The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-01 00:00:00

a- -- HUN GARY. The Ban lELLALICH has returned to Agram from I tour in the Banat, in the course of which he has effected the mobilization of 20,000 borderers on the frontiers of Lika and Carlsstadt. The field batteries and a regiment of Lika borderers arrived at Agram on the 21st ult. The late defenders of Peschiera, the bordere rs o f Otocha, are in a camp near St. Ivan. They have b een f avoured b y t h e B an w ith th e privi ego of for m i ng t h e f or l orn hope o f t h e army , which ' lB "PeCted to march before the end of the month. RUSSIA. THE CrtOLERA..—The St. Petersburgh papers, re ceived in Paris yesterday, state that on the 4th of August there were 708 cholera patients in that city ; on th e s th, 33 fresh cases, 51 cures, and 17 deaths were decl are d ; 613 patients remaining on h an d . O n the same day there were 29 fresh cures, 64 cases, and 1 2 deaths. only 624 On the morning of the 6th there were patients on hand. ITALY. SARDINIA AND LOMBARDY. ;The P -..sorimento of Turin, of the 26th ult., states that after a severe engagement on the 19th, in which the Austri ans were defeated at Olgiate, between Como his 'Varese, GABIBALDI had entered Como Aith ' 45 troops, which statement must be taken cups /rani% statesl at from Th e Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 25 th, being Rome that about 300 Swiss had muti - Rimini on the llth, on account of their pay irregularly withheld. They killed their ca - n and two lieutenants, and marched to Ravenna, il ding the gates closed, they were obliged to proceed further, when, quarrelling among them- I ' v es, they disbanded, and were arrested in small Parties. c W e read in the Opinione of Turin—" General IYAIGNAC has assured a person well worthy of cr edit that o ur country shall not be abandoned to the Austrians: An ordonnance of the Prince DE CARIGNAN ap rars. in the Gazette, of the 26th ult., dissolving the b i ee lll,te establishments throughout the kingdom, p a these ecclesiastics with some exceptions, h „, aPprepriating their revenues to the general pur flrs of public instruction. The same decree dis _ ~!.!s the institutions of the Dames des Sacre Ceeurs riedmont, but not in Savoy. ROME. Letter s f rom R ome o f t h e 22d u lt. say that the Minis ",ter ilf:Pornmer ce being questioned in the Chamber re ing the evacuation of Bologna by the Austrians , 13 l'ed that the committee had presented itself at the hea dquarters l of General WELDEN, demanding "the " 311 of the invasion of Bologna, and had solemnly 111.° 1 „ t e!!ted against that proceeding. d i ."Fehal WELDEN replied that he would imme ( Wh q. recal the greater part of his troop, and those h t i e had passed the Po, out of deference to the Pon tifical envoys. He explained the motive which had L to this occupation of territory, and expressed a " 18 h that it should be communicated to the POPE. TUSCANY. 2 , 1 e the sitting of the Florence Chambers of the en ult., the Minister CAPPONI, President of the I , n /3 1 1 . 14 61, took an opportunity of explaining the declared which the Cabinet intended to follow. He Italia n that they would, by every effort, defend Pollar l !au nationality, promote the federation of the n States, and invite the succour of those i r? ers that have hitherto shown a similitude of i e reats engaged in the Italian cause. The . 111 1stry, h e sa id, i s therefore actively occu pied in taking part in the negotiations now 14tluinr-. : „ He then proceeded thus "If the voice of "lie Government, which has for it the authority b ' Europe, loyalty towards the other nations b 'x- , urope, will be listened to, the federation promoted affirm it, gentlemen, shall take place ; nor fr , wil l It be our fault if it is not concluded. And the la "idly assistance of those two great states that have fi, e t adY promised their co-operation will be more ef fectual and honourable if we also take part in the de ,oll?erations, if our voice be heard while others treat j o t t}l us. This succour, which we need no longer all 'tet but which the Government accepts in so far It may be useful and not contrary to the dignity of I Y--this succour and friendship of those two great powers was but a few days ago confirmed to U 3 in the r o ost satisfactory way." Phtu The Minister's speech was received with loud ap se. NAPLES. have received dispatches to the 24th ult. from th -lxes. A shower of projects were thrown before ;:s.. e Chambers by deputies whose impatience w ould ii,` even allow them to wait for the Ministers to pro i,,le their measures. The reform of the courts of " r 1"co, new laws on the National Guard, municipal eform, prison di sc ipli ne , a nd a host of other projects, vfere successively produced. It was fully expected that Sicily would be obliged : °.retarn to h er a ll eg i ance , or b e g iven to the second ,2 13 of FERDINA ND . The bombardment of Messina was continued. On the night of the 2d six grenades th 80 1 and a bomb of large calibre, were thrown into e town and set fire to a warehouse, but did no fu rther harm. „,? 11 15 Messinese continued to fire on every Nea 'tall vessel which passed the Faro. The Fernando as fired on and disabled. VENICE. The P o liti ca l Ci rc l e o f V en i c e issued a proelama "°n to the Italians on the 19th ult.:— " b The Italy of the 22d March," it says, " is on the 1 : 1 1111( of the abyss, but is not yet lost. A nation of f millions of souls cannot perish unless it be by its own a i ll ! t • Forward, then! Let every man join the standard g o ,Ludependence, and rally round the heart of the penin -11114, round Venice, the vigilant guardian of Italian o rlour, an impregnable citadel, against which the rage th t he barbarians shall prove unavailable. Tuscans ! h i e citizens of Curtalona and Montanara call for the c :°( 1 of the enemy, and not for womanly tears. Nea t"taos ! follow the example of your brethren, whom ` t 'g Ferdinand has proclaimed rebels. People of the Pe ninsula, rise like one man !" 1 % ,The Provisional Government of Venice had pub n Lied the following decree : `` Considering the importace of preventing all com h, Z 4 nication between the interior and exterior, at a mo mo- me nt particularly when the fate of Italy depends on vat of Venice, and after consulting the Committee of pgilance, the Provisional Government decrees-1. , c r ° ll l this day Venice shall be surrounded with a cordon armed barges, which shall exercise day and night, the - " ()S t active vigilance. 2. No boat, whether public or Priv ate, and no matter what its destination, form, or ton may be, shall be allowed to enter or quit Venice e o lt eout having being previously visited by the crew of 1:1 ° Of the b arges o f th e cor d on . 3. Each visit shall be , Zeritioned in a certificate, which is to be presented to e Prefect ure , w ith th e p e r m it, by all individuals enter -obaVeniee. 4. Should a boat not reply to the third gnllenge the sentinels are authorised to fire upon it. 5. o . til . found without any permission in the lagunas are iii 4e immediately sequestered, and the owners, master, every person on board shall be condemned to pay a Itirt— e of 150 Italian livres. The boat sequestered shall slyer for the payment of the fine, unless the Govern 17prit think proper to convert the penalty into im tio'ooment, during a month in the House of Correc then* 6 . The Committee of Vigilance of Venice and deree Prefecture are charged with the execution of this -. (Signed) " MANIN. " GRAZIANI. "CAVEDALIS." 41 ; r enice, August 18." EGYPT. A I TIE CHOLERA AT ALEXANDRIA. iii.,:".eeording to the accounts received from Alexan -114 up to the 18th ult., the cholera still raged, and p ot „,Tacle great havoc, especially amongst the Arab e a ti,"lation. One of the English medical men at di e - c i ° )br. DAVISON, a young man of great promise, led of the disease after only fifteen hours' illness. T u - e tereral Europeans have fallen victims to it. Mr. h ad ° , 44 -s BELL, one of the leading English merchants, at ti;,, °lll ' of his children suffering from the complaint but ir h sarne time, two of whom died in a few hours, he r , '",Q others are getting better. The mortality sear ee i,,, s now reduced to about 1 20 cases daily ; Bco urp ,/ ;tny who are attacked escape. This awful and musta now been raging nearly a month here, have carried off at least 5,000 persons. TURKEY. f ff‘- letter from Persia, dated June 18th, contains the inf °w m i ,, ll ./1, -- " The Governor of Salinas has received sur ---"" by a courier from Teheran that the in :11 g:ents of the Khorassan have cut the royal army ertained l al a P rm ieces 3, and that the capital was under the greatest t -- - 8 -t Salmas, great fears of a famine were en o devo n account of the locusts, which had already rured one-half o f th e c r o ps, and threaten e d t o avage the whole country." Pao: 'ROGATION or PARLIAMENT.—The prorogation of Parliament is definitively fixed for Tuesday next, the Lord Hi g h Chamberlain having issued his orders for the usual preparations to be made for th e rece pti on o f h er Majesty on that day. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL A RTILLBR Y Beartecas, WooLwic n.—Yesterday, Mr. C. J. Carttar, coron er for West Kent, held an inquest at the Marquis of Anglesea, Woolwich, on the body of George Hop croft, aged twenty years, a gunner of the Royal Artil lery. It app eare d from the evidence that on Monday morning last the deceased was leading a horse belonging to the field battery, for inspection, in the presence of his commanding officer, when, by some accident, he fell down, and the horse trod on his chest. The deceased was ct ticked up in sens ib le, and died in a few hours. A ver- Accidental death" was returned. The Chairman of the Excise had interviews yesterday with Earl Granville, at the office of the Board of Trade, and also with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ---------- at Govern• of the foto ruary. restored to r du Soir) Works, has to the Ceti• place of hi. and who a of Rano r, the Na. last even; number_ 0 ; which hiP e carriage . , lum ber 0 1 red 40 0 he zeirie. herto-- o° _, id Geyer' kustria md much that the SEG in evasion 0, i ce of t b at Fred° at Mon t• imediateli rates Or s the rose' „ na l de Id of Cher Tbey a r : y are 0 0 e of wi ll ns. Thel ort liar to a c 10” ssing OA ° pus whic h doh tbd 1. the Pr ° ce in O. ub r' he Pd repor deels LA r EX ten d`" 'rtior .. AT tril s 31. tux, 15*** TES• the 2501 gitatifil t a ppre• enclaw ational French ript ikent tb° wee dur e of big 4 3 o f the reirola h Tyro l ith reigned be pa' ACCO IIII , Le, an d -SiWPB t. erne O n s e • l ors ana l tor the THE SUN, LONDON, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The. Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, but quiet. Sales, 4,000 to 5,000 bales. American realised 30. to 51d. per lb. Railway Shares were in good demand and firm. The accounts from Paris of the reported indisposition of Austria to accede to the terms proposed by England and France, are considered now to come in a more " questionable" form, and many parties are already prognosticating very serious political difficulties as the result. The assumption of a menacing attitude by France would be likely, perhaps, as stated, to have the effect of inducing dogged resistance by Austria, backed by Germany; but there is at least reason to hope that as the Danish affair, which with the Diet of Frank fort had much more of a national character than the Italian question, has been amioably arranged, the same may be the case with the latter. Under circumstances the anxiety felt is not surprising, and we fear the money market will be sensibly affected by it, for Frenchmen think too little of the consequences to be deterred by considerations of the ruin entailed by war. The state of the Irish Savings Banks, we may hope, is not to be entirely judged of by the unfavourable " ex hibits" of the institutions which have recently sus pended, but there is obviously a want of supervision in the sister isle, whatever there may be in England. Al though we have not an immediate opportunity of enter ing at length into the question, so tersely explained in the letter of Colonel Thompson, which appeared a day or two since in the columns of The Sun, we may usefully subjoin an extract from the September number of the Bankers' Magazine:— " From 1820 to 1824, the deposits increased rapidly, and during the Parliamentary session of the latter year the reduction in the amount allowed to be deposited was effected. According to the Act then passed the deposits of any one depositor were not after the 20th of November, 1824, to exceed 501. in the first year both in Great Britain and in Ireland, nor 301. in any one year afterwards, nor 2001. in the whole exclusive of interest. P A \ " The Three per Cent. and Three-and-a-half per Cent. Stocks, standing in the names of the National Debt Commissioners, to meet the demands of the owners of the above accumulations on 20th November, 1824, amounted to 13,384,3801., being 12,700,018/. stock, ap plicable to the deposits in Great Britain, and 684,334/. applicable to those in Ireland. " After incurring liabilities amounting to nearly twelve millions at the end of seven years, and sacrificing, in the payment of interest to the trustees of savings' banks dur ing that period a sum exceeding 200,0001., averaging more than 30,0001. annually, the Government was bound, in 1824, to introduce some restrictive measure." Notwithstanding this, we should be sorry to find the saving system injured by ill-timed parsimony. The grand object is to see that the proper object is effected, viz., the encouragement of thrifty habits among the poor. The Stock Market has been extremely inert to-day, but takes a lower range by nearly per cent. This is not the result of money sales, but of the intelligence from Paris. Consols have been quoted 864, and since 84 Bank Stock has been firm at 198. Exchequer-bills of March have been 28s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 86i 4. Foreign Stocks are looking well again. Spanish Five per Cents. are 124 to 12i, and the Three per Cents., 23k to Portuguese Four per Cents. are 224 to 224. Mexican Bonds have been 164. Russian Stock ex. dividend, is worth 98. Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. have been 44i to 454. Railway Shares are affected by the heaviness of the English Securities, but sellers are not pressing. ONE CLOSING P MIES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 198 198 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna.. 86 % 111 85% 86 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 864 85 3 / 4 85% New 34 per Cent. Ann 5....... . B7 86 3 4% 86 3 4 Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 India Stock .....•.••237 237 India Bonds, 1,0001.........••..... 22 p 22 p Ditto under 1,0001. . ....... 20 p p Consols for Account... Exchequer kills 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March 23 p 1,000/. June ...... Small, March .. 31 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l6B Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 29% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent 2 2 3/ Ditto, Ac count 22%4 Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ..... Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 44 % 5A 454 44 3 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 707 5 71 1 4 71% PRICES OF T, BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 4berdeen 5O Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 h — Belfast & County Down. 16 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 10 ..... . . ••••.••.• Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B 5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 14/. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 834 Do. New 10/. Pref 2 3 / 4 Ditto,Cly desdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 47 1 ,E 2 1 3 /4 Ditto, Preference l5 .. .... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June 3O Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... East Anglia, 2 51. , L. & E. and L. and D 25 5 Do., 18/., E. & II lB Do., 3/. 103. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 13% 14 x d 13%x d. Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent........... 5 ...... 5% % 5% Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/. 135. Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 ...... 50 x d Do., 5 per cent. ...... 50 .. 50 x d Do. Quarters ..... 12% ...... - • - Do. New 21 x d Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) .. 20 ...... 27p 22 31 p CLOSINU PRICER. 16 3 4 29% 22% 22 1 h 98 el 121 i 23% 23% 22% 2% 21% Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%. • ..• --- Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent~......... 2% East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 -4 ...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 24 — East Lincolnshire ...... 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6% — Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New 3 3 / 4.,.... Exeter,Yeovil, & Doren. 2% — Ditto, New G l a-4 go w , Dumfries and Carlisle. .....Si. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New ... ...... —. 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2% • Great South. and West (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ..... Ditto, New, 40/. ..... ... 40 Ditto, ditto . 15 Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 151......... 14 .. .. ... — Great Western 9O ... .. 82 81 x.d. Ditto, iyi Shares 5O ...... 47 46 x.d. Ditto, 1 % Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 17/... ..... 13 ... —9% x.d lO x.d. Huddersfield and Manch. 28 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... '25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 . Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Quarter Shares... 17% 127 Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ..... 4 3 / 4 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 2 1 ...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... • Ditto 1 ,4 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 38 6% 12';' s 6 311 434 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte: Tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 914 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . Do., Half Shares 22 1 Do., (blue) Scrip — Leeds and Thirsk ..... 50 ..........••.. Ditto, New ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 314...... ••.. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 .— Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 % — London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d — Do. Extension ..... 22 1 A London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. .. 3 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d — London and N. Western 100 115% 116 Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. 2 Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 25 Do. 101. (51. & B.) A. 9 28x.d - VA Do. 104 (M. & B.) B. 9 - Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 •. - _ Load. &S. Western 5O .40 39 x.d. .... .39% x.d. Do. New 501. ... ..... 421,4•• .. .... . Do. New 401. 34 Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50 - ••• •••• ••••• a... Ditto ditto Ditto. Thirds ...... 111.135. 4d — ......... ..... 5: dis. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...1/. 13s. 4d — London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 1%...... —. Londonderry&Coleraino 27% ....... ........ • Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... ... ..... ..... ... Lowestoft (4 per et.) Ditto (6 per et.) Manchester,Buaton,and Matlock 4 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7%•••••• —•••••-••. ..• Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 35 Ditto ditto . ......... 1 1 - ••••••••• ..... • Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 12%. ... ...,incL ••• _ Do., Grimsby Dock... 17% — Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union. .... 4/. 20. — Midland .............. -.100 ..... - ••• Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares.- 20 ... .. 12 x.d Do. Birm., and Derbyloo ...... ...• .. _ ... Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct. —lOO ...... ... •• •• ...„, Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 14/. 185.... Di tto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 42% Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 25 ...... Newmarket ... . .. 20 Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O — - Norfolk ......... ........ ...100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ...•....... 25 .. ... 204 Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension Ditto, Thirds .... .. North & South-Western 2 — North Staffordshire l2 %.... . 8% North Wales . .. . 3% North-Western . B% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 45 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 74 Royston and Hitchin ... 1%...... • .... — Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New - .. ..... ....... - Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... .-- Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 ...... ...... Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswes try Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference - •••• •••• ..•• South Staffordshire 5% South Eastern Do., No. 1 24 - _ 89 x.d. 12 m.d. 00000 rmmil 20 4 83 - 12% Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 ...... Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 ...... 7!4 7 7 South Wales ...... 28 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 4 ...... Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 - Taw Vale Extension .- 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17 1 ( Vale of Neath ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 18 ...... .. — Waterford and Limerick 45 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 42% Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0.... 9 .. West Cornwall 6 ... .. --. West London 2O — Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20 W hitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9% — Wilts, Somerset, S; Wey mouth 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... - ......... 25 ..... Do. Original New and Berwick .. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 15 "5 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... — 60% ex.div x .xB York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ;;10 _,. 11% Do. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 27 3 4 194 k Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 44...... Centralgouiogneofanid,raAnmceienos.r... leans and Vierzoa) ... 16 20 •• Ceylon Demerara l 2 l /t — ... ......... ... Dendre Valley. 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ......... 7%..... • ....... •••• East Indian 314 — ...... - .... . Great Indian Peninsular 4 - - Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege Northern of France...... 12 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... ...... -l !4 x.in. Paris and Lyons ll ..... .. ..• Do, Do. . lO Paris and Orleans ......:20 ..... Paris and Rouen ......... 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 .... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 9 ..... . Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 ...... West Flanders 8 34 ..... _ 1% JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia _ •••••• •• —. British North American 50 Colonial 25 C om mercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 _ , London & Westminstar. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New ...... .. ....• 10 National of Ireland 2 2 1,x ...... 39 ... ......... 39 Provincial of Ireland Ditto New... ••••••••••• 10 MINES. General Mining ...... .. 20 14Ih LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. I.—Wind N.W., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, AUG. 31.—Wind variable to N.E.—Arrd. Hepsa, Jordison, Quebec. Arrd. from the river and aid., Rajah, Adelaide, South Australia; Prince of Wales, Calcutta; Emerald, Antigua; Janet, Willis, Berbice; Cyprus, Jamaica. Sld. all the outward bound, with the Alfred, from Hamburgh, for Adelaide, South Australia, and the Gerdon of Gothenburg, for Batavia. LIVERPOOL, Auu. 31.—Wind N. —Arrd. Hindostan, Cushing, New Orleans; J. P. Harwood, Andrews, Mo bile; Laura, Le Messeiner, Demerara; Amelia, Agry, Charleston. Sld. Margaret Ann, Newfoundland; Oak, Adelaide, South Australia; Mary Ellen, Mauritius; Adriana, Africa; John Retson, Buena Ventura; Black Prince, Rio Janeiro; Cheshire, Havannah; Eliza, New Orleans; Fauchon, New York; Scotland, ditto; New Zealander, St. John's, New Brunswick; Humming Bird, Halifax; Corsican, ditto; George, Pictou; Caledonia, Quebec; Mary, ditto. Off port, Belmont, St. John's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT, AUG. 29.—A piece of a spar, supposed to be part of the yard of a large ship, was picked up 26th instant, at Dinas. SWANSEA, AUG. 31 .—The Commodore, for Antigua, which was reported to have put back to the Mumbles leaky, and which came in here, has sailed again without discharging. LLANELLY, AUG. 29.—The William and Henry, Fore man, has put in here with loss of gear, bulwarks, stan chions, &c., and jib split, having been in contact with the Swan of Falmouth. TENBY, AUG. 29.—A brigantine, with mainsail in the water, and foresail brailed up, was seen near London derry, 25th instant, and a heavy squall having come on, she disappeared, and is supposed to have foundered. DUBLIN, AUG. 30.—A schooner, name unknown, is being towed into Kingstown by three fishing boats, dis masted. KINGSTOWN, AUGUST 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Sid. St. Laurence, New York. DUBLIN, AUGUST 30.—Wind W.-29, Arrd. Agnes, Smallman, Quebec. Sld. Shaw, Hewitt, Quebec. RAMSAY, ISLE OF MAN, AUGUST 27.—Arrd. Albion, Scarrow, Dalhousie. NI A RYPORT, AUGUST 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrived Dykes, Peters, Quebec. Sld. Trafalgar, Younghus band, Quebec. SWANSEA, AUGUST 31.—Wind N.N.W.-30, Sld. Victoria, Williamson, Coquimbo ; Mary Ridley, Clough, Cuba. 31, Rhoderick Dbu, Gobson, Valparaiso. BRISTOL, AUGUST 31.—Wind N.W.-30, Sld. Acadia, Hogg, Quebec. 31, James Daly, Africa ; Elizabeth, New York ; Rankin, Quebec ; Ottawa, ditto ; Princess Royal, ditto; Enchantress, ditto ; Bolivar, ditto ; St. John, ditto ; Fingal, ditto ; John, ditto. OFF FALMOUTH, AUG. 30.—Hannah, Wetherall, River Plate; Parrock Hall, Moffat, St. Kitt's. COWES, AUG. 31.—Arrd. Hermann, Jaooboen, St. Croix, for Copenhagen. T = 4-* FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEM BER 1 , 1848. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The present week's arrival of English Wheat, coast wise as well as by land carriage, has been considerably on the increase, but of very middling quality. To-day the stands were well filled with samples of both red and white. Selected parcels were in moderate request, at about Monday's prices. In all other kinds scarcely any business was transacted, at, in some instances, a slight decline in the quotations--say of is per quarter, and at which a clearance was not effected. A considerable quantity of foreign Wheat has come in, the demand for which was heavy, at is per quarter less money. PJ waded parcels, as well as floating cargoes, were neglected. Grinding and distilling Barley was very dull, and prices were the turn in favour of the buyers. There was scarcely any inquiry for Malt, and to effect sales quite is per quarter less money must have been accepted. All other articles of Grain, as well as Flour, moved off slowly, at barely the late advance in the quotations. ARRIVALS Title WEEK. Wheat. I —_Barley. Oats. I Flour. 5,450 qrs —_ qrs. 40 qrs. I 2,1905k5. -- 11,030 I English Irish. Foreign 14,100 I 3,740 Malt, 5,740 qrs. SMITHPIMLD. A full average time-of-year supply of Beasts was on sale in our market of to-day; but its general quality was by no means prime. For all breeds, the demand was in a sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those paid on Monday. The highest figure for the best Scots was 4s 2d per 81bs Amongst the Beasts, we 'noticed 82 from France, 92 from Spain, and 175 from Holland, and Germany, as also, 220 from Scotland, and 84 from Ire land. Although the numbers of Sheep were on the in crease—there being upwards of 2,000 more in the mar ketvery firm, and late rates were read i ly supporte d. than on this day se'nni Lambs—the supply of which was moderate — were i n se'nnight, the Mutton trade was fair request, at full currencies. The Veal trade, owing to the large supply of Calves brought forward, was heavy, at a decline of quite 4d per Blbs. Pigs were very dull, but not cheaper. Milch Cows were selling at from 151 to 181 each. Per Blbs. to sink its offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to a. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 second quality —• • 3 6 3 8 , C oarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen, •3 10 4 0 S outhdown blether 410 5 0 Prime Scots •••• • • 4 0 4 2 Di tto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 8 L arge Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 2 Prime small ditto .. 310 4 0 Small Porkers •• •• 4 4 4 6 Suckling Calves • .17 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 15 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep • • .3 10 4 2 Lambe .. .. 4 0 5 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I I Calves. PlCs Sheep. • 10.490 589 no FOREIGN SUPPLY.. I I 1,890 Sheep. 1 Calv es. I rigs. 0 SCOTC ll . — Beasts. 220 ; Sheep, 350. Beasts. 1,152 Beasts. 219 NEWGELTE AND LEADENHALL. Veal declined quis . .e 4d per 81bs; otherwise the trade was firm, at full prices. 4Vz per stone by the Careen. 8. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Beef,inferior• ••• a • 2 8 3 0 Hutton, iaferior .. 3 6 310 - middling •• •. 3 2 3 4 -- middling.. 4 0 4 4 primelarge .. 3 4 3 6 prime .. •. 4 6 4 8 - prime small 3 6 3 8 Pork, large 3 6 4 2 real ..... ......... 3 0 40 I - small ••• • 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 4s Od to 5s Od. BOROUGH HOP MARHET • We have to report a steady demand for the best Hops, both in pockets and bags, at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds next to nothing is doing at late rates. The duty is called from 175,000/. to 1 80,0001. Sussex pockets, 21 6s to 21 15s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 lOs to 31; Mid. and East Kent ditto, 2116 s to 51 12s per owt. _ _ _ COLONIAL. SD:wt.—There has been rather a better market upon the whole, and the quotations generally have been firmer. Barbadoes by auction has realised 41 s 6 d to 42s 6d fol. fine yellow, 39s 6d to 41s for good, 383 to 39 for ', a id . and 37s to 37s 6d for low. REFINED.—A fair business has been doz at 52s per cwt. EAST 3and white, no do If i g p o l o A d 201,3115 t o 4 0 6 y e llow, lbla2gwss,; 8 d fine Bengal, itt;l: 375 td ; fi ne, 38s to at full rat es; mid 9 yellow, lik e Mau ritius, 41s to 43s 6d per cwt., Mauritius, 1,178 bags went at 36s to 38s Gd for gor, i d yellow, at 37s to 37s 6d for mid, and at 35s 6d for fine brown. Privately there has not been much doin g , and grocery sorts have been rather cheaper. FORElGN. — :kellow Savannah, 340 boxes, sold at 37s to 40s :or low to good, and at 373 6d for washed white, 2.,879 boxes, was nearly all taken in at 28s to 31s 6d for mid to fine, and at 26s 6d to 28s for washed. Porto Rico, 156 hhds 21 barrels was taken in at 37s 6d to 41a 6d for low to good yellow; and Cuba, 178 hhds 47 tierces 46 barrels partly sold at 38s to 41s 6d for mid to fine, and at 35s to 37s for low. _ COriEE .—Thecieniind has not been active. Jamaica good and fine ordinary has been taken in at 27s to 535, and low middling and middling has beeli sold at 40s to 465; fine at 50s, and good and fine at 60s to 96s 6d per cwt. Ceylon about 4,000 bags, ':.nd 150 bags wont gene rally for the proportion wkich sold, at rather lower prices. Plantation good, middling to good coloury has been sold at 53s to 60s; low middling and middling at 40s to 48s; ine and fine fine ordinary 345; to 40s; triage and ord 22s to 32s ; pea-berry coloury Ms to 595, ar.id pale 40s to 48s. Native has sold at 28s. Holders hrxre rather pressed sales. Mocha has been taken in at 53s for mid yellowish, and 46s to 48s for brovvaish. Some triage and ord has realised 30s to 40s, and black 18 s . Ri o, 379 b ags 193 b arre l s 24 'tierces mostly found buyers, low mid and mid at 35s to 40s 6d, fine and fine fine ord at 30s 6d to 34s 63, and good ord 28s 6d to 29s 6d per cwt. Bahia, 40 brls, went at 27s 6d to 28s for good and fine ord. Ma dras, 95 bags, sold at 23s 6d to 25s for good ord pale. SPICES.—West India Ginger has realised 60s to 75s for mid and good bold. Cloves, good ord, 7d per lb. Pi mento, aid for mid. Rune.—The demand has been better. Proof Leewards is 7d to is 8d; and Jamaica 30 to 38 per cent. over proof, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per gallon. RlCE.—There has been a large quantity offered, and this has depressed prices a little. Fine white Bengal has realised 14s to 15s 6d; good mid and good, 13s to 13a 6d; and mid 12s 6d to 13 s . M a nilla so un d white 14s 6d to 15s, and mid good 13s to 14s. Madras 103 to LOs 6d for sound cargo. SALTPETRE.—Rough has had a fair sale at full rates ; I mid strong grey, 81 to 9 per cent. refraction, 24s 6d to 255. TEA.—The market has been rather dearer for Young Hyson and Gunpowder, but fine Hyson is a cheaper. COTTON.—This article has b een ra ther firmer. TALLOW.—There has bee n a f a i r demand at rather fuller rates. P. Y. C. on the spot 458, and last three months 44s 9d to 455. little SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY-) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) BROWN v. ROW. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 3/. 15s. for money paid on behalf of the defendant. The plaintiff's case was that he had become joint surety to the Phcenix Loan and Discount Society in Newington, with defendant, who is a widow in Dulwich Hospital, for a loan of 101. Bs. to defendant's son, who married plaintiff's daughter. The greater porti on of the loan had been paid, but on default being made plain tiff was sued, and sought to recover one - half of the balance and one-half of the costs, the latter , however, of which he now abandoned, on the groun d that he could not recover for costs, as he ought (hari n g made himself liable for the loan) to have paid without incur ring costs. For the defendant it was contended that the money could not be recovered as money paid on her account, and an objection was taken that there was a variance between the writ and the declaration, the first describ ing plaintiff as " John" Brown, and the latter as " Charles " Brown ; but it was contended that the iden tity of the plaintiff would be sufficient. After a long discussion, the Learned SECONDARY held that the plaintiff must bo nonsuited. Nonsuit entered accordingly. How TO PRESERVE POTATOEs.--A gentleman re• siding in the neighbourhood of Bold Hall tried an ex periment with his potatoes last year, which was success ful in preserving a portion of them for use, in the spring season. It was as follows:—As soon as he perceived symptoms of the rot among them he ordered them to be taken up, whether the tops were green, yellow, or withered. Ho then had all the sound ones put in a heap on the ground, covered with the tops: About a fortnight afterwards they were removed to a room, placed in a heap, and examined every week for the purpose of separating any that were not g oo d. Upon trying them for the table they were found not fit to eat, owing to the water in them. H e then or dered them to be holed in th e r e gular way. This was i n October; and on opening the hole in the Febru ar y foll owing he found a great quantity of steam, but very few of th e tubers were rotten. He then removed t hem to a dry place, and on trying them for the table they were found most deli cious. The second evaporation , he considers, cau se d c o a r ll e e d v en Kemps,the potatoes to ripen, and removed t he extra humidity s o pernicious to this root. The holes mi ght be opened in January, R EP RESENT ATIO N Or CIIELTENIIAM.—CHELTEN SAM, Tuunsnev.—The Hon. Grenville Lennox earli er. white imperials, and bl ac k s.— Liverpool Courier. The potatoe s were of the qualities Berke ley, a cousin of the Hon. Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley, recen tly unseated, has now declared himself a c an did ate to represent this borough until Mr. Craven Berkeley is in a position again to offer himself, ; -e., after the disso lution of the present Parliament. Yesterday morning an announcement was made, by handbills circulated about the town, that Mr. Grantley Berkeley, M.P. for West Gloucestershire, would address the electors in the afternoon from the balcony of the Royal Hotel, and accordingly, it being understood that his object was to propose Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton as a candidate, a large number of persons assembled at the appointed hour. On Mr. Berkeley appearing before them, how ever, he was received with such unequivocal marks of disapprobation, that he withdrew without making the promised speech. Subsequently, however, Mr. Grantley Berkeley issued a manifesto, which has been circulated to-day in the town, in which he says :—" My speech was prevented by the noise of a fow individuals who ap peared to have been sent into the street to burke the utterance of truth, and to prevent explanation. It was my intention to have proposed to your notice a Liberal instead of Mr. Grenville Berkeley, the rejected nominee of West Gloucestershire. He is incapable of represent ing you, and if you were to elect him you would only continue the political strife which has so long and so un happily interfered with the best interests of your beau tiful town. If returned, I promise you that a petition a_;ainst him will be the inevitable consequence." The British Museum closed yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of cleansing, ~cc., and will be re-opened to the public on Friday next, the Bth inst. From that period to the 30th of April next, the Museum will close at four P.m., instead of seven. COURT CIRCUL/ I.R. OSBORNI THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode in the I park and grounds of Osborne early this morning. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, ac( nmpanied by the Princesses of Hohenlohe Schillingsfu rs t, paid a visit yesterday afternoon to her Majesty and Prince Albert, at Osborne. The royal dinner party yesterday inch uded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Ann: I, Maria Dawson, the Prince Lowenstein, and Chevalier Ru risen. The Countess of Gainsborough arriN tad at Osborne yesterday, as Lady in Waiting to the Q' seen. Her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk le a for London, The Chevalier Bunsen and Prince Loi renstein returned to London this day. Lord and Lady John Russell left, town yesterday morning for Bangor, ea route to Dubli a. Mr. Tidd Pratt and Mr. James Hir,haea had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street;. Mr. John Butler (Solicitor), and a deputation on be half of certain of the inhabitants of Sat. °lave's, St. John's, and St. Thomas, Southwark, opposin g extension of the powers of the South Coast Railway 'Company, so far as relate to the enlargement of the ter..ninus at Lon don-bridge,Railways yesterday, at the office of t'..o Board of Trade. had an interview with the commissioners of Commissioners of Railways. Mr. Parsons had also an intervie yesterday with the SPORTING IN' TATTERSAT e All LI .•-• -. 1 v ESTERDAL IN TELLIGENCE. LEAM P AGTON STARES. 2 to 1 agst Mr. S t, e;:,itenson,s Doctrine 7 to 2 agst Mr. Craufurd's The Cur 5 to 1 agst Mr. It Green's Sylvan 6 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Ulysses Doctrine wag l'Acked freely at 5 to 2; nothing else in request. SMUT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to i agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair 12 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Alliance 100 to 8 agst Lord Warwick's Yardley 15 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Lola Montez—taken Executor, who was the only animal in any force, was backed very freely at 7to 1. Cawroush and Maid of Motherwell had many enemies. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY.—The reports of the crops re ceived by this morning's mail continue, on the whole, to be favourable; and they nearly all concur in represent ing the failure of the potato as being only partial. The weather here, although occasionally indicating a change, remains dry and genial. THE FUGITIVE LEADERS.—The Limerick Examiner states that a gentleman residing on the Continent has written to a party in Limerick to state that he mot Messrs. O'Gorman, O'Donnell, and Doyle, in Brussels, and that the first -named was about to set out for Paris. GOVERNMENT LOANS TO RAILWAYS.—At the half yearly meeting, yesterday, of the Dublin and Belfast► Junction Railway Company, the chairman announced that a reply had been received from Lord John Russell to an application for a loan to carry out the works at present in progress, His Lordship's answer was unfa vourable, the Noble Lord stating, that in the present position of the Treasury and the co'sntry he cou'd not ask Parliament for the sum required; but be added, that when it became necessary, from the stale of the country, to call Parliament together to consider whether any fund should be placed at their disposal to be expended upon the country, the application made by the directors of that railway would be entertained in conjunction with the applications of other railways. THE LATE COLLISION AT SEA. The Belfast Chronicle hac, the subjoined account of the collision between the Prieca of Wales steamer and the sloop Janet : " We greatly regret to have to record the occurrence of a melancholy accident which befel this beautiful and splendid steamer on her passage from this port to Fleet wood on Friday night last, whereby three lives have been lost, and much property damaged and destroyed. The Prince of Wales left the Queen's Quay on Friday evening shortly after six o'clock, on her voyage to Fleet wood, having a considerable number of cabin passen gers, a large freight of Jive stock, consisting principally of black cattle, and a good many deck passengers, in cluding several men in charge of the stock. She was proceeding on her way at her usual rapid speed, her lights being all up, a good look out kept forward, and all prudent precautions observed by her vigilant and careful commander, and about one o'clock A.M. was abreast the Point of Ayr, the northernmost extremity of the Isle of Man, being then well inshore on her regular course to the English coast. The morn ing was very dark, when suddenly a vessel was seen bearing down under all canvas right in the way of the steamer, without any lights up, or any notice taken of those on board the Prince. From the close proximity of the two vessels, and in spite of the exertions of the cap tain and crew of the steamer, who stopped the engines and strove by every means to render themselves heard, without effect, a fearful collision took place, the sloop (the Jane, bound, as we understand, from Liverpool to Glasgow, with a cargo of flour and sugar) striking the Prince of Wales on the weather-bow with immense force, carrying away the bulwarks from the bowsprit right aft to within a few feet of the larboard paddlebox, and making a large hole in the bow, extending from the deck nearly to the water edge. The utmost consterna tion and alarm of course prevailed; but, owing to the steadiness and calm gallantry of Captain M'Neilage and his crew, confidence was soon restored, and, as the only resource under the circumstances, the ship, which was rapidly filling, was run ashore a little to the southward of the Point of Ayr lighthouse, where she now remains. All the passengers save three were safely landed. These three, who were cattle-dealers, being asleep below in their berths in the fore-cabin, unhappily perished in the sudden rush of water consequent upon the ship's bows being stove in. The cattle, at least a large proportion of them, swam ashore, and are in all likelihood in safe keeping; and it is hoped that the vessel herself, if the weather continues moderate, may be got off. We are happy to learn that she is amply insured, and that uo want of accommodation is likely to be felt either by shippers of goods or by passengers from this untoward and unfortunate accident. The Fe nella, a very commodious and handsome steamer, is al ready on the berth, to supply temporarily the Prince's place; and the sallings between this and Fleetwood will go on with the same punctuality and regularity as here tofore." TOTAL Loss OF THE sun , WILLIAM PENN.—On the night of Friday, the 25th inst., the ship William Penn, of St. John's, New Brunswick, and bound from thence to Greenock with a cargo of timber, owing to the heavy fog, ran ashore in Dunlough Bay, situate between the Mizen and the Three Castle Head. The keel and stern were almost immediately carried away, and several of the balks floated out of her. Hopes were still enter- :wined That she might be towed of by a steamer, till Lbout twelve o'clock on Saturday night, when she became a total wreck. The crew, amounting to 27 in number, saved themselves by means of a ladder, which they rested against the side of the cliff. Very little of the property can be saved, owing to the steep cliffs over hanging that wild bay, and also to the heavy swell which continually rolls in tliere, and which effectually prevents any small boats approaching the shore, except in the finest weather. STATE OF THE CORN TRADE. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 30.—At Gloucester market, on the 26th, Wheat was 2s. per quarter dearer, with a fair demand. At Worcester, same day, the trade ruled dull at ass improvement of Is. per quarter; Barley is. to 2s. per quarter dearer; Oats ls.; Beans ls. 6d; Peas 2s. During the present week a good deal of new Wheat has changed hands, at from 48s. to 575. per quarter, 621 b. per bushel. Not much passing in old, owing to the weather having become fine. Barley firm at the advance; Oats Is. per quarter higher; Beans held for more money; Peas unaltered. At this day's market there was again a large supply of Wheat from the farmers, and old Wheat was 2s. and new 3s. per quarter lower; Barley unaltered in value; Oats held for a further rise, with which buyers would not comply; English Beans Is. per quarter dearer; on Egyptian, the tura was in favour of the seller. GLASGOW, AUG. 30.—During the past week we had most inauspicious, rainy, and stormy weather. There has been a slight increase in the supplies of Foreign Wheat coastwise, but of all other articles the arrivals continue quite trifling. A fair business occurred during the week, at advancing rates for all kinds of grain. This day's market was well attended, but there being a little sunshine whilst it was holding, the trade were seem ingly less anxious buyers. We quote—Wheat Is., and Flour Is. to 2s. per barrel or sack beyond last week's cuttency. Barrel Flour scarce. Barley ls. up per 3201 b. with a moderate inquiry; Oats Is. per 2641 b., and Oatmeal Is. to is. 6d. per load higler; Beans, of fair quality, for feeding, scarce, and fully Is. dearer; Peas and Indian Corn without quotable change; Indian Corn meal wanting. IRE-HOUSE, HERTFORDSIIIRE.-011 Monday last, an excursio❑ of the members of the Loyal United Friends, took place to this delightful spot, in behalf of the Friend-in-Need Fund, on which occasion a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen lett the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway, about ten o'clock, and proceeded to the Rye-House station, where they arrived at about ten minutes past eleven. The Rye House is situated. on the banks of the River Lea, within one hun dred yards of the railway station, near Hoddeadon, and is famous in English History as having been the place where a pretended conspiracy was designed, proposing to take the life of King Charles the second. This plot was made the engine by the corrupt Parliament of that period to effect the judicial murder of those martyrs for freedom and liberty, Lord Russell and Algernon Sydney. The ruins of the Rye House are still in good preserva- tion, as are also those of Netherhall, ii mansion, or rather a lodge to a castle of the time of Henry the Eighth. A short distance on the banks of the River Lea is the interesting village of Amwell, where are the Chadwell Springs, the source of the New River, with the urn and tomb of Sir Hugh Middleton, that great bene factor, who spent the whole of his fortune in bringing the New River water to London. After the company had done ample justice to their appetites, they enjoyed themselves in boating, angling, cricket, trap-ball, archery, &c., until about two hours of their departure for town, when a considerable portion assembled in the long room; P.S.P. Robertson presiding as chairman, end supported, among others, by P.P. Burgess, P.S.P. Spearing, P.S.P. Clay, P.S.P. Bull, P.P. Studd, P.P. Cole, P.P. Faw cett, P.S.P. Smart, P.P. Taylor, P.P. Smart, P.P. Coombes, P.P. Woodman, P.P. Watson, P.S.P. Burns, and P.S.P. Price, Secretary Crawley, and Treasurers Fox and Chamberlain. The health of the chairman, P.S.P. Robertson, was proposed, in a neat speech, by P.S.P. Smart, and received with applause, and was ac knowledged by Mr. Robertson in his usual glowing style. P.P. Cole, in a speech of considerable length, gave " The Stewards," and thanks to them for the ex cellent arrangements of the day. This was spoken to by Y.P. Studd in a few appropriate words. The health of the " Treasurer of the Relief Fund, P.S.P. Price," was drank amid much cheering, with one more for his better health. P.P. Burgess, in a very complimentary speech, proposed the " Healths of Treasurers Fox and Chamberlain," after which the National Anthem was sung with much animation. Several excellent songs had previously been sung by Messrs. Smart, Rowland, Tay lor, and Everett. The company then left the spacious and beautiful gardens, and entered the train that was waiting to convey them to town, where they arrived at ten minutes past nine o'clock. One circumstance highly calculated to mar the pleasures of the day occurred, and that was, Mrs. Burgess, the wife of P.P. Burgess, being desirous of gratifying a curiosity peculiar to her sex, was in the act of descending into the vault of Netherhall, when her foot slipped, and she was pre cipitated into some stagnant water, several feet deep; she, however, gave alarm, when assistance was immedi ately rendered her, and she was rescued from her perilous situation, having sustained slight bruises on her side, a nd her lower garments very much wetted; but by the kindness of the domestics of Mr. Teal's establishment, she was soon enabled to join her family and r e-participate in their amusements. Pooß-LAW AUDITORS.--A Bill brought from the Lords, entitled " An Act to prevent district auditors from taking proceedings in certain cases," proposes to " nothing contained in any Act p assed in this enactprese hnttsaetssion of Parliament for making provision for the payment of parish debts, the audit of parochial and union accounts, and the allowance of certain charges therein, shall authorise any district auditor to proceed to recover any sum certified by him to be due, in respect of which proceedings in any court, or before any justice or jus tices, shall have been taken and determined before the passing of this Act." HAMPTON COURT PALACE.—An additional room openednu a t t o i o t n he o p f utbhleic.grelattishsaitir andted atf form e rly e r e l n y d u , saendd asis aa for exhibition at Hampton Court Palace has lately been coai chapel. The walls are hung with tap character to that which is so greatly a character and appearance, and there are large hall, although, perhaps, not of quite es a t d ry mi o r f ed a s im i lar . brilliantin the ship,chairs a nand paintedseats needlework, ogflass windows of exquisite a and beauty. of considerable slsoo workman-va l e r y era sev era l THE METROPOLITAN COURT O F SEWERS. Yesterday a Court of Sewers was held at the Com mittee-room of the Homo of Commons, which was un derstood to be the last court which will be held except for proforaa business, before the new Act authorising a consolidated commission with increased powers, and for an extended district, will come into operation. Viscount Morpeth took the chair. There were present, also, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. E. Chadwick, Dr. Southwood Smith, Mr. Bidwell, Mr. R. Hutton, the Rev. W. Stone, and other Commissioners. Lord MonrETK said, that as a Bill had passed both Houses of Parliament for consolidating and extending the Metropolitan Commissions, and enabling them to carry out such measures of sanitary improvement as were submitted to them, with economy and efficiency and increased convenience to the public, he thought it due to observe that the fact of a new Bill having passed without a shadow of opposition was to : be considered a tribute to the seal and ability with which the present Commissioners had exercised the imper f;vt powers of the separate commission. They had been seven months in office. He had requested a statement to lie made of their proceedings, of which the following might be taken as a recapitulation of the public infor mation:—" The Commissioners at once, and throughout the whole of the districts, stopped the current expendi ture on works which had been proved to be false in prin ciple and worse than wasteful in money. They speedily put an end to the improper system of mixing up private professional practice with the public service, and re solved that every paid officer should give his whole time to his public duties, and by consolidating the executive machinery of paid officers for all the districts they in creased the available force at a diminished rate of ex pense. They are, however, sensible of the additional khours they have thrown upon some of these officers, and of the zeal and ability with which they have been performed; and it will be their wish that these cir cumstances should not be permanently left out of consideration. On the very first day that they as sembled, namely, on the 6th of December, they took steps to obtain an authentic and accurate survey of the whole of the metropolis in one uniform plan, to put a stop to the waste which had been incurred by works carried on in separate districts, without regard to any common system of levels. The Commissioners re gret that they have had to expend much time in over coming difficulties in the way of this work, which was not effectively commenced until the beginning of June. Upwards of 250 men are now engaged in it, and it is 'going forward with satisfactory speed. The new Act, now about to come into force, will give authority for completing it fully, and for engraving it on such scales as to be applicable to other important purposes, private as well as public. It will then be a valuable aid in all new buildings, it will serve for the identification and va luation of property, and for the equal assessment of rates; for the construction of roads, for the distribution of water and gas, and for other public objects. In the suburban districts it will facilibate land drainage and agricultural improvements. Until this work is completed, the Commissioners will not be able to decide on the practical measure for the introduction of amended drainage works. They are fully sensible of the deplorable condition in which the population of extensive districts are kept during this delay, and to expedite the work they have reduced it in the first instance to the minimum required for immediate and pressing purposes, and have postponed the consideration of all others. The survey of the denser districts is promised in the course of a few months. " Concurrently with this survey of the surface of the streets and open spaces of the metropolis, they have directed a subterranean exploration of the various sewers and old subterranean draining works, to ascertain their extent and condition, and how far they may be available for future works. The Commissioners gave their first attention to immediate measures of relief to the worst conditioned places. They introduced a new mode of emptying cesspools, by which the offensiveness of the operation is diminished, the time reduced to one-sixth, and the expense to one-third. The adoption of this pro cess was voluntary, and it was employed to more than 1,000 places with the same favourable results. The Commissioners have considered and prepared instruc tions. for processes of cleansing which may be carried into effect by voluntary associations and private indivi duals. These are now in course of circulation, and they are preparing others of the same character. As one means of relief, they directed the extensive cleansing of the sewers by flushing; this has been carried oat on 163 miles of the worst conditioned sewers, and upwards of 139,000 cube yards, or about 200,500 tons of refuse have been removed at a saving of 38,000/. above form er _ _ charges. This, however, could only affect the sewers, which comprise one-fourth only of the noxious evapo rating surface of a district, one-fourth being constit ute d by th cesspools, and two tourths, or one-half, being the surface of ill-constructed house drains (where there are any). But, in general, even the diminution that has been made in this fourth has been sensibly and bene ficially felt. The Commissioners have not been able fully to effect the operations as , they would have wished. The weather has been irregular, mid the emanations from deposit throughout the sewers are reported to have been unusually copious, offensive, and injurious. Yielding to the application of parties, lines of ditches have been covered in and sewers have been trapped. But these measures have only shifted the evil upon other places ; applications and plans have been sent in for the ventilation of sewers by ascending shafts. But from the evidence with relation to the effect of chimney shafts in the diffusion of vapours from chymical works, such a mode of relief appears to be so far doubtful as not to justify a recommendation for incurring the expense. The more effectual course will be the prevention of de- posits by proper arrangements of the drains, and the system of sewers acted upon by appropriate supplies of water. The first and most urgent work is the execu tion of such arrangements as to effect the speedy and complete removal of all decomposing refuse from beneath the nooses ; that is to say, a complete system of house drainage. To obtain preparatory information as to the nature and extent of the existing house drainage, and the expense of cleansing and repair, the Commissioners have caused queries to be left from house to house to obtain answers from the occupiers; and they propose to extend the like inquiries throughout other districts. The in formation at present obtained leads them to believe that at half the annual expense incurred in the one district examined for repairing a bad system of old drains, they will be enabled to have laid down an entire system of new ones. They have had trials made with a view to ' the more accurate determination of the sizas requisite for house drains, and other apparatus. They have directed the consulting engineer and the surveyors to prepare a report expository of the must approved plans of house drains and cleansing apparatus, with a view to extend the improved principles by voluntary adop tion. This report, it is hoped, will bo shortly com pleted for public circulation. They have not ne glected the application of refuse as manure. As fer tilizers, they have given the subject the most seri ous consideration until a new system of drainage is determined upon. They have not found them- selves in a condition to sanction other than trial works. Trial works of one kind they have already sanctioned; those of another they have under consideration. In the meantime they have made arrangements for supplying agriculturists with sewage and manure for private trials on the most liberal terms. Mr. Donaldson, their as sistant-surveyor, who has charge of the works connected with land drainage, and who has been authorised to dis pose of the refuse, has made arrangements with several enterprising farmers, who have undertaken to make trials of the sewer water. For its distribution from the river banks and the canals upon the land he has availed himself of the pumping machinery invented and applied chea Philip as H a ol ra la e n a d n , s w o , h f ie r h ap h i a d s a b n e d en found to work satisfactorily The progress o distribu tion from the f B th r e id se ge w w o a r t k e s r n will, it iseaerxpMeeatednc,hester influ ence the extension of similar works throughout the em• pire."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cxer•wrca stated, that examinations had been made with a view to ascertain what had been the effects of the flushing upon the river. The analysis of the water showed no worse a condition than was believed to have been shown some years ago. A large proportion of the banks was now clear of mud than formerly. This was attributable to the action of ,the steamboati, for during the night the deposit increased, and it was cleared away during the daytime. The removal of the dam of the old London-bridge increased the flow and sweep . of the water. The proportion of the matter flushed into the river was inconsiderable in proportion to the bulk of the water, and probably of the natural detritus brought down the river; and so far as inquiries had yet pro- ceeded, there was reason to believe that it lasted only a day or two. No doubt addition of any such matter was injurious for the time; but it was equally un doubted that it was far more injurious to have the matter permanently under the houses of the population. The flushing operations, he hoped, would be only a tempo- rary measure. Other reports were read, and general satisfaction hav ing been expressed the Court adjourned. THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, AUG. 31.—The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship, Forth, Captain E. May, will leave on Saturday, the 2d proximo, with the British and foreign West Indian and Mexican mails and the Medway, with the return mails from the West India islands, may be expected on Tues day or Wednesday next. The United States mail steamer Hermann, Captain E. Crabtree, wHoiutnahnvxlidrteeaodtfneossdratfisTayrtoeeomwsr, New York to the 21st of Au g ust, ma y be expected off CTCauopewtseadsian,ylwrsliel.exoGft.. Wig, rih h ke t s t c Aa n f o ei u rs c e t oa t no saill 3 s t r e e f a m r mo e me n r , York on Saturday. She will and cr finallye a t o tak de e par on t board English mails and passengers, on Sunday at noon. FURNITURE BROKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTIIITTION. —Yesterday the eighth annual general meeting of the donors and subscribers to the above charity was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great. Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields; James Winter, Esq., in the chair. From the report of the past year, as read by the secretary, it ap peared that the institution was progressing, notwith standing the general depression in trade. There were at present four pensioners on the funds, each at 15/. per annum. The receipts amounted to 1211. 165., and the disbursements to 901. 12s. ; 1,2671.85. Bd. is invested at 31 per cent. with the Commissioners for the Reduction o the National Debt, and the committee intimate a hope of being soon in a position to undertake the erection of a suitable edifice as an asylum for aged and decayed mem bers, and solicit contributions for that purpose. The report was approved and adopted. , Y ls e o s t e t e r d2aoyo passengers,t the following ferA u v s e t ss e l The John stone, K atherin e's ls, ia, Docks, and are expected to sail this day : each h e me ia h Gr a rß u yA l i e nT d gi ° out of of the London and St. r st e o r n t e l , an lii d. ng Waverley, Waterloo, and Duke n of Com pany's On Monday the Ajax, New Zealand lington. Six Government v ship, sails with 200 elnesisgerisanstlfodruOritnaggothaenpdreWseenit . month for South Australia. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou 3 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland—t 9 to 2 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice—taken and offrd 5 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken and offered 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken and offered Canezou was backed for 4004 or 5001. at 5 to 2 and 3 to 1, and Justice to Ireland for 5004, in one bet, at 3 to 1. Springy Jack was almost friendless. DERBY. 3,000 to 150 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken 3,200 to 200 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken 2,000 to 100 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk—taken 2,000 to 50 agst Mr. Holmes's Montague RAD r *LIFFE RACES.—THURSDAY. The Manck,,ste of 50/., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 so:, B . eac h, r Cup 5 ft, and only 3 ft if declared; the r'And to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. .07 Subs., 4 of whom paid 3 sovs. each.) - 151 r. Robinson's Morpeth, aged,Bst 31b (Wintringham) 1 Srl C. Monck's Vanish, 5 yrs ... 2 Mr. W. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs... ... ... 3 Mr, A. Johnstone's Confederacy, 3 yrs ... ... 4 Mr. Phillips's Little Mary, 6 yrs ... ... 5 The Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 30 added. One mile. _ Mr. Barton's Hector, 6 yrs ... (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. B. Green's Maid of My Soul, 3 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Westerby's Ellen Loraine, 3 yrs... ... ... 3 Mr. A. Johnstone's Confederacy, 3 yrs ... ... 4 The Selling Stakes of 3 80113. each, and 20 added, one mile and a half; the first was a dead heat between Mr. Robert's Lady Flora and Mr. Jones's Enchantress; the second was won by Lady Flora by a head, and the third was not run when our report left. At the Frome Selwood Races the Ladies' Plate was won by Mr. Smith's Faith, the Hunters's Stakes by Mr. Nicholls' Belladonna, the Free Handicap by Belladonna, and the Hack Stakes by Mr. Lear's Myna. AQUATICS. PUTNEY AND ROEHAT,IPTON REGATTA. The watermen at Putney on Wednesday contended for a purse of sovereigns subscribed by the ladies and gentle men of the vicinity. First heat—J. Robinson and C. Cobb (white), 1; T. Green and J. Cobb (yellow), 2. The winner took the lead, and kept it. Second heat—W. Cobb and Joseph Woolsencraft (pink), 1; James Robinson and James Green (red), 2. They were scull and scull for some distance, when the winners went in advance. Grand heat—Thomas Green and J. Cobb (yellow), 1; John Robinson and Charles Cobb (white), 0; James Robinson and James Green (red), 0. The first two were together nearly all the way. Won by two lengths. CRICKET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND •. SIXTEEN OF SHEFFIELD. On Tuesday and Wednesday this great match was re sumed, and, as will be found, on the latter day was brought to a conclusion by the defeat of the eleven by 55 runs. This result will cause much of the " metropo- Titan and southern" money to change into the north; for although in Sheffield the odds from the commencement were in favour of their own sixteen, yet in London and amongst some of the eleven the odds had been laid the other way. With respect to some of the losers, we have heard it said that those who are ignorant of the Sheffield play and the Sheffield strength ought to have applied to other quarters for information on the subject than those from which they gained it; and that those who were cognizant of the fact should be somewhat less " sweet" upon their own powers. The progress and termination of the match will show that, powerful as are " the eleven," they ought not in future to allow Sheffield " sixteen" men. The first innings of Sheffield amounted to 118, whilst that of the Eleven did not exceed 58, or 60 fewer than the score of their opponents. Then, in the second, Sheffield marked 77, by which they put in the Eleven for 137 to tie. Of that total, however, they failed by 55, the sum of runs by which they were beaten and vanquished, much to the chagrin of themselves and their backers. EFFECTS OF THE THUNDER STORM.—The awful thunder storm that passed over the metropolis last night was felt at Kingsland, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Clapton, and the surrounding neighbourhood with the most fearful effect, and caused the greatest alarm and consternation to the inhabitants. So intense were the discharges of the electric fluid, and the concussion of the rapid and continued peals of thunder, that the houses were shook to the foundation, the furniture in the rooms being moved from their position, and the inhabitants ex periencing a rocking and uneasy sensation: in many instances the inhabitants running out of their habita tions in the greatest terror and alarm. At the Beauvoir Arms, kept by Wilson, at Kingsland, the bottles and glasses were displaced from the shelves, and the chairs moved from their position; and at one time Mr. Wilson supposed, from the violence of the concussion and the loud report, that the back part of his premises had been blown down. The rain, too, fell in torrents, and the roads at Kingsland, Stoke Newington. Tottenham, and Shackle well, and the lower parts of Islington, were rendered im passable except for carriages, and presented the appear ance of rivers more than the roadway. A house in the Wharf-road, City-road, was struck by the lightning, and partly set on fire, but it was soon extinguished. All along the Bagnigge Wells-road, nearest the hill was literally swamped, the lower parts of the houses being under water to the depth of some -two or three feet. In Pearl -crescent, which is about three or four feet below the level of the road, great damage was done by hasty removal of goods, &c., the inhabitants of houses being obliged to get in the upper apartments for safety. Great injury has been done to the stock of one of the bakers in the road, the water running in with such force into the bakehouse as to upset several sacks of flour. It is greatly feared the destruction will be found to be very great in the lower parts of Essex, where the storm, as it advanced, appeared to gain strength. So fearful a storm, with such rapid discharges of lightning and thunder, has not been experienced in these neighbour hoods for years past. A PARISH DEFAULTER. —Yesterday large hand bills were posted up on the Surry side of the river, of fering a reward of 201. for the apprehension of Mr. Thomas Woodward, of the Wandsworth-road, who has been for many years a collector of the poor-rate for a large district of the parish of Lambeth, and who has ab sconded since Wednesday morning. The defalcations of Mr. Woodward are said to be considerable, and its occurrence at a time when the rates are so difficult to be got in, and the money so much required for the mainte nance of the numerous poor in the workhouse, has caused a considerable sensation throught the parish. The affairs of this extensive parish, in so far as the rates are concerned, have been a good deal disarranged. In some cases the poor rates were allowed to go in arrears for as many as five or six years; but the present defalcation will, it is believed, lead to a general change in the parish government. Woodward has given security to the parish to the amount of 2,0001., it is said, but it will be some time before the sureties can be made to pay the amount of their respective bail bond, and in the interim the parish will be put to very great inconvenience. BOLTON.—Mr. William Bolling, M.P., died on Wednesday morning last, between the hours of seven and eight, at his residence Darcy Lever, near Bolton. The Hon. Gentleman, who was 64 years of age, had, for a week previous to his death, been labouring under the effects of a severe stroke of paralysis, after which affliction no hopes of recovery were entertained by his medical attendants. Mr. Bolling had served in four Parliaments as representative for Bolton, his native town. He was returned in 1832, at the first election after the passing of the Reform Bill, with Colonel Tor rens. In 1835 Mr. Bolling and Mr. Ainsworth were elected, both of whom were re-elected in 1837. At the general election of 1841 Mr. Ainsworth and Dr.Bowlt; ring were returned, Mr. Bolling being unsuccessful n 1847 Mr. Bolling and Dr. Bowring were re-electe d. and I politics the deceased gentleman was a Conserva tive, a supporter of Sir R. Peel's free•trade meas ures. Al though not possessed of striking talen ts, he was dis tinguished for sound sense and prac tic al acumen. He was, in conjunction with his brother, Mr. E. Bolling, a large employer in the boroug h o f Bolton. He was highly respected by his w P p E k ryle as a kind and generous master, and byhisrenow-townsmen as a liberal and influential supporter of the charities and the trade of that town. wean r ho, ch ctric BoY It al that the 849, the vial filly the by