Huddart during the Evening.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten a.m., Feeding Time Five—Jullion's Concert at Six—Fireworks at Nine. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. fLejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, AUGUST 8. THERM.METED, Lowest, 49; Highest. 68 ; Nom, 61. 13.s.uoltrrEn, 129.9 .S.—WIND S.S.W.; rain. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DIY. Morning .. min. after (Evening •. 14 min. after . 8 o.l4_lolXiTql . _.,llll'• LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1848. LATEST FROM IRELAND. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] DUBLIN, MONDAY ETBNING. There is an insurrectionary movement near Abbey feale, supposed to be headed by O'Gorman. Lord Hardinge is gone down to Kilkenny. General Macdonald has removed his camp from Thurles to Limerick. Dr. West, Dr. M'Carron, Meany, and Brennan, are fully committed for high treason. Numerous arrests in Waterford and other, places. —Chronicle. The following is from our correspondent in Dublin : " DUBLIN, MONDAY EYENINO. " The mid-day mail from the south reports the continuance of tranquillity ; no further arrests had been made. A letter, dated from Thurles, Sunday three r.m., states that at one o'clock P.M. this day' the light division under General Macdonald received orders to proceed by railway to Limerick en route to the county of Clare, where a rising is expected. The tents were 'struck, baggage loaded, and the men off the ground in one hour.' Another eccount states the final destination of the column is supposed to be Abbeyfeale, where O'Gorman is reported to be at the head of an insurgent force. "Lore Hardinge left town with his staff this morning for Kilkenny. The Noble Viscount takes command of the southern division. General Mac donald continues in the command of the moveable column. "Colonel Clark, late of the Scot Grays, and Colonel Pennefather, have been appointed to tha staff of Ireland. "Among the arrests in Dublin are two American sympathisers."— Times. The Irish intelligence, that used to be so anxiously looked for, has lost its chief interest since the capture of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN. True it is that Mr. IVIEA.. GIIER, Mr. DILLON, and Mr. DouENr, are still at large, and that the police on more than one occasion hare been in rather an unpleasaut proximity to the latter ; but they are mere vulgar traitors compared with the descendant of BRIAN BORHOIME, the would be King of Munster. There was a certain degree of chivalrous generosity about Mr. O'BRIEN, which, combined with his ancient descent, position in society, pecuniary independence, and unques tionable enthusiasm, well qualified him to be come the leader of a revolution. He was, how ever, deficient in some of the characteristics most es sential for such a position, and chiefly he wanted that stern and inflexible resolution, without which it would be impossible to control and cement together the conflicting elements, which are flung to the sur face in periods of popular excitement. There was too much vacillation and want of decision in his conduct. lie was also too tender hearted. lie would much himself than' endure the most aggr ava t e d suffer i ngs than: see the unfortunate dupes wh om h e had misled victimisedtin consequence o f h av i ng placed too implicit a dependence u p on his promises. This amiable wea k ne ss (for weakness it may be oalledo r n ep tahree to of an insurgen t leader, who should b e prepared sacrifice numbers of innocent persons to the benefit of the cause,) affords the only probable solution of the otherwise inexplioable circumstanoes attendant upon his arrest. He could not possibly have hoped to escape recognition and capture, when he determined to proceed to Thurles, a town through which he had repeatedly passed, in which he was well known, and which ; was swarming with mili tary and police, all anxious to obtain the large reward offered for his apprehension ; and if by a vt acle he had succeeded in evading detection pre - 06 sto the starting of the train, how \ could he hait*lgassed from the station at Limerick, , where he was iiisiversally known, without the fact 1 4-4 being immediately made known to the constabulary,' , and his instant capture being the inevitable result? In fact, he virtually surrendered himself; but, in place of doing so withia good grace, and thereby re cording his submission and acknowledgment that the rebellion had been completely crushed, he suffered himself to be taken by the first person who chanced to take advantage of his weakness. There was, in all this, a total absence of every selfish feeling—a self-devotion that in a worthier cause would have been deserving of the highest [commendation. He might have remained concealed for many months in the mountain fastnesses into which he had retreated. The peasantry would never have betrayed or surrendered him who flung himself upon their generosity, and they would have braved all the consequences that might be incurred for affording shelter and protection to the proscribed traitor. But he himself shrunk from imposing so painful an alternative upon the people. The procla mations which had been posted through out the oountry announced that, the] punishment for harbouring a party charged with high treason was death. He saw that, although the hospitality be demanded was never refused, yet tilt it was given with fear ani trembling, that he was an object of terror, and he resolved to endure any penalty himself rather than bring down exemplary punishment on his humble hosts, more particularly when he despaired of ultimate success. This led to his descent from the mountains, and he would most probably have at once surrendered himself, but that he feared it might be regarded as an attempt to obtain a mitigation of the penalties to which he was liable—a desertion of those involved in the same desperate enterprise with him self. Hence the act itself, and the manner of it—his determination no longer to remain concealed, and his suffering himself to be captured rather than to sur render himself a prisoner. It is said that it has been intimated that Mr. O'Bitiett's trial will not take place during the present Commission sitting in Dublin, that the only political prisoners who will be tried on the present occasion are those who were in custody under the Treason Felony Act previous to the late outbreak. It may, perhaps, be intended to try all the parties more deeply implicated together, so soon as the fugitives are made amenable to justice; perhaps the prisoners concerned in the insurrection may be kept as hostages for the tranquillity of the country. Whatever may be the object for postponing the trials, we trust most sincerely that mercy may be extended to all the misguided men implicated as participators in the insurrection. A general feeling appears to exist that the law may be sufficiently vindicated without the sacrifice of human life ; that the fairest prerogative of the Crown may in this instance be exercised, without any injury to the public in general. There are many mitigating circumstances which may reasonably be allowed their due weight. Not a single one of the police, military, or of any engaged in the cause of order, lost his life during the entire transaction. Even the captured policeman, who, on the day of the contest at Boulagh, was taken prisoner, and brought before Mr. SMITH O'Batax, was set at liberty, without the slightest injury being inflicted upon him. Life and property were in every instance respected. Now, although these facts cannot possibly justify what has taken place, they may, un doubtedly, be regarded as extenuating circumstances, more especially when it is infavorem vitce that they are put forward, ' not as the ground of an acquittal, but merely for the favourable consideration of the Home Secretary, and the extension of clemency by the Crown to the unresisting prisoners. It is not, however, on these grounds that we would mainly rest the case. It is on the moral effect which the punishment, whatever it may be, will have on the country. The cruelties that took place in 1798 on the part of the authorities greatly contributed to the atrocities perpetrated on the rebel side. The hanging and the flogging of parties concerned in, or suspected of, treasonable practices led to the burning and the piking of loyalists. Public executions led to private assas sination, which the ignorant and excited multitude were taught to regard as justifiable reprisals on their enemies. We trust that there may be no repetition of these barbarities on either side—that the rebellion of 1848 may not have the same sanguinary recollec tions attached to it that degraded every class of Irish men in 1798. Further efforts, we observe, are making, among the pretenders to morality, to enforce the injunctions of Holy Writ by Acts of Parliament, or, as it has been happily said by one of the town -councillors of Man chester, to render religion an inconvenience by placing a municipal padlock on the conscience. According to the police authorities of Rotherhithe, a little urchin who vends a handful of figs for the purpose of buying a crust for his Sunday's dinner is violating the prin ciples of Christianity. According to a wretched minority in the House of Commons, it is sinful to sell a mackerel five minutes after eleven o'clock en Sunday morning, and equally sinful to draw a pint of malt liquor before the chimes of one o'clock on the same afternoon have sounded. Glasgow, or at least a very moral proportion of the corporation of that city —the very PECESNIFFS of Lanarkshire—wished a few months back to signalise their orthodoxy by putting a stop to all railway travelling on every seventh day between their own locality and the capital of Scotland. 1 kindred group of religionists threaten to ride roughshod over the unfortunate citi zens of Manchester by endeavouring to close the post-office for the space of twenty-four hours in the course of every successive week, in that great mart, from which the civilizing influences of commerce are in a state of perpetual irradiation. Indeed, the spu rious morality of these worthies extends beyond the boundaries of Lancashire—they have an ambition to cast a huge wet blanket of sobriety over the whole of the United kingdom. During the course of last week a ma j or i ty of - eighteen against twelve of the town-councillors of Manchester decided that a memorial be presented to the Post master-General, praying that the post-office in that city may be henceforth closed on Sundays. But that there is an inherent impotence in this spirit of pig headed fanaticism, we should certainly be roused into a paroxysm of indignation. Fortunately, however, the bigotry which proceeds to acts of such exag gerated and Quixotic piety renders itself for ever harmless by becoming inexpressibly ridiculous. Nevertheless, as there are many who are doubtless ignorant of the numerous and irrefutable arguments by which this movement against what is erroneously called the desecration of the Sabbath, is proved to be preposterous—we may briefly recapitulate a few of the most conspicuous. Among other things therefore it must be remembered—That the Post-office is the me dium through which society is illumined by the esta blishment of a connecting link between town and town, between county and county, between nation and nation, and that consequently the stoppage of that medium of communication would throw a tem porary darkness and estrangement among th e var i ous divisions of the human family, not every hundred years, not every decade, not every lustrum, not every year, or every fortnight, but for the space of twelve or twenty-four hours in the course of every seven days—fifty-two times in the passage of the twelve calendar months ! Besides which, it must not In forgotten—That supposing the post delivery were stopped on Sundays, people would get their newspapers in defiance of the Government. That twenty news-boys would, by that means, be forced to labour on Sundays in the place of half a dozen adult letter-carriers. That other classes, such as druggists' apprentices, are compelled to attend to business during church service, and no statistical calculations have yet demonstrated that druggists' apprentices are peculiar for their licentiousness. That great misery, inconvenience, anxiety, and possibly sometimes even ruin and life-long wretchedness, might result from this interruption of correspondence. That the present system of delivery promotes the general emotions produced by social intercourse and visible good fellowship—emotions eminently ap propriate to the day dedicated by Christianity to the service of OMNIPOTENCE. That little annoyance, comparatively s p ea ki ng , m i g ht accompany th e im pediment in its relation to the wealthier portions of the population, but that, at the same time, one of the sweetest boons, and certainly one of the most inno cent pleasures of th e poorer c l asses—that of cor responding brightness, each theothe other, lightand o f f friend preserving, p an d in l all ve its original in the midst of the darkness of their daily labour and continual impoverishment —would be effectually, and, ,c. some instances, permanently, interrupted. For 1 Sunday is the only day on which a vast majority of 1 the labouring classes can find leisure for letter-writing, and even for the minor occupation of letter-reading. We must confess, however, without any mental re servation whatever, that we have not patience to con tinue the catalogue of arguments against this ridicu lous and extravagant sham of religion. On former occasions we have insisted that it is impossible to make men moral by Act of Parliament. We reiterate that assertion ; and we maintain, that—once com menced—there would be no end to this legalised and really demoralising morality. If the Legislature were to prevent the running of railway trains, the delivery of letters and newspapers, the selling of mackerel, and the retailing of malt liquor on all Sun days, as a desecration of the Sabbath punishable by the law, we should ultimately have penalties inflicted on the shoe-black and the coachman, on the scullery wench and the butler, on the kitchen-maid who shelled the peas for the dinner table, and the under cook who toasted the muffins for tea. The men who agitate such outrageous questions as these —blowing their little penny trumpets of virtue at the street corners, after the fashion of the Pharisees—are foremost among those who make religion contemp tible, and render the otherwise seductive and majestic doctrines of Christianity ridiculous and repulsive. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d instant have arrived. The Gacete publishes an official notification of the appointment of Senor MoN as Ambassador Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Vienna. The contract between the Bank and the Govern ment has been rescinded. The necessities of the Government require advances which the Bank is now unable to make ; it on the contrary requires support itself from the Government. The latter paid the Bank a commission of 14 per cent., which gave the Bank a profit of 10 millions (180,0001.) a year, but the inducement to do this was the facility of obtain. ing advances, and as this has ceased, the Government will henceforth collect the re►enue through their own agents, and by the machinery which existed before the contracts with the Bank commenced. There appear to have been recently some Carlist movements on the banks of the Ebro, as the Gaeta publishes a dispatch from the Captain-General of Valencia, announcing the defeat of a Carlist band, with the loss of one killed and several wounded. It is said that CABRERA has crossed the Ebro, and that he will commence operations in the provinces of Va lencia and Arragon. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 9.—The Three per Cents. have rallied to-day, and aro 19f buyers, sellers. Fire per Cents. were done at 10i cash, and remain at that price. Passive Debt, 37 buyers, 4 sellers; and the Foreign ditto, 31 sellers. Coupons not quoted. Bank Shares are 50 sellers, and the discount on Bank notes has risen to 8 and 81 per cent. . .„... I ~ . • . 4, '.. , 1 ),:.-* .11404 ,- -_, .- -, , 4• 11 , .. 4 , i 4„;., r ~•irsi.t...., ~. ~ ~ , , ,, . ,41,- ,f447,:visik r.i,4", di 1;,..„, ;15_..,,,, :0.,..i, I. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING ? AUGUST B, 1848. Shares not quoted; Belgian Tiro-and-a•Half per Cents. have fallen per cent. ; Spanish Funds not quoted ; Roman are as on Saturday ; Rothschild's Receipts have risen per cent. Exchange on London (thirty days 25 40 ; ditto (ninety days), 25 30. Railway Shares for the Account, Settling of Aug. 15.—Northerns are the same as on Saturday; Lyons have fallen lf. 25c. The others are not quoted. For Money, Havres have fallen 7f. 50c.; Orleans, 5f.; Vierzons, Northerns, Stras burgs, and Lyons, 3f.750. each. Rouens, Bales, and Nantes, 9f. 25c. each. Marseilles have risen 3f. 75c. The rest are without any change. Vieille Montagnes are at 2,225. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Atm. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 i —Northern of France, 5 5 ,4 — Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRA NKFORT. THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT-ABOLITION OF DEATH PUNISHMENTS. The Archduke JouN, the Administrator of the Em pire, accompanied by the Duchess and his younger sons, returned to Frankfort on the 4th inst., and was received with great enthusiasm. In the sitting of the German Parliament on that day the debate on the 7th section of the scheme of fundamental rights was resumed, and the abolition of capital punishment was decreed. Mittermaier urged the abolition of capital punishment for political offences. The retention of it lamed the arm of justice and embarrassed individual Governments. It frequently compelled them to show clemency and to raise doubts of guilt, where hesitation would have been un necessary had the penalty of the offence been lighter. He disavowed all sentimentality, but in the present jun tura more especially; and in consideration of the rapid advances which the social and political world was making, he warmly advocated the abolition of a punishment which the people so generally regarded with abhor rence. If the Imperial Assembly rescinded the standing law, it would be only doing that which the enactments of the newest German local code, that of Luxembourg, had done but a fortnight before. He concluded amid loud cheering. Werner urged the abolition of punishment by death, not because he regarded it as an inhuman enactment, but because the times and the voice of the people required its abolition. Schaffrath vehemently proteste d aga i ns t t h e re t en ti on of capital punishment. All that could at best be said for it was, that it appalled and deterred from crime. But they had to pr ocee d upon the t h eory o f j ust i ce, an d of what Justice to the individual required. He regarded the retention of this punishment as a direct encroach ment upon the rights of the individual. He regarded it as a monstrosity. The interests of the individual were not to be merged in the interests of the State. On the contrary, the State was to be the guarantee for the liberty and inviolability of the individual. He implored them, on this 4th of August, to make a worthy decree, to show their estimation of life, that good which man held dearest.—(Cries of " Divide.") Scheller moved for oral division of the subject of capi tal punishment: -1. That capital punishment be abo lished altogether. 2. That it be, at least, abolished for political offences. His motion was vigorously supported by the Left, as also by a few on the Right and Centre b nches. After a few unimportant speeches, the House pro ceeded to a division. Sect. 7. The liberty of the person is inviolable.— Carried unanimously. No one may be deprived of his lawful judge. Excep tional courts of judicature shall not be held.—Carried. The apprehension of a person, except when caught in the act of c omm i tt i ng t h e o ff ence , shall only occur on the strength o f a j u di c i a l or d er , ac companied by proper grounds of arrest.—C arr i e d by a large majority. This order must, e i t h er at the moment of apprehen sion, or, at l a t es t, w i t hi n twen ty-four hours, be put into the hands of the person arrested.—Carried. The police must either release the arrested person, in the course of the following' day, or deliver him to the judicial authorities.—Carried by a large majority. Every accused person, on putting in caution (cautio de judici• si s ti), or b a il or su rety ( fi de jussio), to be stipulated by the court, shall be realised from arrest, provided no information of a heinous criminal offence be pending against him.—Carried. For every unjust arrest, or unjustly prolonged arrest, the guilty authority, or even the State itself, is liable to pay compensation.—Carried, ayes 248, noes 163. Capital punishment is abolished, with the reservation of a future deliberation upon Kaiser's amendment, pro posing its maintenance as far as martial law is con cerned.—(Loud cries for " oral division.") Ayes, 288 ; noes, 146. The punishments of branding and of bodily chastise ment are abolished.—Carried. THE NEW GERMAN MINISTRY. The following list of the German Ministry has been handed about as the one which will probably be officially announced 1. President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs—The Prince of Leiningen (a Bavarian). Under- Secretaries of State (for this department)—Menissen, a Cologne merchant, and Max von Gagern, brother of the President. 2. Minister for Home Affairs (Interior)—Herr von Schmerling, of Vienna. Under Secretaries of State (for this department)—Bassermann, of Baden, Herr von Wurth, of Vienna. 3. Minister of Justice—Heckscher, of Hamburgh. Under-Secretary of State (for this department) Brieglieb, of Coburg.: 4. Minister of Finance—Herr von Beckerath, of Cre teld, banker. Under-Secretary of State, (&c.)—Herr Mathy, of Baden. 5. Minister of Commerce—Duckwitx, of Bremen. Under-Secretaries dKerlp c t r z e , taorfißese o ri f in State,. (&c.)-1 (Blank). 2 Herr vo 6. Minister of War — Ge n eral von Peucher (a Prussian). e Under-Secretary of State, (&o)—Brandt (a Prussian). Those among the above -mentioned who are not Members of the Imperial Assembly, are—The Prince Of LEININGEN, HERR DUCLWITZ, General VON Pau- CHER, HERR BRANDT, HERR KAMPTE. The above-mentioned individuals were in confer ence with the Administrator at 3 o'clock, P.M. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Afeniteur contains the following decree : " The President of the Council charged with the Exe cutive power determines : " Art. 1. From this day is raised the suspension pro nounced by the decree of the 26th of Juno, 1848, a2ainst the journals/z Revolution, La Vraie Republique, L'Or ganization du Travail, La Prase, L'Assemblee Na tionale, Le Napoleon Republieain, Le Journal de k Ca naille, Le Pere Duchesne, Le Pilori, La Libertt, La Lam pion. _ _ " Art. 2. The seals placed in execution of the decree of the 27th June, 1841, on the presses serving to print the above-named journals, shall be raised by the func tionaries who have proceeded to the placing of them. The prohibition of printing the said journals, and every engagement taken by the printers relative to that pro hibition, are considered for the future as non avenus. " Art. 3. The of the Police is charged with the eiecution of this decree. " Paris, August 6, 1848." " CAVAIGNAC." In accordancc with this decree, the Presse, the Assetnblee Nationale, and the Liberti, appeared yes terday morning. The Press. contains an article, signed " Emile de Girardin," :which, somewhat grandiloquently an nounces that " suppressed without cause, " the Presse re-appears without conditions." Having gone at great length into the question of his ow•n personal grievances, M. EMILIi DB GIRABDIN thus con• eludes : "Behind, then, be the past; let us only behold the present; let us interrogate the future. The gravity of the circumstances has not beea diminished; the diffi culties have outlived the peril ; they subsist quite as they were. War is no longer in the streets; but does peace exist in men's minds? Men's hands are disarmed, but their passions are in the utmost irritation. Distrust is extending; resentments are becoming deeper; the existing wounds become more envenomed; more than ever we aro at the mercy of a fault, of an error, of a sur prise, of a complication, of an incident. The existing Government has for it the force which watches, but it has against it the misery which overflows. The Go vernment of 1830 also had its days of April, of May, and of June, from which it issued three times victorious; and yet all that did not prevent its succumbing, on February 24th, to a fourth attempt. Three times already the Republic has miraculously escaped the attempts of April, May, and June—will it be as fortunate the fourth time? It is to be hoped so; but too much dependence must not be placed on it, in order not to slumber on in a dangerous optimism, in order not to entrench one's self behind a fatal egotism. The only means of escaping the terrible consequences of a 24th of February of the new regime, which 24th of February would be the victory of the drapeau rouge, is to act as if that victory was imminent and inevitable; it is to spare nothing to conjure it away, so as, whatever may happen to have no subject of reproach. We shall give the ex ample. To amnesty the executive power, the first act of which was to strike us so heavily in our liberty and our fortune—to aid it with all our efforts to triumph over the grave difficulties against which it struggles painfully— shall be the only vengeaace which we will take for the evil which has been done to us, for the greater evil of which, perhaps, the idea and the hope were conceived, for the immense damage which has been caused us, and which we should not now have recalled to mind if it had not been extended round us to more than 300 families, not having any other means of living but their labour." There were various unpleasant rumours circulat ing in Paris yesterday with respect to Italian affairs. According to one of these rumours, CnAuLus ALBERT had retreated to the walls of Milan, hotly pursued by the army of RADRTZKI ; according to another account, the Sardinian troops had altogether evacuated Lombardy, and had fallen back on Pied mont. Neither of these rumours have been con- Lirmed and it would appear, from a warning given by the Natianal, that they have been invented for the purpose of bringing down the funds. In reference to some of these rumours, the Mimiteur says— " The public, and especially the Bourse, has been moved by a movement effected by the division of the camp of St. Maur. People forget that this division is a part of the Army of the Alps ; by this title it is consti tuted on the footing of war, provided with materials and an administration for a campaign, which is quite useless in the interior. It was called to Paris at the first mo ment, but solely as a provisional measure. Now that measures are taken to bring troops in from other points, this division returns to its cantonments ;;but each regi ment which goes is replaced by a regiment which arrives. The garrison of Paris will, therefore, lot be diminished." The Democratic Pacifique says : " It was rumoured on Saturday at the National As sembly, that the Government had sent to General Oudinot, Commsnder•in-Chief of the Army of tke Alps, full powers to act as he might consider he was called on to do by circumstances—in other words, to enter Italy if he thought it necessary." - The affairs of Italy continue to occupy the atten tion of the diplomatic body in Paris. Long and frequent conferences are held every day on this sub ject between General CAYAIGNAC, M. BASTIDB, the Foreign Minister, the Marquis of NORMANST, the Marquis of BRIGNOLE SOLE, the Sardinian Ambas sador, M. Race' (the Minister dispatched from Turin to demand the intervention of France), and the re presentatives of various of the Italian States. The National publishes an official contradiction of the rumour which was circulated on the Bourse, that the Government intends to contract a loan of five hundred millions. It was rumoured in Paris last evening that the Government had received a telegraphic dispatch an nouncing that RADBTZLT had entered Milan on the 4th, in consequence of a popular movement in his favour. BOURSE.—Penis, MONDAY, Aua. 7. THREE O'CLOCIL—The fall of last week has made fur ther progress to-day. The fears of an intervention have a very depressing effect, and apprehensions are also entertained of some difficulties in consequence of th e re port of the Committee of Inquiry of the Assembly on the question of the insurrection. The certificates of the Loan of November, 1847, have fallen enormously to day. Some days ago they were as high as 6,200; to day they opened at 2,700, and fell gradually to 1,800, at which they closed. Compared with Saturday, for the Account, the French Three per Cents. have fallen lf. ; Five per Cents. also lf. For Money, the Three per Cents. have fallen If.; Five per Cents. have fallen 50 centimes; Bons du Treaor are at 25 discount ; Bank of France Shares have gone down . 20f.; Belgian Bank PRUSSIA. The tumultuous assemblages on the Linden are continued every night. They have hitherto, however, been dispersed without a serious collision. In the sitting of the Prussian National Assembly of the 4th August, the abolition of the punishment of death, except for offences committed under the exist ence of martial law or of a state of siege, was decreed by a majority of 294 to 37. Accounts have been received at Berlin from Schweidnitz, a garrison town in Silesia, south-west of Breslau, of a serious conflict between the military and people, during which the former fired upon the latter, and killed or wounded some twelve or fifteen. The particulars are not yet known. Several cases of cholera have occurred at Berlin. The Berlinese 11achriehten contains the following announcement : "The Minister of War has made known to the royal troops the army order of the 29th of July last, with the notification that the parade of the troops will not take place on the 6th of August." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUGUST 2.—Letters from Trieste, of the 31st of July, state that the taking of Peschiera has been confirmed by letters from Vienna. It is further stated that the Crown Prince of SARDINIA, according to others the second son of King CHARLES ALBERT, the Duke of GENOA, who had been elected King of SICILY, has been taken prisoner by the Austrian troops. CHARLES, after RADETZET'S refusal of the armistice desired by him, retired beyond the Oglio. According to reports circulated to-day, Goito and Brescia have also been taken by our troops.— Ilamitrgh Borsenhalle, August 4. The Minister of War, in consequence of an auto graph letter, dated Inspruck, July 28, has issued the following army order to the imperial troops : " ♦RMY ORDER. " His Majesty the Emperor, immediately after there ceipt of the intelligence of the splendid military achie►e ments at Sornma Campagn and Custozzo, in Italy, was pleased to forward to Field-Marshal Radetzky the fol lowing letters, in his own handwriting : " My dear Count Radetzky,—The splendid victories of SOMMA Campagna and Custozzo have filled me with astonishment and pleasure. I conceive that I cannot give the gallant army in Italy a greater proof of my consideration than to confer on you, their distinguished commander, the grand cross of my military order of Maria Theresa, the insignia of which I now forward to you by my lieutenant-colonel, Count Creaneville. " May this highest insignia of honour which a warrior can wear long adorn your valiant breast, and may your deeds of valour be an example to the Austrian army. " ' Inspruck, July 28, 1848.' " ' FERDINAND.' " It affords me the highest gratification publicly to make known to you this supreme mark of distinction conferred upon our ♦aliant brethren in army, as well as their veteran leader, Count Latour, Master of the Ord nance." - - - ------ The Tienna Gazette of the Ist has the following : " A day or two since questions were put to the Mi nistry as to what steps had been taken to hasten the return of the Emperor to the capital. The reply wa s , that penetrated with the importance en address, praying his Majesty to return , to which the followi ng answer h a d been given : " ' I have c h arge d my uncle, the Archduke John, t o replace me at t h e open i n g o f the Diet of the empi re . .From this ti me th e Diet is fully authorised to occupy itself with its organisation. The responsible Ministers who aro in the capital are invested with all the powers connected with their functions. Until these laws are arranged my presence is not necessary; but it is, above all things, necessary that the Legislative Assembly be n no way impeded in its freedom of action. I ( onsider Z owe to my well beloved subjects this proof of solicitude. If my hopes are realised, I shall immediately send to Vienna my beloved brother, the Archduke Francis Charles, in quality of my lieutenant, to replace the Archduke John. I charge my. Ministry to communi cate this letter to the Diet. (Signed) " ' FERDINAND. " The Ministry, in consequence of this reply, sub mitted to the Assembly the following proposition, which was carried : "The High Assembly will please to decide on an ad dress explaining to his Majesty the urgent necessity for his prompt return to the capital of the empire, adding expressly that the free action of the constituted Assembly is guaranteed under every circumstance." This address was to be immediately sent to his MA JESTY by a deputation of the Assembly. In the sitting of the Ist August a proposition to constitute Cracow a separate Government was nega• tived by a large majority. HANOVER. The magistracy , of Hanover had commanded a solemn service in the churches on the 6th of August. BRUNSWICK. Duke WILLIAM of Brunswick has issued the fol lowing army order : ~ "His Imperial Highness the Archduke Joux of Austria, for the more effectual promotion of unity, and for the general interests of Germany, has been charged provisionally with the administration of the central power. While I cordially give my entire consent to this election, I have placed the armed forces of my dukedom under the subordination of his Imperial Highness the ARCHDUKE REGENT, in the same manner and to the same extent, as the same has hitherto been placed under the German Confederation. I entertain the firm conviction that my troops will continue to favour and maintain, in the cause of Germany, that love for the fatherland, and those military qualifications, for which they have hitherto been so justly celebrated. (Signed) " WILLIAM. " Brunswick, Aug. 1, 1848." —Hamiurgh Correspondent, Aug. 4. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT. LATEST FROM THE ARMY OF CHARLES ALBERT. The Risorgimento of the 3d inst. states that the headquarters of CHARLES ALBERT were still at Lodi. His army occupies the line of the Adda. There has been no fresh collision between the hostile forces. The KING is constantly on horseback, in specting the different corps of his army. The soldiers are recovering their spirits, and are preparing to at tack the enemy. The Lieutenant-General of the Duchy of Piacenza, for his Majesty CHARLES ALBERT, has issued the fol lowing proclamation . " Inhabitants of Piacenza, " Our army, which for several months past has borne with admirable courage and perseverance the fatigues and dangers of the war, came a few days since to battle with the enemy, who poured forth from the fortresses of Verona and Mantua. Victory was faithful to our banners, because they are the banners of our own country and of valour; but the addition of reinforcements to the enemy obliged us to fall back on a more secure line of defence. The main body of the army, however, having rallied under the command of the KING, far from suffering from defeat, is preparing to renew the attack with vigour, and has already recovered some of its former positions from the enemy. The soldiers of Piacenza were the most intrepid of warriors ;:and I warn you to give no credit to the rumours spread by some run-aways, labouriqg under the shame of having deserted the banner of honour. Rather believe those gallant soldiers who shed their blood—their wounds sufficiently tell you that the army is full of courage and hope. " Viva it Re ! Viva l'italia I "Piacenza, July 29, 1848. " SAPPA." " ORDER or THE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL COY. ?LANDING THIS ROTAI, TROOPS AT PIACENZA. " Soldiers !—ln consequence of the fatigues which you have undergone while fighting gallantly, several of you fell sick, and, unable to follow the movements of the army, disbanded, and came to recruit your exhausted strength to Piacenza, where you were received with that brotherly charity which distin guishes these good citizens, to whom we profess the most sincere gratitude. Your strength having been restored, the time has arrived when you must again resume your arms and return without delay to your own corps, and re-unite yourselves to your banners and to your brothers in:arms, who are fighting under the orders of the King and the Princes, his sons, for the holy cause of Italy, to the support of which we must devote all our strength. Do not listen to a few alarmists, foes of Italy, and bribed by your enemy to dishearten you—despise them, and show them that it is not in their power to make you deviate from the path of honour. " Soldiers of all ranks, whom I have gathered here in order to re-unite you and send you back to your regiments, obey the patriotic call, and start at the cry of " Viva it Re !—Viva Thalia ! "PI BRICHERASIO. " Piacenza, 30th July, 1848." " THE GENERAL-IN-CHIEP OP THE NATIONAL GUARD. " Soldiers !—The cause of our independence is in danger. King CHARLES ALBERT does not recede from the danger ; he says to his people—To arms! " Soldiers of the National Guard I—Now is the time for union,' courage, sacrifices. Were the Austrian to threaten our country, let him recollect that we are the same people as in 1746 ! " Fly, when called on, immediately to arms. Do not be slow i❑ lending your arm to your country. In famy will stamp its degrading mark on whosoever refuses, and the rigour of the law will fall as thunder on his head. " Soldiers of the National Guard !—ln difficult circumstances I told you that .1 reckoned upon you —reciprocate with me the same confidence. " The cause of our liberty cannot be lost. Let danger inspire us with fir►nness, and if Italy can free herself, it should never be said that we had been found wanting in our duty. 44 Your General, " G. BELBI PIOVARA. " Genoa, August Ist, 1848:' TUSCANY. When the news of the battle on the Mincio be came known at Florence, on the 30th ult., a demon stration took place which had much the appearance of an insurrection. The next day the following Bills were to be presented to the Chamber :—I. Imme diate mobilization of IG,OOO men of the Civic Guard. 2. Requisition of Horses. 3. A forced Loan. 4. Immediate departure of the Civic Guard and the Line to the frontier. A similar movement took place at Leghorn on the same day. ROME. The Cittadino Italian of Leghorn states, from Rome,26th ult., that Count Rossi having resigned, the Port had sent again for MAML&NI, who had hopes to make him accept the condition of a declaration of war. The return of the legion that capitulated at Vicenza seems to have had some weight with the p orE ; for that body, on its arrival, immediately occupied the Jesuits College, giving clearly to un derstand they would not tolerate the indecision of his Holiness in the war of independence. Accounts from Rome, of the 28th of July, state that at a secret meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, a letter from the Minister of the Interior to the President of the Chamber was read, announcing that the whole Ministry intended taking upon itself the responsibility of its acts in the sense the most strictly constitutional. Upon this the Chamber authorised its President to convoke the Chamber to a public sitting, as, in accepting complete responsi bility, the Ministry indicated that it had changed the conditions of its existence. The Mamiani Ministry was to be reconstituted. On the following day (the 29th of July) the public sitting was to take place, when several questions would be put to the Ministry relative to the war. It appears that the officers in command of the Porn's troops at Bologna had declared that they were not in a position to keep the field for a single month. The Alba of Florenco states from Rome (29th ult.) that /11A.AHANI has received full powers; that the offensive and defensive alliance among the Italian Princes will be concluded; and that he has been au thorised to send immediately contingents to CHARLES ALBERT. A considerable number of passengers left town for the Continent on Sunday last, by the Antwerp Company's steam-ship Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. Amongst them were Lord De &Wuley, the Hon. 11r. Bowles, &c. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aio. B,—Wind S.W., light breeze, and cloudy with rain. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Thomas . Jones, Ichaboe ; Charlemagne, Vales, New Orleans ; Oceanus, Sutton, ditto ; Nestor, Goodhue, ditto ; Raritan, Adams, ditto ; Sunbeam, Winsor, ditto Cromwell, Barker, ditto ; Octacon, Daly. ditto ; Magnificent, Ver rill, Richebucto ; Corsair, M'Kenzie, Halifax. 7th, Col lector, Rio Grande ; Effingham, Hughes, Mobile ; Joshua Bates, Stoddart, New York ; George, Simpson, Quebec ; Caledonia, ditto. Sid. 7th.—Sarah Sands steamer, New York. Off port, Margaret, Quebec ; Hottinguer; Fan chon, Colonist, Henry Bel. The St. George, Parry, of Beaumaris, from Dutton to this port, struck on the Banks off Formby, yesterday, and capsized; crew saved. SHOREHAM, AUG. 7.—Wind S. W.—Arrd, Claude, Quebec ; Xanthus, Todd, ditto. COWES, AUG. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Leontine, Thorunan, Bahia for Hamburgh ; Celeritas, Langren, Trinidad de Cuba for Bremen; Argo, Bremer, ditto far St. reterSbOrgh. PLYMOUTII, Aua. 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. Chapman, Brooks, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aua. 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Acrd. Martha, Shallcroso, CoMker, Pernambuco. WIVENHOE, Aua. 7.—The Two Brothers, of North Shields, went ashore on the North Sand sth instant, but was assisted cif after throwing about 100 tons of her cargo overboard, and proceeded. The • Welcome, o South Shields, got on the Mouse Saud sth instant, but was assisted off after being lightened, and proceeded. ILFRACOMBE, AUG. 6.—A vessel, about 30 teat in length, top, sides, and the streak under the lower deck beams iron -fastened, three streaks of ceiling below tre nailed, stanchions and gunwale oak, painted green, waterway lead colour top timbers, and ceiling appa rently having been coppered, and from 300 to 400 tons. BRISTOL, Auo. 7.—A large vessel, supposed a ship, was seen floating on her side, about four miles to the N.W. off Lundy Island, she was coppered, an d s id es painted white. LITTLEHAMPTON, AUG. 6.—The Love, of Port Madoc, from Harwich to Plymouth, struck on the Bognor Rocks to-day, but was got off, and assisted in here very leaky. Bautwicu, AUG. 7.—Wind S. W.—Arrd . Wanderer, Walker, Quebec. MILFORD, Auu. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Sun flower, Taylor, Belize. Put back, 6th, Siluria, Lewis, for Portland, U. S. HOLYHEAD, Auc. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Acrd. Hug ginson, Owen, Quebec. OFF AR.DROSSAN, AUG. 5. Wolfville, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 6th, General Smith, Kemp, St. John's, N. 13. MUMBLES, Auc. s.—Arrd. Wansbeck, Essen, Que bec, for Port Talbot. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 7 .—Arrd. 6th, Quebec, Parsons, St. John's, N.B. BRISTOL, Auc. 6.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. 7th, Felists, Smith, Trinidad, Cooms, Suterbridgu, Quebec; Acadia, Hogg, ditto; Ant, Williams, ditto. BIDEFORD, AUG. 7.—Arrd. Augusta, Facey, Quebec. SCILLY, JULY 31.—Put back Surpau, Sherres, for Rio Janeiro, with loss of jib boom. JERSEY, AUG. 4.—Sailed Ocean, Bradley, Newfound land ; sth, Nameless, Renout, Labrador. PENZANCE, AUG. 6.—Wind N.W., strong.—William Cannynges. Holtbrook. Montreal. FALMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Sid. Express racket, Madeira, Brazils, &c. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 7.—Bowen, Calcutta. --- DEAL, AITG. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Orpheus, Nicholson, Ceylon • Africa, Rodosty, Cap e o f G oo d Hope, for Hamburgh ; York Town, &bur, New York ; New Express, Westward; Prince Albert. Java. Arrived from the River, 7.—Planter, Thomas, Malta ; Glouces ter, Tardiff, Batavia ; Glennore, Stokesbury, Phila delphia ; Christiania, Swinton, Quebec ; Lady Elgin, Irons, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) BAT raIIitILIGTS. SMITEFIELD.—OId Meadow Bay, 315 s to 41 ; New ditto, 21 5s to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ ; New ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 lOs ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 101 per load. Supply moderato, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—OId ➢Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41; New ditto, 21 lOs to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 4/ to 41 16s ; New ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 7s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 10) per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WiIiTECHAPEL.—OId Melso•w Hay, al to 4/ ; New ditto, 21 8 s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51; New ditto. 31 103 to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 10s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.— The market fur British Plantation is firmer, 590 hhds having been disposed of at an advance of 6d to Is per cwt since this day week. The public sales have comprised 4,000 bags Mauritius, 6,900 bags Bengal, and 2,500 bags Madras, which were all dis posed of at about previous rates : Mauritius at 27s to 35s 6d for brown with grey, and yellow at 36s to 41s; Bengal, Benares low to fine white 39s 6d to 435, grainy brown and yellow, 37s to 453, and white 47s to 50s; Madras 30s to 37s for brown to very good yellow. The stock of British Plantation in the port of London on the Ist inst., was 29,123 hhds 4,999 tierces, against 20,187 hhds 3,125 tierces at this time last year. The stock of East India were also much larger, but th e stock of Foreign had rather decreased. CoFFEE.-1,185 bags 70 chests Plantation Ceylon, 300 bales and 40 halt-bales Mocha, 2,370 bags and 80 brie Rio were offered by auction. The Ceylon was nearly all sold at steady prices ; the Mocha was with drawn at 50s for fair clean garbled, but Rio only partially found buyers at 26s to 28s for ord to very good ord, and at 35s to 38s 61 for five to fine tine ordinary washed. The stock of British Plantation in the port of London on the Ist instant was 3,203 casks 4,286 barrels and bags against 3,136 casks 2,945 barrels and bags at this time last year. The stock of East India was 10,690 bales 165,008 bags aguingt 9,202 bales 125,267 bags at the corresponding period of 1847. The stock of Foreign had rather decreased. Rim.—The stock in the Port of London on the Ist instant was 22,997 puns 6,508 hhds against 13,901 puns 2,322 hhds at this time last year. The deliveries for home consumption have fallen off rather considerably this year. RICE.-2,250 bags Bengal at auction sold at 12s 6d for good white, being rather dearer. SALTPETRE.-1,550 bags Bengal at auction brought an advance of is per cwt on last week's rates, 9 to 9} per cent refraction, being disposes( of at 25s to 25s 6d per cwt. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 44s 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 46s 6d. TEL.—The market has bean steady. COAL MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 13s 9dßelmont l6B 6d Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14, Odßraddyll's Hetton 1 1 7 7 : 6 (k d l Carr's Hartley Chester Main l5B Od'Hetton .... l7s 3d Davison'sWestHartley 14s 3d Keepier Ilasting's Hartley l4s 3d Larabton Holywell Main ...... 15s 9d ......«17s Od New Tanfield ll 34 ss 0 6d d s i‘ i lo u r r r t i o s t o l n Ord's Redheugh South Peareth 17s 3d Townley T a nte i l e d v M oor ......... 1 1 3 4 : 0 6d d l ' S ‘s t ,li ev . ,: t a ,e r , t ' i s i ... 16s 3d Wall's End, &c. Caradoc ..... Acorn Close 1 1 3 5: 6 9 d d i l e u u d g so h n i 's i nart . l . e . ..... 0 .. 1 .. , 1 6 6 . . t O i( a t Tess . 13Clarkeel Bell an d and Brun Co. " ..... . . • • 16s 6d G ler o T t n o N r c t e h l 1 Gate . ...... ... 15515 6,dd Adelaide e y Hedley . l5. 9d Seymour Tees ........ 16s Ud Heaton Barton Hilda lss 6d West Cornforth .. l5. ed Killingworth l5. 9d West Hetton l6B Od Walker Washington Eden Main l6s 3d Sidney's Hartley Lamhton Primrose ... 16s 3d Ships at market 132. VOTE BY BALLOT.—We tgain quote the circular forwarded to 170 Members of the House of Com mons, requesting their attendance this evening, for the purpose of supporting the motion of the Hon. Representative of Bristol. Yesterday the circular was introduced in a leading article—to•day we transcribe it as a paragraph deserving the most se rious attention:— " August, 1848. "TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. " THE BALLOT. " Your attendance is respectfully requested on Tues day, the Eth instant, to make and keep a House for th• discussion of the above question, which will come Ln early." WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENlNll.—Yesterday (Sun day) his Royal Highness the young Prince Albert Er nest Alfred completed his fourth year, and the event was celebrated by merry peals on the bells of St. John's church and St. George's chapel; and to-day, at ono o'clock, royal salutes wore fired at the Belvidere battery in the Great Park, and also by the corporation's guns in Bachelor's-acre, in honour of the same event. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will leave Frog more to-day by the Southampton railway on an ex tended visit to the Royal Family at . Osborne, where also her Majesty the Queen Dowager is expected in the course of a day or two. ELECTION or S 0 Bums. —Yesterday an attempt was made by the friends of Mr. Bewley to raise that gentleman to the first place on the poll, and an active canvass was commenced on his behalf. At four o'clock the poll books were closed, and the numbers declared for Alderman Finnis, 314; J. E. Goodhart, 3i6; Bewley, 29; J. Goodhart, 10; Dicey, 3; Lawrence, 2. The Town Crier then made proclamation that the poll was finally closed, and that the formal declaration would be made this day at twelve o'clock. TUB BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETT.—Tw o cases of French Bibles have arrived by it steamer from one of the French ports, which are intended fur gratui tous distribution by the British and Foreign Bible So ciety; and the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have given directions for the admission of them free of duty. A case of Finnish Bibles and Testaments has also recently arrived at the port of London by a vessel from Gottereurg, which are likewise intended fur grnuitous distribution by the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have granted their delivery duty free for that purpose. Elora Or WAY THROU6II GLEN-TILT.—We men tioned some weeks ago that the Duke of Atholo had applied for an interdict ag4inst a farmer in Aberdeen shire for driving cattle through Glcn Tilt. On the ap plication being presented to Lord Robertson, his Lord ship appointed it to be served on the farmer, and at the same time reserved consideration of the question of in terdict until he Lad been heard. We understand that the farmer has now given in answers, and that Lord Robertson has appointed parties to be heard in the case. —Scotsman. THE CURRENCY. The Lords' Committee, reporting on the Currency Act of 1844 (which Sir R. Peel called " the complement of the Act of 1819"), describe it as " an attempt to en force by law, under all circumstances, one fixed and in flexible rule for the management of a National Bank of Issue." This attempt, they say, " seems inconsistent with the best written authorities, with the general prin ciples of economical science, as well as with the testi mony of many witnesses of practical knowledge and experience." The Committee are, however, not content with merely describing the Act of 1644 as a failure, in so far as it might have been expected to carry into effect an important and beneficial principle. They speak strongly of its injurious operation. "It can hardly tail," they say, "to be productive of most serious evils, more especially when a contraction of issues, indispensable in a state of adverse foreign ex changes, is rendered imperative, as it is by the Act of 1844, under circumstances which may be wholly oppo site?' It has been shown, they affirm, that "an enlarge• went of the issues of the Bunk under a favourable foreign exchange would frequently be expedient at times when, under the provisions of the Act, no such enlarge 7 nierit wonld be possible, and even in cases where, by the Act; a compulsory contraction would be enforced." We ourselves have, we must confess, no great confidence in what are called the " best written authorities ;" nor are we very deeply moved by an appeal to the " genera principles of economical science." All this is well enough if it be absolutely necessary to fall in with the new-fangled views and political pedantry of the day, but we do not think it is. We are of opinion that the good or ill effect of a currency system should be tested, not by written theories, or by the assumed principles of what certain persons presume to describe as " political science," but by the effect which experience shows the system to have bad upon the ope rations of commerce and the general condition of the people. All the theories and all the scientific principles (which are in truth not scientific principles at all, but mere assumptions,) that c.in be appealed to io respect to the Act of 1844 are mer e "le a th er an d p rune ll a ;" com pared with the one striking fact that a terrible monetary pressure came, notwithstanding the existence of that Act, and that when it did come there was no way to stop the tremendous tide of ruin which was spreading over the commercial world but by a suspension of the law of 1844, upon the authority of Government. There fore, though there are many things in the report of the Lords' Committee with which we cannot have the satisfaction of recording our concurrence, we do per fectly agree in what they say of the testimony against the Act of 1844 which was afforded by the authoritative suspension of it in October, 1847. It is difficult, they say, in the judgment of the Committee, " to appeal to more demonstrative evidence than is to be found in the Treasury letter of the 25th of October. That letter was a practical repeal, by an act of authority, of the restric tive clauses of the Act. It appears impossible at once to defend the restrictive provisions of this Act, and to jus tify the letter which in this respect abrogated, or, at least, suspended, those very restrictive provisions. The Commit tee consider that those restrictions materially aggravated the pressure, and produced the panic of October, 1847. But, even if those restrictions were originally defensible when enacted, their hold on opinion, as well as their authority in practice, have been materially impaired by the letter by which they were superseded—by its ac knowledged necessity, and by its undeniable smelts. The precedent is established, and its application will in evitably be called for on other occasions, and it may so happen that the principle of relaxation will be applied under circumstances less urgent and less justifiable than those which occurred in 1847. The Committee are therefore of opinion that it is expedient for the Legisla ture to provide specifically for the manner and the re sponsibility of relaxing these restrictions in times when it can be done consistently with the perfect convertibility , of the note— an obligation which should never be for gotten." Such of our readers - as have taken the trouble to attend to the urguments which we have from time to time laid before the public on the great monetary ques tion will not require to be informed that our views upon the subject of the "convertibility " of bank notes are not similar to those avowed by the Lords' Committee. But we cannot expect that they who regard with defer ence the assumptions of a theorising school,and who call those assumptions by the name of " the principles of economic science," should agree with us upon the main point of the currency question. The time, however, we believe will come when these assumptions will be treated as they deserve, and when the lessons of experi ence will be appealed to (as they always ought to have been), in order to decide what description of money is most convenient for this nation, and most conducive to the general prosperity of the industrious classes. When that time arrives the only sort of convertibility of the bank-note that will be cared for will be its con vertibility into the commodities which an owner of money may desire to purchase. Gold coins and gold spoons will then be regulated in price by the supply of, and the demand for, the metal of which they are manu factured, and the kill required in their manufacture. Money will not be subject to the fluctuations of an article of merchandise, but will be carefully given out and drawn in by the State, according to the exigencies of the people and the course of commerce and of credit for the time being. But nothing can, we think, be more absolutely incontrovertible than the proposition enunciated by the Lords' Committee, that it is impossible at once to defend the restrictive provisions of the Act of 1844, and to justify the act of the Government in October last, which abrogated or suspended those provt sions. No one can pretend that the fact of the Govern ment having to suspend the action of an Act of Parlia ment, without the authority of Parliament for so doing, is by itself a good thing. If the suspension of the Act was wise and necessary, then it is to be regretted that a power to suspend the Act did not legally exist. It is to be regretted that neither the Government nor any sub sidiary authority in the realm could do what was politic, and wise, and necessary, without a violation of the law, or, what amounts to the same thing, a sanction of the Executive Government to the violation of the law if a certain existing course of circumstances should continue. No doubt it is within the limits of possibility—nay, it is far from being violently improbable =- that such a state of circumstances may again occur, under tke Act of 1844, as did occur in October, 1847. The recurrence of such circumstances would necessitate another relaxa tion of the Act of 1844. It is, in fact, a fair-weather measure, and will not stand when violent storms agitate the monetary world. At such times its restrictions must be relaxed. Its " self-regulating principles," as they were in a spirit of preposterous vanity termed, must be suspended. This being clear, it is, we think, equally clear that the law should recognise, somewhere or 'ano ther, this suspending power, and that it should not be necessary for the Government to violate an Act of Parliament in order to save the countrY , from ruin. This is the predicament in which the Government is left by Sir Robert Peel's Currency Law of 1844, that vaunted " complement" to the Act of 1819.—Post. DUTCH MAIL. AMSTEIIIII . 3I, AuG. 4.—THE BOURSE.—lnland funds were more at at the opening, especially the Four per Cents. Integrals were more favourable than yesterday. Three and Four per Cents. improved partially. Rot terdam Rail v‘ay maintained its rates. Spanish funds in demand and improved in price. Portuguese more firm. Austrian in demand at higher prices. Russian Five per C-nts. maintained their rates; Four per Cents. more in demand ; for the rest no variation. The exchange closing at higher rates is to be attributed to the higher rates of the Paris Bourse. Discount, 3 per cent. DUTCH FUNDS.—Amirsinam, Ara. 4. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent-- .• •• . 42% 4.1 Ditto, 3 per Cent •• • • 49% 50% Ditto, 4 per Cent.•• •• .• •• •• • • GUN 67 Ni Amort Syndic, 3} per Cent.......... Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. East India Loan, 4 per Cent Exchangeon London, at sight ........ 11 9t Two monthe •• •. •• 11 90 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 • 25 Two months. On Paris . ...... •••• • • .. 56 62 Two months. HA3IBURGH BORSE.NHALLE, Aro 4. Bills. Money. Hanoverian Loan, 5 per Cent.... .... • • DS Austrian 5 per Cents .•• • • • .......... Bank Shares •• • .• • • •• • • • • •• Anglo-Russian Loan -....... •••• • • • • 34% Russian 5 per Cent., Harnb. Certificate• 8$ Ditto let series Inscription. •• .• •• Ditto, Hope and Co., 5 per Cent 85 Ditto, in Certificate.— • • .• — New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. — Ditto Stleglitz ••••.•• • • • • • ••••• • • • • 75 745 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Ditto 3 per Cent ••••.••••• • • • • • • • • 17 Swedish Loan, 4 per Cent. • • ...... • • Ditto, for 184 f; .............. Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.• • • Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 94 National Bank Shares BIRTIII3. On the Ist inst., at Parcglas, Pembrokeshire, the wife of G. B. Allen, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Titchfield-terrace, Regent's-park, the wire of 11. S. Baker, Esq., of a son. MAIMED. On the 2d inst., at the church of St. Pierre du Bois, Guernsey, the Rev. Carey Bro,k, 8.A., of Trinity College , Cambridge, to Frances tliaaheth Georgina, second daughter of the late Lieut.-Colunel H. 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