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

Now ready, in one rol., comprising as much mat ter as twenty ordi nary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings of Arm 9 , &c. 38s. bound, B UB.KE'S PEERAGE and BAKONETAGE, NEW EDITION, ltevised and corrected throughout to the pre.ent time from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, Sec. " The most complete publication of its class we possess."—Atlas. "No other Peerage can be compared with that of the Messrs. Burke for accuracy and completeness."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FOR NORTHERN TOURISTS. Now Ready, in 2 Tols., 21s. bound, G YACHT TO VOYAE NORWAY, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN. By W. A. ROSS, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. THE FAREWELL NIGHT. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that the FAREWELL NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, Aug. 24, when ..)ladlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Beßini's Opera 4 LA SONNAMBITLA. Amina, Mdlle. Jenny Lin d ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera; Count Rodolpho, Sig. F. Lablache ; Eivino, Sig. Gardoni. The National Anthem will be sung by the whole strength of the Company. After the Opera, Selections from the admired Ballet of FIORITA, by Mdlle. C. rcosati, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. Dor. To conclude with the celebrated Ball Scene from the Ballet of ALMA., comprising the Pas des 'J rois, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. St. Leon. 'rhe Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price Its. Gd. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. I roors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMANKET. Uadcr the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright; Poliio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL RoyAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Airs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. Reappearance of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G. Bennett. To be followed by Mr. Wigan's successful comic Drama, entitled NEXT DOOR. Jack Skylark, Mr. A. Wigan ; Jemima Evans, Mrs. A Wigan. To conclude with THE WANDERING TRIBE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitaball'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 CON ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To he followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications al the Box-office, the gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendour on Monday, August 28. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome . —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers includes Messrs. Cioffl, Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Griesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a moat mag nificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby Gates open at Ten A.m., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—►SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 24. THEastosirratt, Lowest, 49; Highest, 65; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 30.01.—WIND W.S.W.; slight showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 38 min. after 9 I Evening •• 18 min. after 10 t J. . 7 1 , 5 > r. 7k i a • A e. t, ki; 4 ,01 °-; ,3.• !k. 4- F•T • 310, 4 . -011-11 (e,i Rim LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1848. Economy threatens to become the ignis fatuus of politicians. Regulated by justice and refined by humanity, we believe that the system of poli tical economy, established by the philosophic mind of ADAM SMITH, is destined to operate most beneficially upon the workings of social go vernment. Yet, for this very reason, we are only the more anxious that a policy calculated in itself to prove so advantageous to mankind should not, by the negligence cr precipitation of our legislators, be permitted to lose a portion of its still powerful pres tige. What we would maintain is, that a Go vernment may husband the resources of a nation without being essentially parsimonious —that statesmen may be generous in their expenditure of the public monies without being pro fligate guardians of the Exchequer—that to be muni ficent it is not necessary to squander, and that an exercise of prudent frugality on the part of an administrator does not by any means imply a mean and niggardly disbursement. The discussion of yesterday evening has forced upon us these considerations. Mr. BRIGHT is fearful lest that unfortunate wight, John Bull, should be come, as he has facetiously imagined it, " a grand milch cow, from which every one is to have a draw I" In a hundred particulars, no doubt, we coincide with the Honourable Represen tative for Manchester in this laudable anxiety ; in a hundred particulars we believe John Bull to have been made the veriest gullin Christendom. Every day we behold fresh evidence that he is rendered the dupe of a multitude of those "knavish tricks" which he himself anathematizes so lustily in the National Anthem. IVe see him fleeced in one quarter, bam boozled in another, and almost always in consequence of the noble and delightful stupidity of his benevo lence. Yet, while we sympathize in the indignation expressed by Mr. BRIGHT as it is applied in a general sense to the corruptions of the State, we can by no means agree with him in reprobating the generosity hitherto evinced by the British Parliament to the most interesting of all the Continental refugees— the destitute children of Poland. Long, and ear nestly, and eloquently, and disinterestedly, and chi valrously, as the cause of that heroic but unfortunate race of men has been advocated by Lord DUDLEY STUART, we are satisfied that the Noble Lord the Nember for the borough of Marylebone never be fore addressed himself to the subject of their wrongs and misfortunes more felicitously than be did last evening, when repelling the demand of the Honourable Gentleman the Knight of the shire of Middlesex, to the effect that no further assistance of a pecuniary character should be granted to the Polish refugees out of the public Treasury. Of the motive which actuated Mr. OSBORNE we . make no question whatever, being satisfied that his objection ,to the continued grant of 10,7001. to the exiles from Poland originated solely in a patriotic yearning for frugality in our expenditure. His judgment, we believe, to have been in this instance eclipsed by his patriotism. Granted that in the Par liamentary session of 1634, when this pecuniary aid was first yielded, that it was declared to be merely temporary by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer —granted that Lord ALTHORP acknowledged that the wants of the expatriated Poles would only con tinue to call for the charities of England during a period of a very limited duration granted that the session of 1848 is drawing to a close, and that still the vote is required—granted all this, and we still maintain that the assistance.is demanded from Great Britain in compliance with every honourable and humane principle. When King CHARLES Was an exile money was generously and' spon taneously voted for his support by the Polish Diet; shall England then withdraw the historical compen sation of h er h uman it y f rom th e un h appy re f ugees who h ave sought shelter in these islands ? Is the sustenance of a profligate prince everything, and that of high- minded people nothing? Belgium is munificent to these childr en o f m i sfortune—even the impoverished cantons of Switzerland share their crusts with the banished compatriots of KOSCIUSKO. France, in the sitting of her Deputi es only last year, voted as much of th as 60,000/. towards th e support e exiled Pole s in her dominions, and shall England,withdraw the out of a wretched spirit of econcans;, simply compara tively paltry grant of 10,i 001.,becauses Polish. n ationality is not yet restored? Would. thi be becoming In us ? Could we allow such':neirck-- ' dent to be record ed in our hi story? Hea v e n forbid !—No : as Lord DUDLEY STUART well observed, better to diminish the expenditure of public monies in the purchase of El g i n marbles and Egyptian antiquities than to withhold the pittance of our doles from the suffering remnant of the Slavonic race ; better to save this country the expenses incurred in the entertainment of foreign Ambassadors, Princes, and Sovereigns, than to refuse 10,7001. to those Polish exiles who have been driven upon our shores by a great political catas trophe. We are rejoiced to see the sensible and generous compromise proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche quer and accepted by the House of Commons. Sir CHARLES WOOD declared that the Government were prepared to make a rigid investigation into the con dition of the refugees in England, for the purpose of erasing those names from the list which belonged to men capable of supporting themselves without the aid of the Legislature, or who were in a position such as enabled them to return without peril to their native country. Upon this understanding the amendment was withdrawn, and the cause, advo cated so 'nobly and consistently by Lord DUDLEY STUART, was happily not insulted by the parsimony of the Parliament. It is not France alone that has been saved from the horrors of anarchy, massacre, and plunder by the energy of General CAVAIGNAC and the bravery of the Gerdes Mobiles, the National Guards, and the troops. It is every country bordering on France, it is th whole of Europe that has been preserved by the de feat of the party of which LEDRU .ROLLIN, Caussi- DIEBE and Louis BLitisc are the chiefs. Had the victory on the 25th June rested with this party, there can be no doubt but that France would have be come the active and belligerent ally of all those in every country who profess the convenient doctrine that " all property is theft," and that that contest be tween the principles of disorder and of order would have commenced, the advent of which was pro phecied by CANNING, the end and -conse quences of which can be foreseen by no man The revelations now making before the Criminal Court at Antwerp, on the trial of those concerned in the insurrectionary attempt at Risquons-Tout, prove to demonstration that it was through no fault of M. LEDRU RoLLIN and his coadjutors that France did not commence a war of Communist propagandism, and declare Belgium annexed to the French Republic. It appears from the evidence that the expedition for the invasion of Belgium was organized in Paris ; that, to use the words of the Brussels journal, "it was quasi -official, as it was prepared and encouraged by the two principal members of the Provisional Govern ment." and it was only through the good sense and chivalrous honour of General NEGRIER, whose life has since been sacrificed in the cause of order, that Europe was saved from a general war. During the period of the organization of the expedition in Paris, SPILTHORN, DELESTREE, and the, other chiefs were lodged at the Tuileries, and were in constant communication with certain members of the Government. The insurrec tionary legion was openly organized in Paris and was furnished with provisions from the Government stores. On the 7th March, thirty thousand muskets were promised to the insurgents by the Provisional Government, and were delivered to them before they crossed the frontiers ; the Provisional Government at the same time dispatched M M. REQUIN and DzLArossz to Belgium to open communications with the dis affected. At the same time the insurrectionary legion was permitted to form a camp at Seclin on the French territory, close to the Belgian frontier, where they were drilled and trained by pupils of the Ecole Polytechnique, and of the Ecole de St. Cyr, and while encamped at Seclin M. DELESCLUZE, the Prefect of the Department of the North, who had been recently appointed to that office by M. LEDRU RoLLIN, distributed every day to the legion 1,800 rations, and paid each man daily 35 centimes ; so that this insurrectionary legion was actually in the pay of the functionary of M. LEDRU ROLLIN. Previous to the invasion three waggon loads of muskets and two waggon loads of gunpowder were sent from the citadel of Lille, and distributed among the insurgents by two of the pupils of the Polytechnic School, who afterwards com manded the insurgents at Risquons-Tout, and one of whom was killed in the skirmish. A letter in the handwriting of M. DELESCLUZE, the Ledru- Rollin-appointed. Prefect, proves that it was he who procured a guide for the in surgents to direct them on their route. It m ould appear that the report of the spies was not very favourable to the cause of the insurgents ; for before the departure of the expedition from the French territory M. DELESCLUZE became convinced that it would be impossible for these armed bands to conquer the country, and he therefore devised the following notable expedient as an excuse for sending in a large French force to republicanise Belgium, de►troy her nationality (we wonder if he had ever read what M. DE LAMARTINE said about " oppressed nationalities "), and annexing her to France. The bands of insurgent Belgians were to have been backed by a certain number of French troops, drawn up close to the frontier line, for the alleged purpose of protecting it. On a given signal these troops were to have joined the insurgents, in conformity with secret instructions which had been given to them not to attend to the orders of their officers. As, in all probability some of the French soldiers would have been killed or wounded in the course of the action, the Belgian troops would have been accused of having commenced war:on theille public, and an overwhelming force would at once have been marched into the Belgian territory. Thanks to the chivalrous honour of General NEGRIER, who at that time commanded at Lille, the whole scheme proved abortive. To the peremptory demand of M. DELESCLUZE for troops, he opposed as peremptory a refusal, declaring that he would never lend himself to such shameful machinations. But it was not against Belgium alone that this plot was directed. That country, changed from an independent kingdom into a portion of the French Republic, was to have been made the advanced work of Communist propa gandism, and from the banks of the Meuse and of the Rhine armed expeditions were to have carried the banner of the Red Republic into Holland and Prussia. Thanks to the honour and firmness of General NEGRIER, to the good sense of the French people as manifested in the elections for the National Assembly, and to the energy, judgment, and courage of Ge neral CAVAIGNAC, all these evils have been averted and the peace of Europe has been for the present pre served. But the authors of these attempts should be visited with condign punishment. The complicity of M. DELESCLUZE is clearly proved; if he acted without orders his guilt is to the full as great as that of the au thors of the attempts of May and June; if he acted ac cording to orders, he should be forced to produce them, as they would prove most important links in the chain of evidence necessary to bring home the crime to those really guilty. We trust the Assembly will in stitute a strict investigation into the matter, and will inflict an exemplary punishment on those to whom the guilt is brought home. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. GONZALES BRAVO, on his arrival at Cadiz, was liberated on condition that be should immediately transport himself to some foreign countriken y 3;o S carcely, however, has NARVAEZ disco vere d and o up the Camarilla conspiracy of MiaArLoazs, G BRAVO, and BEDMAR, for his destituti on ; ere NaZAL w mili tary S conspiracy having the same object i n v i ew concocted. The object of this military consp ira c y as was to substitute O'DONNELL for NAR VAFZ as Presi dent of the Council. Botb GONZALES BRAVO and O'DoNNELL are sworn partisans of CHRISTINA, be tween whom and NARVAEZ it is evident the best feeling does not exist. The dismissal of SOTOMATOR, the great friend of NARVAEZ, from his post of Fo reign Minister, and his banishment, for so it is, to France as Ambassador, and entry into the Ministry of Mort, the man of all work to CHRISTINA, and the in veterate enemy of NARVAEZ, all show that a serious crisis is at hand. Either NARVAEZ must banish CHRISTINA and her family or she will oust NARVAEZ. In the meanwhile, formidable Mon temolinist bands have appeared in Catalonia and the Basque provinces. On the 9th, ESTARTUS made a descent on Olot with 300 men : he remained in possession of the town five hours, seized the public treasure, and levied a contribution on the inhabitants. FORCADELL succeeded in crossing the Ebro on the 12th, and on the 10th a party of Carlists surprised the town of Albocaser, in Va lencia, and made extensive seizures of arms and money. MADRID BOLSA, Ann. 18.—Three per Cents. , 19 6-16 myth; after Bohm, 19% cash; 19;4 paper. Five per Cents., PIA paper ; after B o i se , 11 castle tle Passives, 4 paper; after c on Londo4n, cas h . Coupons, d C a o y u s, p 4 on s s :4o 7 a p p sl e p r. er. Bank of St. Ferdi- J 4 ° 18 a,3 3 / nand, 54 paper . Discount of notes, 414 per Cent. Exchange Sir J. Guest had an interview with Sir Geor Gre terday, at the Home -office. ge y, yes- - PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 12th instant. The QUEEN in person prorogued the Cortes on the 15th instant. Several persons accused of political offences have been arrested. The following is the speech of the Queen of PORTU GAL when closing the Cortes : " Worthy Peers of the Realm and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation— " Upon the occasion of closing this session, the first of the present Legislature, I have personally come to 'assure you of having fully justified the confidence placed in you by me and by the nation. •" The opening of these general Cortes was to me a matter of great satisfaction, because I saw myself surrounded by the representatives of the Portuguese nation, anxious to consoli date the pacification of the country, and to heal its wounds by beneficial and salutary enactments. Now, again, in the centre of those national representatives, I congratulate my self, with you, upon the zealous endeavours shown in your august functions for realizing that noble and elevated mission. " Great indeed were the difficulties with which the legis lative body had to contend. " The nation will acknowledge the diligence shown by its representatives in the approval of many different measures passed in favour of the public cause, and especially in the voting of the Budget and Revenue Bill, by which provision has been made for the State expenses of the present finan cial year. ...... „,-.. " Other measures of the greatest importance have been laid before you by my Government, which I hope will be taken into your consideration during the next legislative session. " Worthy Peers of the Realm and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation— " In the midst of the extraordinary political occurrences which have taken place in Europe during your Parliamen tary functions, I feel the greatest satisfaction in informing you that public tranquillity has not been, in the slightest degree, disturbed in this country, nor has my Government been under the necessity of recurring to extraordinary mea sures, or to the infringement of any of the constitutional forms—thanks to the good sense of the people, and to your efficacious co-operation. "Although your legislative functions may be suspended for some months, you still have a great duty to perform, which, I am sure, you will fulfil with zeal and efficacy. " During the Parliamentary recess it is your mission to inspire the people with that love for the existing institutions which will be the most powerful means of saving us from the pernicious influence of exaggerated ideas, inculcating those sentiments of obedience to the laws and authorities, that love of labour, and those habits of virtue end morality, which can alone insure the true felicity of the people. " This session is closed." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The party of M. ()DILLON BARROT has given in its adhesion, not only to the Republic, but to the Republican form of Government, and has decidedly repudiated the idea of a restoration. The following, which may be considered the manifesto of that party, and which appears in the Siecle of yesterday, will be read with feelings of satisfaction by all those who wish to give a fair trial to the great experiment now in the course of working out in France. ‘‘ There are many credulous people who, by propagating a thousand absurd reports, which are in circulation every day, for the purpose of injuring credit and destroying confidence, assist, without knowing it, the tactics of the rioters. There are also men without foresight—manufacturers, merchants, and even workmen—who, excited by their present sufferings, are ready to exclaim, My business went on very well under the monarchy, but I am doing nothing under the Republic. Well then, 'Wive le Roi !" Down with the Republic !' Such is the logic of despair. Assuredly, this manner of reasoning is absurd, but it is not sufficient to say so, it must be proved. Yes, the ultra Radicals, the demagogues, and the litopists, have ruined trade, and by misguiding a part of the people have caused blood to flow; but would Louis Philippe or Henry V. bring us back from London or from Kirchberg the money that we have lost? Evidently not. Would they re store us the generals and the soldiers whom the anarchists have killed ? No. The evil, therefore, which has been caused by madmen and by fools is irreparable. " But it is argued by some, the return of a monarchy would be the restoration of order, which favours labour, and causes commerce to prosper. Nothing more erroneous. If alarm still prevails, now that the insurrection has been sup pressed, and that society is evidently tending to re-establish itself on its proper basis, what deplorable uneasiness would not be caused by any fresh attempts on the part of monarchy? Would not that which is called by some a pledge of peace be, on the contrary, a signal of renewed struggles, fresh combats, and fresh massacres? Is it to be believed that the power would be abandoned without resist ance by the Government, by the Assembly, and by the Administration? Is it to be believed that the Red Republic,' which is now unveiled, vanquished, and happily powerless, would not recover its strength at the aspects of the of Louis Philippe, or the retrograde party cf Henry V. ? Would it not be authorised in crying from the top of its ' mountain' the Government has been either unskilful or treacherous; the Assembly has shown neither intelligence nor heart; it is we alone who have understood the wishes of the people and the great revolution of February. " Is it to be believed that the nation still would not hesi tate at the cost and the perils of a counter revolution? Would it, when scarcely recovered from its late shocks, wish to encounter fresh storms? Try the Orleans family again L Has not the country already shown an almost fabulous patience —a patience of eighteen years? We know something of this. Try the elder branch again? That would be to sacrifice the tate of France to an unknown hand ; it would be to gamble with her, it would be to throw away the glorious efforts of sixty years. The Orleans bra. eh would return tai us animated with the spirit of Louis Phi lippe, and of Guizot, and Henry V., with the ideas of the old regime. Hence would arise elements of discord; hence a fresh cause for commercial crisis; hence an augmentation of the very evil from which arise the perils which we are anxious to avoid. " We have never been among those who brought on the violent advent of the Republic; we are neither invested with its authority nor its offices; but we do not hesitate to declare that we now regard it as our hope and our salvation ; that it alone can repair the mischief that has been done in its name. " What we desire is to have a constitution, a regular Go • vernment, and a stable Administration ; to get out of a pro visional state of things; and all those things are within our reach. Have a little patience with regard to the Republic. ofco sint During euns. s t i h xe e t milliards l t ni ao s rw i d x s s t 0 3 t, p y fl years a a : ne s et s u, oursand no o I political on the g e b r l experiments o r o u d ri o a f' tttue'ro changes ; millions which always deceive our hopes; let us for once ameliorate our institutions instead of overturning them." It is also satisfactory to know that the Emperor of RUSSIA is inclined to enter into relations with the French Republic. The semi- official llfessager says— "lt has been stated by several journals that General Leflo is on his way to St. Petersburgh, in the quality of Minister of the Republic. We can add that a representative of the Autocrat is expected at Paris, and that the two states will be represented by Ministers Plenipotentiary, although in the last years of the reign of Louis Philippe Russia had only a Chargé d'Affaires at Paris. Already, and for some time, a good understanding between the Re public and the Czar has been opened. These relations were kept up by the consular agents, and they are now about to be changed into a regular political intercourse. Besides; we are assured that a short time before the revolution of February the Emp eror A i c h o l as d eclared to Colonel, now General who was sent into Russia rather on a scientific than a diplomatic mission, that it was his in• tention to visit France in the course of 1848. The Czar at the same time appeared not to be very anxious for a recon ciliation with Louis Philippe, though be expressed himself in terms of sympathy for the people of France. In the state of mind that he manifested towards the ex. King, his determi nation to come to France may appear to be somewhat strange. Did he mean to come only as a simple traveller? This is a point on which he did not explain himself, and on which his interlocutor did not think it proper to interrogate him." It is by no means difficult to account for the differ ence in the conduct of the Emperor NICUOLAS towards the Republic and towards Louis PHILIPPE. There are two great principles of Government at present, en face, Monarchy and Republicanism. As the re presentative of the legitimate autocratic monarchical principle, the Emperor of Russia respects the French Republic as the representative of the democratic principle, because it is the representative of a prin ciple. With regard to Louis PHILIPPE, however, the case was different. He was the representative of no principle; as a King, he was an usurper; as a Republic, he was a "sham." The Emperor of RUSSIA there fore, the representative of a pri nc ipl e , could' enter tain no respect whatever for Louis PHILIPPE or his system. - - - - The Messager gives the following explanation of the reasons wnich induced the Government to have the military under arms on Tuesday:— "Several journals of yesterday evening have explained the display of troops in Paris yesterday by the necessity which General Cuny, recently called to the command of the Garde Mobile, found himself under of becoming acq ua i nted with the battalions, by passing them in review; and as several of them bad changed barracks and forts, he took the opportunity of their assembling at the points they are to oc cupy in case of an alerte. After the review the battalion s returned to their respective quarters. We do not think this to be the correct version. A part of the Garde Mobile was on foot the preceding night, and strong pickets of the Na tional Guard were ordered to the mairies. It is certain that these precautions, and perhaps because they were taken, re mained without any object. We are assured that the autho rities were informed that an attack was intended to be made on the house of M. Thiers. The post at the Rue St. George was reinforced, and a chain of communication formed be tween.the Place St. George and the mairie of the second arrondissement. We may add that a strike of the journey men bakers, the consequence of the Caussidiere conciliation, had created alarm in some quarters. But police agents were stationed at the threatened points and no disturbance took place." The attack on the house of M. THIERS was planned by the Communists, in revenge for his merciless ex posure of the theories of M. PROUDIION. Every day furnishes an additional proof of the junction which has taken place between the Legiti matists and Communists. The Bien Public says— " We are assured that M. Proudhon, in consequence of the suspension of the Representant du Peuple, has offered his collaboration to the Univers. This proposition was gravely debated in a meeting composed of MM. Montalernbert. Fal loux, &c. We do not know if the pious synod of the Univers will open the gates of the Church to the Mephistopheles of Communism. presented o G eneral M. DE BRIGNOLLES-SALE Aff yesterdayairs t by the -Minister for F CAVAIGNAC, and remitted his letters of credence as Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of SARDINIA. to the French Republic. The application presented to the Assembly, asking for an authorisation to prosecute one of its members, was from M. GUERIN, one of the witnesses before the Insurrectionary Committee. He asked permis sion to prosecute M. CAUSSIDIERE for calumny, CAUSSIDIERE having, before the Committee charged him with having been a former agent of police under M. DELMER?. The application was refused. The Debtors and Creditors Bill, which declares that I ° l suspensions or cessations of payments which have taken place since February 24 up to the promul gation of the present Bill were not to receive the qualification of failure, nor to involve the disqualifi cations attached to quality of bankrupt, except in such cases as the Tribunal of Commerce should re fuse to sanction the concordat," was yesterday passed by the Assembly by a majority of 545 to 127. The eight Military Commissioners which are sit ting to determine the fate of the insurgents of June have decided 4,400 cases. Of these 2,100 prisoners have been set at liberty; 2,120 prisoners have been transported, and between 160 and 170 have been re ferred to court-martial. It is only the gravest cases that are referred to the courts-martial. One of the first of these was that of PAUL SAINTARD, who was charged with having taken the command of the in surgents at the barricade of the Rue du Jardin des Plantes. He was convicted and sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for ten years, to pay a fine of 200 F. and the costs of the prosecution. General CAVAIGNAC has determined to convoke the Electoral Colleges forthwith, to proceed to fill up the vacancies in the Assembly. The elections will take place in the second week of September. The Communist editors of the suspended journals have published a protest against the act of suspension. A courier arrived in Paris yesterday from Vienna, bearing the important intelligence that Austria had accepted the mediation of France and England in the affairs of Italy. BOURSE.—Pmus, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23. THREE O'CLOCK.—The rise which commenced yesterday made further progress to-day, and during the whole day the demand both for Rentes and Railway Shares was steady and brisk. It was very currently reported that the Government had received accounts from Vienna that the mediation of Eng. land and France had been accepted. It was also said that Naples had abandoned the expedition to Sicily at the request of England and France. Both these facts, together with the cessation of the military preparations in Paris, and of the rumours of emeutes, had a very favourable effect. The belief in the peaceful termina tion of the affairs of Italy becomes every day stronger. For the Account the French Three per Cents. have risen 50c.; Five per Cents, have risen If.; Loan has risen lf. For money, the Three per Cents. have risen 50c.; Five per Cents. have risen If. ; Loan h as r i sen lf. ; Bons du Trevor not quoted ; Bank of France Shares have risen 20f. ; Belgian Bank Shares and Two -and-a-Half per Cents. not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days), 25, 35; ditto (90 days), 25 25. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. AUG. 23. Northern of France, s%—Paris and Lyons, VA—Paris and Rouen, 161 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 2!ii. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The EMPEROR returned a moat ungracious answer to the deputation from the Diet, which waited on him at Schoenbrunn, to congratulate him on his return. " Gentlemen," said the EMPEROR, " you have deemed it necessary for me to come here: I have done my duty, and here I am." With these words he turned his back upon them, and retreated from the audience chamber to his private apartments. In the sitting of the Diet of the 17th several important announcements were made by the Ministers. The Minister of War was called upon to say whether the contingent of troops for Schleswig•llotstein, de manded by the Minister of War of the empire, had been set on foot. The Minister replied in the negative, and excused himself by saying that the Vicar of the Empire had expressed the hope that, in consequence of the ar mistice which would now be speedily concluded, he should not require the said 8,000 troops. It was further asked why Prince LETcHTENsTEIN had entered the states of Modena; and whether the Duke of MODENA, contrary to the assurances given in the speech from the throne, was to be imposed upon the duchies by the Austrian troops? The Minister of War declared that the march of the troops against Modena was a needful military step. With regard to the return of the Duke of MODENA, he added that the Duke had arrived only a few days before at the head-quarters of the Austrian General; that he had then repaired to Mantua, where he remained five or six days. On learning that the inhabitants of the Duchy everywhere received the Austrian troops with joy, and earnestly desired the return of their ruler, the Duke repaired to Modena. _ _ _ A Deputy then inquired how far the proceedings against the ex•military Governor of Venice, Count ZICHY, relative to the evacuation of Venice, had been concluded? The Minister of War declared that there had been an unavoidable delay, as it was necessary to forward the deposition of Count MARTINI to Olmuitz before a sen tence could be passed. With regard to the proces verbal of the civil Governor of Venice, Count PALM, the Minister of Justice de clared he held a special commission under the former Ministry ; but that a special commission should be ap pointed to decide whether, like the military Governor, he was amenable to a strict examination. With regard to the war in Italy, the Minister of War made some statements which were rather important. Ile stated that he had received by a courier explanations from: General WELDEN, which placed the whole affair in a different light. The General had advanced to Massa. in order to reach the left bank of the Po; ho was obliged to occupy Sermide with a small detachment, when they were suddenly fired upon from all. the windows, in con , sequence of which he sent some hundreds of men, but these were obliged to withdraw, as they were fired upon from the houses and barricades. Two days after General WELDEN felt himself compelled to attack the place with increased force, as its possession was in dispensable to his crossing the Po. Grenades were used, and the place was soon in flames. The inhabitants had all withdrawn, and the Austrians had the satisfaction of delivering from certain death 24 persons who had been shut up by the insurgents in a church, which had been set fire to. This fact has been grossly misstated. lie would like this occurrence to answer another interpella tion. General WELDEN, with his small corps of 4,000 men, had crossed the Po, to cover the movements of Count LEICHTENSTEIN in the flank and rear. They fell in with a body of 14,000 Croatians; but these the General's small force scattered like chaff, and pur sued them to Bologna, where he received orders from Field-Marshal RADETZKY not to enter that city—to evacuate the Legations. He had, how ever, already entered into a convention with the city that the Croatians should not halt in Bo logna, in order that, if nee dful for the Austr i ans to pass through, they might do so without molestation. On the evening of the 7th General WELDEN quitted, after having taken up a military position, and even erected batteries, in the event that the city should not accept On the morning of the Bth ace on th e conc l u d e d conven tions, Bologna. Thr ee o f th em were assas sinated,th e severaltffi se moderateeopa a sierewerdse'r toe demands, in also rei i several soldiers. Upon this an armed mob rushed out of the city, .and fired upon the advanced guard, by which five were killed and sixty wounded. PERGLAs, had been left in command by WELDEN, with orders to march on the Bth to the Po; to fire upon the city. Bologna was bombarded, and PERGLAS immediately after commenced his counter march to the Po. These were facts, and when soldiers were assassinated, and when troops were attacked,-they were bound to defend themselves, and to punish every act of treachery. Field• Marshal WELDEN had crossed the Po and evacuated the Legations. Lord PONSONBY arrived in Vienna on the 15th. SAXON Y. Letters from Dresden, of the 19th, announce the ar rival of the King of PRUSSIA in the city. In the same number of the Deutsche Ailgemeine Zei tung, which announces his MAJESTY'S arrival in Dres des, apprehensions are expressed of the approaching re signation of the Liberal Minister OBERLANDER, in con sequence of the intrigues of the ro-actionary Camarilla, who completely govern the King of SAXONY. PRUSSIA. Their Majesties tho KING a nd QUEEN have returned fiom Yilints to the Palace of Sans 6ouci. On the 19th there were 80 fresh cases; of cholera in Berlin. FRANKFORT. The Administrator-General of the Empire, the Arch duke JOHN, has nominated the following Envoys to re present the German nation in England, Russia, and France :—M. Vox ANDRIAN, to London; General VON AUERSRALD to St. Petersburgh; and M. Vox RAUMER to Paris. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ---- - A letter from Kiel of the 18th instant, announces that the adjournment of the Schleswig-Holstein Diet for a period of four weeks was decided upon, after a very warm debate, at a second sitting on the 17th, which lasted till two in the morning. The committee is to remain in permanence, and continues its labours in the revision of the constitution, and is empowered to summon the Diet if needful. HOLLAND. - - THE HAGUE, AUG. 22.—The First Chamber of the . S tates-General has been convoked for the 25th of this month. We announced a few days ago that several new members were to be added to the First Chamber, and that his MAJESTY, by a royal decree, had appointed Count VAN DER DUYN, VAN MAAS DEN, Baron HERCKEREN D'ENGIIINZEN, and F. VAN DER ONDERMEULEN as members. We have just learnt that his MAJESTY has been further pleased to appoint as members of the First Chamber M. Vos DE WARL, Burgomaster of the city of Zuolle, and Count DE STIRUM. We must add, to the hoLour of these new members of our Legislature, that on accepting these honourable functions they have de clined the pay attached to them. This noble ex ample of patriotism will not have been given in in vain. The new reductions the expenses of the State, and a few more sacrifices of this kind, will soon bring back to their normal situation the finances of the State, which have unhapp ily lost mu c h during the dipl oma tic events whic h have taken place during the last s i x months. The Ned er l an d sc he Staats Conrant announces that the Minist er o f Fi na nce intends to withdraw his pro Jed relative to th e property -tax- DUTCH BAST INDIES. BATAVIA, JUNE 28.—The steam-boat the Queen of the Netherlands arrived here on the 27th of May, and left for Singapore with the mail, conveying 1,971 letters from Europe of April last. The Java journals, which have been received up to the 28th of June, give sad accounts of the eruption of the Volcano of Klvet, between Passarouang and Kedirie on the 16th of May. Immense masses of fire were ejected, which in falling destroyed all the vegetation around. The rivers were raised above the level of their banks, and many people and cattle lost their lives. Whole farms were swept away, and several rice fields and coffee plantations, with more than 100,000 coffee trees, were destroyed. Several bridges, among others that at Kedirie, have been to tally destroyed. On the 13th of May there were three severe shocks of earthquake at Kedirie. On the 20th the Klvet was still enveloped in smoke and mist, and very fine ashes still fell from the craters to a considerable distance. On the 3d of June 48 native dwellings were thrown down at Adjebarang, near Bawjoemaas by a hurricane.—Amsterdam Cou rant, Aug. 22. The Allgemeine Handelsblad of the 22d says that the troops were compelled to quit Bali, which they had nearly mastered, for want of ammunition and water. Though their retreat was effected in the utmost order, the losses amounted to 14 officers, 104 European soldiers, 25 Africans, and 113 islanders. THE HAGUE, AUG. 22. Acccording to intelligence received from Frankfort, the visit of the Regent of the Empire to Brussels and the Netherlands is ex pected to take place very shortly. DARMSTADT. Letters from Darmstadt state that on the morning of the 11th of August the body of the Countess of GORIATZ, who died about fourteen months since, was disinterred, by order of the magistrates, in the pre sence of Count GORLITZ and his valet ..1 - mutt STALEY. The body has been submitted to medical examination, and various surmises are afloat as to the object of this extraordinary measure after so long a lapse of time. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, JULY 20.—The Provisional Govern ment has invited all the inhabitants to sign an address to be presented to the Emperor of RUSSIA. POLAND. The Cologne Gazette states that an insurrection broke out on the 13th in Warsaw, in which some of the troops have taken part. After five hours' bombardment the city submitted. Details are wanting, but it appears that this insurrection is connected with the conspiracy of Staniszewski, recently discovered at St. Petersburgh, and which got wind in consequence of a betrayal. It was intended to strike the first blow at St. Petersburgh. According to intelligence which, however, requires confirmation, a new Polish conspiracy, has been disco vered at Kalisch, which was to have been carried out on the 15th at Kalisch, Posen, and Gallicia simultaneously. From fifty to sixty persons in the Grand Duchy of Posen are said to be implicated. According to another report, a meeting of the Poles was surprised by Cossacks, and the individuals who compose:l it were arrested and transported without trial. It is said that among the per sons thus banished there are twelve belonging to the Duchy of Posen. HUNGARY. The fortified position of the Servians at Verlasz has been stormed by the Hungarian troops. The Servians lost 3,000 men killed. ITALY. VENICE. The following proclamation was issued at Venice on the 12th by the Provisional Government:— " VENICE, AUG. 12.—Citizens! In this hour of danger we have need to take prompt and energetic measures. To the end that you may not be without a chief, I have not hesi tated, although it be only for a few hours, to take upon my self the office of Dictator. Necessity has made this course a law to me, but your kindness will render it less painful than it would otherwise be. To-morrow will meet the Assembly of your representatives, whose first care will be to constitute a new Government, and afterwards to provide for present emergencies. Have confidence in God, in us, in Italy, and also in the aid of other free nations—aid which we have de manded, and which will not fail us." The Provisional Dictator MANIN has alto addressed the following proclamation to the army:— "Italian soldiers !—The war of independence for which you have alreadyshed your blood has assumed a disastrous phase for us. Perhaps at this moment our canals close the sole re fuge for Italian liberty t Venice must, therefore, guard this sacred spot at any price. Courage, citizens! In the name of that Italy for whom you have fought, and desire still to fight, I conjure you not to relax your zeal for the defence of this sacred asylum of our nationality. The moment is solemn. The stake is the political life of an entire people, whose des tiny may depend on the fate of this last bulwark. You sol diers who have come from the river Po, from the Mincio, and from the Ticino, for the defence of the common cause, remember that in saving this city you will save the most precious rights of your native land. Your families will bless you, Europe, in admiration of your noble perseverance, will give that perseverance the reward it merits; in that day when Italy shall be able to call herself free, among so many monu ments sacred to the valour and the glory of our fathers, she will raise another, on which she will inscribe these words : 'file Italian soldiers in defending Venice saved the indepen dence of their country.' " MANIN. " Venice, Aug. 12, 1818.' The Opinione of Turin publishes th• following letter from Venice. dated the 13th:— " The Sardinian fleet has arrived here with the Venetian one, and has declared that, having no orders, it will stay here at the disposal of Venice. The forts are continually tiring upon the Austrians. The Assembly, convoked for this day, has named the new Government, consisting of Alanin, Cavedalis, and Graziani. The Piedmontese will not quit us; the Sardinian fleet returns to blockade Trieste." LOMBARDY. A party has declarrd itself among the Lombards for the creation of a Duchy, at the head of which the Duke of LEICIITENDERG, the son of EUGENE BEAUHARNOIS, who married the Princess MARIE of Russia, should be placed. _ _ Placentia has surrendered to the Austrian troops, who also occupy Brescia, Bergamo, and Como. ROME. The POPE has appointed the Swiss General, LATOUR Minister of War. NAPLES. On the 12th of August the Neapolitan Ministers, with the exceptions of the Ministers of War, Marine, and Justice, tendered their resignations, on the ground that they did not receive sufficient support from the Chambers. The KING had not decided whether he should accept them. The expedition to Sicily has been postponed, in consequence of the Ministerial crisis. The Courtier Francais says that the King of NAPLES has addressed a note to the different Cabinets of the Great Powers, to whom he has sent his protest against the election of the Duke of GENOA as King of SICILY. In this note he declares that he is willing to consent to the separation of Sicily, and to the concession of a con stitution of the most comprehensive kind, provided that the Sicilians consent to take his second son as heredi tary Viceroy. It is added, that the English Ambas sador has offered his mediation, and that be has gone to Palermo to recommend to the Sicilians to enter into an arrangement with the Neapolitan Government. PIEDMONT. The New Ministry was appointed on the 16th. It is composed as follows :—The Marquis Alfieri, President of the Council of Ministers ; General Baron Perron, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; the Chevalier Pinelli, Minister of the Interior ; the Count de Revel, Minister of Finance ; the Chevalier de Santa Rosa, Minister of Pub lic Works; Count Frangini, Minister of War and Marine- - - -- - MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) WIZEILTII AND These markets were tolerably steady to-day, at full prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 10d to ss; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4/ Gd per 81bs., by the carcase. MEAT IICELXIKETEL SOUTHALL, AUG. 23.—Our market was but moderately sup plied to-day, yet the general demand was in a sluggish state. at barely stationary prices. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Lamb, 45 to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and P or k, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per 81 bs. , to sink the offals. RUMFORD, AUG. 23, —Prime Beasts and Sheep were in good request, at full prices. In other kinds of stock, only a limited business was doing. Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 4s to Ss; Lamb, 4s to 5 5 ; Veal, 3 s 6 d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter Old Store Pigs, 15s to 22s each. LEWES, AUG. 22.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s 2d to ss; Lamb, 4s 6d to Ss; Veal , 3 s 8 d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. NAY MAX.*ETS.. SMITHFIELD.— dir Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 4/ ; n ew ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ 105; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 les ; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 53 to 41; New ditto, 21 103 to 3/12s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4116 s ; New ditto, 31103 to 4/ 5s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/; New ditto,, 21 ba to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 4/ to Si; New ditto, 3/10s to 41 lOs; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 10s per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. COAL MARK ET.—YESTEaDAY. Charlotte .. .. ...... ... 15s Od Lambton Primrose 165 Od Davison's West Hartley 15s Od Belmont l6s 6d Dean's Primrose ...... 13s Od Braddyll's Hetton l6s 6d Hasting's Hartley lss Od Haswell l7a 3d Holywell Main ........ 14s 6d Hetton New Tanfield l3s Od6l,anabton North Percy Hartley.. 14s 6(1 Russell's Hetton Ord's Redheugh South Peareth ......... 11s 6 djWhitwell 'Tanfield Moor .... ..... 14s Od Caradoc .. .. . Townley l3s 6d 'Cassop lss 9 , 51 West Hartley ........ 163 Od4leugh Hall Wall's End, &c. Kelloe 165 Od Gosforth ..... .......... 15s 6d Adelaide Tees Hedley Harton Its Od Washington ......... Eden Main l6s Od Ships at market...ss. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Agu. 23, 184 e, aaade up from:the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BAILEY. 1 1 OATS. ZYZ. BEANS. I PEAS. . PRICE .. I sls Od 30s 3d 21s 5d I 311 lld 373 9d 363 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OATS. I &TB. I BEANS. I PEAS. Ss Od 3s Od 2s 6d 3s Od 3s Od 3s Od A deputation, including Mr. Charles Russell (Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company), Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Hunt, had an interview with the Commissioners of Rail ways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. THE CITY OF LONDON SEWERS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL:. Sir G. GREY moved the thiid reading of this Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD proceeded at great length to review the course of legislation which had been pursued towards Ireland during the past year, and complained that the Government, instead of remedial measures, had coerced the people and aggravated their distresses. The Hon. Gentleman received an intimation from the Speaker that he was travelling away from the object before the House, and brought his address to a close by inquiring if the Government intended to introduce an efficient Landlord and Tenant Bill next session. Sir GEORGE GREY said that Government had in troduced a Bill on the subject, but the Government had not been able to pass it into a law during the present session. They hoped early next session to introduce and pass an efficient measure. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said the Evicted Tenants Bill had proved altogether ineffectual. With respect to OR lamentable condition of Ireland, be might say that the) could not feel surprised that rebellion had broken out when whole families were driven from their holdings to starve and die on the highways. Mr. P. SCROPE said no peace could exist in Ireland until the relations of landlord and tenant were placed on a more satisfactory footing than at present. Mr. O'CONNOR opposed the Bill, and moved that it be read a third time this day six months, which lacking a seconder fell to the ground. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE COURT OF ROME BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House go into Committee on this Bill. Mr. C. ANSTEY opposed the motion, and blamed the Government for pressinc , on the Bill with indecent haste, considering the altered spirit of the times. More than appeared on the surface was involved in this ques tien—not only the pacification but the well-being of England, in which by this measure they risked a civil war. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving that the House should resolve itself into Com mittee on the Bill that day three months. Mr. URQUHART seconded the amendment. _ . Sir J. TY - ItELL believed that the House of Commons was sitting at the present late period of the year, in consequence of the long speeches of the Hon. and Learned Member for Yuughal, added to is hich it was popularly considered that the Noble Lord the Member for London was not indisposed to protract the session. It was also generally considered that it was the intention of the Government to rule Ireland through the Bishop of Rome, and that, he believed, was the reason for the introduction of this Bill. (LEFT SITTING.) CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURI. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Alderman GIBBS.) CASE OF POISONING.—The grand jury have ignored the bill which was presented to them against Mary Spry and Mary Ann Dore, who are at present out on bail on a charge of having caused the death of a child by administering poi son. They will, however, be tried upon the coroner's inqui sition. Upon the application.of Mr. CLARKSON, this morning, the case which stood upon the paper for to-day was postponed. TRANSFERRING MARS OF GOLDSMITHS' HALL TO AN Artucras OF SPURIOUS NETAL.—Robert Gordon, a man of colour, aged 40, and described as a jeweller, was indicted for feloniously transposing and removing the mark of a certain die used by the Goldsmiths' Company for marking and stamping silver wares, to wit, from a silver spoon to certain ware of base metal. Mr. CLARKSON, in stating the case for the prosecution, said that it was one of great importance as it involved an offence of a very serious nature, by which the public might be defrauded to a great extent. The prisoner carried on the business of a working-jeweller in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. A gentleman lof the name of Dr. Halley em ployed him to manufacture a Scotch purse, or sporral, which forms a portion of the Highland costume, and the contract was that the clasps should be made of standard silver. Dr. Halley called at the shop before the article was finished, and on seeing it expressed some doubt, from some pe culiarity in its appearance, as to the purity of the metal, but the prisoner assured bins that it was good silver. To make certain, however, that it was composed of pure metal, he uesired the prisoner to have the mark of the Goldsmiths' Company placed upon it when it was completed, and the prisoner promised that he would do so. There was a person of the name of Johnson in the em ploy of the prisoner, and the prisoner said to him that it would be easy to remove the mark of the Hall from another article and place it on the purse, to which Johnson replied that he would not do such a thing for 501. The jury would find, however, that the Hall mark was afterwards taken from a tea-spoon, and placed upon the article. When the purse was taken home, Dr. Halley expressed himself satisfied, and paid the prisoner 41. 10s., which was the value of it made of silver. Subsequently Jchnson and the prisoner had a quarrel, and the former went to Dr. Halley and informed him that the purse was made of base metal. This information led to an inquiry, which resulted in the present prosecution by the Goldsmiths' Company. A number of witnesses were called, whose evidence bore out the statement of the Learned Counsel. It was stated by the deputy warden of Goldsmiths' Hall that the mark whicn was transferred from the spoon had not been n,ed since May, 1845, and that the mark for the present year would have been altogether different. Yor the defence, which was conducted by Mr. Parnell, it was contended that Johnson was the guilty party, and nut the prisoner, in proof of which a witness, named Wood, was called, who stated that he was present when vohnson offered to make the whole article and get it stamped for 18s. The prisoner, he added, consented to the offer, and gave Johnson 103. on account. Several witnesses were called to speak as to the prisoner's character. Mr. liatlON PLATT having briefly summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to transportation for the period of 10 years. ATEW COURT: (Before the RECORDIIR and Mr. Alderman FARNCO3III.) THE ROBBER.If AT MESSRS. NICHOLSON'S WHARF, LOI, DO2i- BRlDGE.—lVilliamnry Smith, 36, a respectable-looking young man, was indicted with stealing thirty-nine boxes of raisins, and other goods, of the value of 1051., the pro perty of Messrs. Nicholson, Besley, and Co., his masters. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin were for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. From the statement of Mr. CLaitesox, on the part of the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of Messrs. Nicholson and Besley, as foreman of the fruit warehouse, since the month of February, 1847. In that situation he was responsible for all the goods that came into and went out of that part of Messrs. Nicholson's warehouses that was devoted to the French department. On the 30th of last May the prisoner came to the warehouse early in the morning, and before the arrival of the partners of the house of Messrs. Nicholson. At nine o'clock on that morning he stated to one of the labourers that he was unwell, and under that plea he left, and nothing more was heard of him until he was taken into custody. His absence excited suspicion, the stock in warehouse of the fruit department was taken, and pro perty to the amount of upwards of 1004 was found to be miss ing. In the month of June, Messrs. Nicholson received a letter from the prisoner, expressing his fears that his absence had done no good for his character, and expressing a wish to explain the cause of the deficiency of the goods in the fruit department: On his interview with Mr. Besley, one of the partners in Messrs. Nicholson's house, the prisoner explained the cause of the deficiency of eleven boxes of raisins by stating that he had charged the flouse to which they had been sent with eleven boxes less than had been sent to em, and this upon inquiry was found to be th e case; b ut tthhedeliciency unaccounted . for by the pri soner was found to be so great that Messrs. Nicholson had him taken into custody and brought the present charge against him. Mr. Besley and several otter witnesses were examined at greatco n syei quantityrut a hn c onsiderable t e nle o i h g ht : a l bwd ) ,aastnrokeo baskets to r as o uca N se - ne e o dua nib : thattpoerxdotepli appropriated t r er prisoner ai o stn n iond e ts r hlel andaaf drt fruit received other ewdeaeivps pro. 00 : t p to ar b t m e i n i t , e optfotil three ec ehe possessionmi c j a h e ntthelevr letters, a tt s :lol f oe o ek r n ai e tn m ohtr e e a an n nd . t prisoner ieudm t.ob o 0 intobk e sine n custody tw thoi f e o ws u se n rrs d e. c in opi h ed is Nicholson, in which the prisoner denied that he had been guilty of the robbery, complained of the loose manner in which the business of Messrs. Nicholson was ccnducted, the facility it afforded to robbery, and stated that as he had fallen a victim to the system, it was his determination to leave the country for ever, in order to avoid the disgrace of a public prosecution. The prisoner also, in another letter, stated that if he had committed the robbery he would have done so to a far greater extent, and that he would have fired the warehouse sooner than have been discovered. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury at some length on be half of the prisoner, contending that, although the prisoner had been guilty of a breach of trust and duty, fur which he was answerable before a civil tribunal, he had not been guilty of the crime of larceny with which he was charged before the Court criminally. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. The RECORDER summed up at some length.] The jury fuund the prisoner Guilty; and The RECORDER sentenced him to one year's imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. DREADFUL RAILWAY FlRE.—Shortly after two o'clock this morning a dreadful fire happened at the Charlton station of the West Kent Railway. It broke out on the part near the tunnel at Charlton. Messen gers were sent to London for the engines and firemen, and those belonging to the London es tablishmen t and West of England arrived shortly before three o 'clo ck. Water couldnotbe proc h u a r v e oc. procured in Plenty asu of assistan ce, t as q s u is a t n a ti nc ty e: and the flames made d however, was at hand, and the sleepers, about 1,000 in number, were saved. By five all danger ceased, but the loss will be at least 1,000/. No cause could be ascer tained for the calamity. On the arrival of the steamship United States at Southampton, on Friday last, it was reported incorrectly that the steam-ships America and Hermann both reached New York on the 4th inst. The fact is, that the America, which sailed from Liverpool on the 22d ultimo, arrived at New York on the 4th, at noon; and the Hermann , which left Southampton at midnight on the 20 th, arrived on the stb, at seven o'clock, A.m. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.--01l next, the 26th inst., his Royal Highness Princ e will enter his 29th year, and the day will be celebrated at her Majesty's marine residence, in the Isle of Wight, with more than ordinary effect. A rural and marine fete, similar to that given in celebration of the Duchess of Kent's birthday last week, but un a more extended scale, will be given ; and to guard against the discom fort of wet and windy weather, like the present, a num ber of artizans in the Lord Chamberlaiu's department, at Windsor Castle, have been busily engaged for some days past in repairing and refitting a number of tents and marquees recently brought from the Pavilion at Brighton ; and they were to-day sent off to Osborne by the South- Western Railway. AMENDMENTS TO INDICTMENTS.—An Act of Par liament has just come into force (11 and 12 Viet., c. 49) by which permission is given to amend indictments on the trials where there is a variance in writings produced and the recital in the indictment. It is declared that there has been a great failure of justice in the al:4We of mach permission. 1 SPORTING -IN-T-ELIAGNCE. ECCLES RACES.—MONDAY. The Sweepstakes of 3 sow. each, with 20 added, one mile ind 'a quarter (5 Subs.), was won by Mr. Green's Clara, 4 , ors (Flintoff), beating Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs, (;,rand .4eignior, 5 yrs, and five others, easily. The Gentlemen's Purse of 25!., added to a Handicap of 3 sovs. each, one mile and three quarters (6 Subs.), was won in two heats by Mr. W. G. Hobson's Billy froMßrigg, 4 yrs, Sat 61b (Abdale), beating Little John, 7st, Grand Seignior , lOst, and three others, easily. The Pony Race was won by Red Rose, beating three other& BASINGSTOKE RACES. '(he Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, one mile and a quarter (6 Subs.), were won in three heats by Mr. Williams's Rosalinda, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b, beating. Moodliee , 4 yrs, Bst 101 b, Sultan, 4 yrs, Bat 101 b, Hippona, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b, and Royalty, 5 yrs, 9st 81b. The Hackwood Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 30 added, one mile and a quarter, were won in two heats by Mr. SadlerS Faith, 3 yrs, Est 131 b, beating Frank, 5 yrs, 9st lib, Prospect , 5 vrs, 7st 131 b, and four others. The Selling Stakes of 4 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile act' a gaff, over hurdles, were won in two heats by 31 r . Ploughman, aged, lOst 41b, beating Bella Donne 9st 121 b, and Ark wright, 9st 51b. YORK AUGUST MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added; for three yrs old, Oat 81b; four, Bst 2lb ; five, Bst 91b; six 04 aged, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed sib. • One mile and a quarter. (8 Subs.) 1 Mr. bleiklam's Inheritress, aged ... ..• Mr. Payne na Philosoph er , 4 y rs ... ..• 2 Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; for three yrs old,7st 91b1 four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 41b; six, 9st ; and aged, 94 91b. Two miles. Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth, 3 yrs ... ••• Mr. Woffenden's Raisthorpe. 4 yrs... ... ••• The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b; winne rs 21b extra. T.Y.C. (34 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Farthingale ... ••• Lord Zetland's Ellen Middl e t on 2 Nine ran. Won cleverly. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 soya. each, 20 ft; for tit° yrs old, Bst 71b each. One mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Bell's Velox 1 .•• Mr. J. Moore's Old E . nglishZentle . n . i . an •so Match, 100 sovs., 25 ft. Half a mile. Mr. Holmes's Mysticle, 2 yrs ... ••• 42 1 Mr. W. H. Dawson's Snacks, 2 yrs, ist I lib ... ••• The Ebor St. Leger St a k es of 25 sovs. each ; with 100 soy& for the second, and 50 for the third ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies/ Bst 31b; , winners extra. Two miles. (61 Subs.) 1 Lord Stanley's Canezou . Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher •• Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina ••• Lord Stanley's C anezou won i n very clever style by length, Distaffina a very bad third. Run in four minute six seconds. After the race the winner was backed at 4 an d to 1 for the St. Leger, and 8 to 1 offered against Flatcatche• The Lottery Stakes Plate of 251., added to a sweeps of 5 soya. each, for three-years. old and upwards, the second t° save his stake. One mile. (8 Subs ) Mr. Bowes's Man in the Moon, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Charlton) Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, 3 yrs, Est 51b Mr. Padley's Lady Diary, 3 y rs , Est Jib q The following also started but were not placed :—° ll. ' Osborne's gr c by Robin Gray, out of Queen of Carthag e ,' 3 yrs, Est 81b—Mr. Schol e y' s Ch es t er fi e ld , age d , Bst 31b - 1 0" Mr. Pearl's Ennui, 5 yrs, Bst. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Mary, and 3to 1 age, Man in the Moon. Won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 52 see• The Knavesmire Stakes was no race. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Dough I 6 to 1 agst Meaux (t) sto 1 agst Remembrance I9to 1 agst Ellerdale ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Springy Jack 5 to 1 agst Canezou 4to 1 agst Justice to Ire- 11 to 2 agst Surplice land (t) 8 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (t) 1 s~' ribirtr EXtittott YORK RACES• (THIS DAY-By EXPRESS.) -- --- The Bramham Park Stakes of 100 stns. each, 3 0 ft. Ladybird The Lamb One mile and a half. ..• ••• ••• .•• The Filly Stakes of 15 sot's. each, &c. Two miles' Queen of the May ~. ••• a.. •.. ••• Camphine 2 THE GREAT EBOR HANDICAP OF • 200 SO S ' Mr. S. L. Fox'a Meaux Captain Harcourt'a Ellerdale Fifteen started. CHOLERA. • • POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Friday afternoon, during the delivery of his intr resting and important lecture upon the Asiatic Choler. o 9: tracing its con ne xi on w i t h t h e e l ectr i c cond i t i on o f gr atmosphere, Mr. lsham Baggs suggested a means which the mortality caused by that great scourge of t e , nineteenth century miht be very materially diminish!! b' which, indeed, in tie instance of many hundreds Its terrors might be altogether evaded. The • mode er i , plained by the lectur e r i s one so pecu li ar l y s i mp l e , an d yet so obviously efficacious, that at the first moment O.: suggestion of it almost amounts to "an in:. suit to one's understanding "—the effe c t of surprise experienced by those who heard it on Friday afternoon was only comparable to that' depicted by llogarth upon the features of the Spa- Dish courtiers when Columbus made the egg stand upon the table. Yet preposterously simple as the expedient of Columbus was, it had never occurred to any one be fore the great navigator flattened the broad end of the, egg upon the m a hog a ny. M r . B aggs t h en propose s u • that those whose fortunes admit of the expenditure s hould escape from the ravages of the Asiatic cholera bi taking up their residence in some elevated localitft as not one single case of the epidemic b 1 ever been known to h ave occure d upon 1 11° top of a mountain, whereas in fiat countries, yalli t and especially in the neighbo u rh oo d o f water , the 03Oe: tality has been enormously great . B eyond th i s , 01 4 . learned gentleman observ e d t h at t h e track of Of cholera can be calculated with t h e utmost degree of precision, and that consequ en tly t h e most certain inel°, r es of avoiding the chances o f d eat h f rom this part i et us u disease would be to shun those towns and cities wblo f the cholera must inevitably traverse. In testimony the accuracy of this assertion, we need ° D „' i , refer to the spe ec h recently delivered in House of Commons by Lord Morpeth, in wn s ° it was shown from aut h ent i c statistics that the cola; 1" pursued by the ch o l era was very nearly identical in e,,,0 " respect with that f o ll owe d b y it on the occasion of / last visitation. A mong the more ingenious portionS° the lecture in quest i on, was that in which Mr. 134 g, us developed one tif the m os t b eaut i ful theories of , Liebig; and it must be acknowledged that the tota l° investigator carried out t h e views of his illustrious c° °. temporary by a singularly simple process of retool:l i t: In every man's blood, said h e , t h ere i s a certain quBlll,lio of iron, and Li e b ig believes this iron to be an agen t es the arterialization o f t h e venous blood. He suPP °9 4 that the dark venous bl ood contains the iron in the ta r of prot ox id e , an d thut, in passing through the 1uD11546 the arteries, thi s p rotox id e b ecomes peroxide by absorption of oxygen in the process of res piratt s Supposing thi s t o b e correct , M r. Baggs maintained L;75 a corollary of ex t reme i nterest necessar i ly follows. " o venous blood containin g p rotox id e o f iron mus t fr om that circumstance be magne ti c , an d the arterial bl/). containing the peroxide m ust , on t h e contrary, bed his magnetic. The circulation of the blood therefore in t . i . condition, he argues, constitutes a continuous rel ti : te r, movement between conducting and magnetic PA" o f and must consequently give rise to the generation magneto electricity, whi c h currents will be, doubae o .. found upon investig a ti on to f u l fi l most important pbrire o s logical functions. Thermarkable character of the lee° o r now being deliv e r e d by M r .l s h am Beggs impresses us troi the more forcibly w i th a sense of the usefulness of suc h establishment us that o f t h e R oya l P olytechn i c Usti 0 tion; and the arguments of the lecturer, applYinfo s s they do, so immediately to the sanitary condition of for people of these realms, call in an especial manner the attention of the Government. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 0 . • ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. ad PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP.—The Flirt , Enchantress ,l 4o, „ Capricorn, started this morning at eleven o'clochy,„ a j Capricorn appearing to hav e th e l ea d . There "'op nice breeze trum the westward, an d t h e vessels rel l if a nearly together; the Flirt got round the Nab he'A minute before the Enchant ress , an d one minute 011%a half before the Capricor n . I n b eat i ng down, she ge ll l 3 - 0 : so much that she rounded the vessel off Yarmouth se „ o % minutes berme the others, an d arr i ved at the ete,rh-ers vessel at twenty-fou r m i nutes past eleven, the 42isa.. being considerably as t ern, i ndeed not in while we ~ b o a Corke s t eere d the Flirt, and, as usual, /I° the Cup. k . ' On the 7th o f June, at BIRTILS Mussoorie, the lady Ca pes Renny, Bengal Engineers, of a daughter. , h , ife (7' On the 19th inst., at Old-square, Birmingham, --- V. W. Blake, Esq., of a son. Vil er On the 19th i nst. , M rs. Vickers, of Trinity-squl' hill, of a son. 0 6 ° 1 ' On the 19th inst.. :t Well s , S omerse t, the wi fe Bernard, Esq., of a son. MARRED. c!, Robert r L t a l d v y . I l a v n ,i d is - o h n o , u t T jateTtshGiirass,goown.t y he oun lB g th es ln d st. au t g •-- - h r er the late W. Cochrane, Esq , of Ladyland. L o tto . s= at °: On the 2l s t i nst ., at Fulham, Li euten ant F. „ vAa. R.N., to L ou i sa , e ld est d aug h ter o f J o h n Goodered, • Elysium-villa, Fulham. M D.• s°tl At St. John' s Ch urc h, William Neville, EgThs - of Mrs. James Raymond Barker, of London, 0 , I - e old Mary White, e ld est d a ughter of the late C. V. It' d * granddaughter of 'l'. White, Esq., Danker, of the DlAb. On the 13th inst., Mr. James France, of the garq °l ~a 60, Ar Camden, most deeply and sincerely regretted by his family On the 22d of June, at Mussoorie, Eleanor Josephine' the infant daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Renn), Bengal Enginee—f, On the 16th inst., GI A : daughter o at Glasgow, Anne, youngest the late T. Cole, Esq. Esq., of tbe On the 21st inst., at Fulham, John F. Waller, office of Woods. &c., aged; 0, son of John Waller, .E 6( l , /at° cashier of the said office. Arownedf 6 On the 21st inst., at Hampstead, accidentany„-- - w awa° Charles Edward, aged 11 years, the youngest son 0 , "'"' Hughes, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. and tri l'i; Of. rTNG, London: Printed and Published by MURDO Na us, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Baca 01E64 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy . in tbo ev"'"' V.iddlwaez, Thursday, August 24, 1846, THE SUN, LONDON, TIMSDAY EVENING, AUCIVST 24, lB4B.