The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-05 00:00:00

- -4? THE SUN, LONDON, 4tr4 Vatton T I I E PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. (Tins DAY.) li r s Pe e en. laa jeslY prorogued Parliament this day in to ll° imposing royal cortege, with all the attendant tap and splendour, left Buckingham Palace about zatt,altfe-ip:st twelve o'clock, and wound its way, at the usual Paee, through the avenues leading from the p alm , • rou,, Whitehall 13 to the h orse G aar d s, an d f rom th e nce down , through Parliment-street, to the Palace at e strainst er, Th e , ' brio,, a Y being ilium - illy fine, and the weather Kiln though h)t, a vast number of persons con ehre'gattici along the entire route. Her Majesty was laul t r • ed a most enth us i as ti c an d loyal manner by thri thci npitude of her subj ec t s w h o awa it e d the approach o the V r ° . °e ssion. Her M a j es ty a n d her illustrious Consort them •ihe e gracefully acknowledged the homage paid to virnuY repeated bows-. El ta l,n,ever noticed so large a number of beautiful and bu t t uY attired ladies on any foimer . . occasion . Etrv e r p Qrh aPs we were not such scrutinising b te em : B of female beauty and elegant attire o d n ° e 1 44 l ops referred to. Handkerchiefs were wavc er. and the Pre se rals ed in the air at many points, in honour . I /t i le : i lea of the Queen, and the utmost enthusiasm pre- Pariiment-street a number of richly-coloured flags )t' e u l e e ll sPeoded across the street, and hung from the 4 2 t vvs of the houses. b e ° gether, owing to the finreness of the weather, the titee ll til , til attire of the ladies, and the dignified . appear uc.. °I the militar, who wore their best uniform emi w:utreraents, the prorogation of Parliament to-day ki,, t he most splendid of the many occasions of the I l e ive have witnessed. t r Mkiesty arrived at the Houses of Parliament at v quarter after one o'clock, her arrival being announced the firing of artillery. peed 4 Ital. delivering her most gracious Speech (which tip tueii. another column) her Majesty returned to ord - In gham Palace, the procession going in the same " it had approached the House. LAZERIAL PIVR,LIAINIENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. , Tais being the day fixed for the prorogation of Par - ItottileFo:usteheir Lordships assembled at Twelve o'clock. was opened about half an hour previously hour of assembling, and the side galleries and media eaches in th e b o d y o f th e House were almost wa wa, eIY occupied by elegantly-dressed ladies. The day tli ton Bu Perb; and th e e ff e ct of the sun's rays streaming the l h the painted glass windows, and reflected from to eh' r geous ornaments of the House, was beautiful tresses extreme, and the various colours of the titie t -ee ,,of the ladies took away from that appear brdi () L heaviness which the House exhibits on of t i rier Y occasions. Never has that chef d' ceuvrc 1, °r id Goyhic, the new House of Peers, appeared I:iegtreater advanta ,, e than it did this morning. It g reat realised the b idea of Mr. Barry—the home of a at natio , t, ". teattwelveo'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took his Pray e ,7 the Woolsack, and immediately afterwards Iva Were read by the Bishop of HEREFORD. Earl e Lake of Wellington was, as usual, among the earl arrivals; he was soon followed by the Marquis hardl sd , u woe, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of tiflf.,'"tice, Lord Campbell, Lord Monteagle, the Earl att,: et °, and several other Peers. The Peers, as they ke ar i e ti, took their seats on the front bench and their 4 14 , e t robes, trimmed with white fur, formed a pic- Ittel l te contrast with the many coloured dresses of the occupied the back benches. ti‘ el e -e . oreign Ministers began to arrive at half-past L e ,' Among the earliest of them were the Tuikt, it tl- "'r, and M. Gustave de Beaumont, the French lehter. I, e)rd m NORTH WALES RAILWAY. -eONTEAGLE moved that the messengers who ee a l,, e en directed to summon Mr. W. Chadwick , the and Mr. John Mariner, the Secretary of t he rth :lei Wales Rail wa y Company, to attend their Lord hhould be called to the bar. is as : messengers having been called to the bar, stated, wer to questions from the Lord Chancellor , Lo rd th Cam pbell the Earl of Minto, and Lord Monteaele, that h ad called last night at the respective residences of Iced • Chadwick and of Mr. J. Mariner, and had been s E , 'net both gentl e men were out of town, and con teelstiQutlY they had been unable to make personal sere I, of the summonses. a erV . d MONTEAGLE believed that as no personal tte it ,„ e uad been effected, it would not be legal to order 14; ',"ese persons be taken into custody. lie would k a - ,, e ,`°Te move that William Chadwick and John ‘ "aer be ordered to attend at of tin ir Lord te,„"' House on the first Monday after s the commence bit of the next session, and on intended to u f w ol e l i ow that Y moving for the production of al). oc its and I ,,' ollo ts rileting to the affairs of the North Wales nail s). r Company. th, s d CAMPBELL supported the motion. He believed persons were purposely absenting themselves. to method proposed to be adopted by his Noble Friend e e, oul en force their attendance was slew but sure. lie suppor the The motion. motion was then agreed to. 42 .1 0 here were several f ore i gners o f distinction present, cg them was M. Guizor. t , l ikt twenty minutes before one o'clock a flou . rish of f:, Duke announced .the arrival of his Roy al Highness "' D .ake of Cambridge, who shortly afterwards entered 1)::"te. Lord Chief Justice Wilde arrived a little th e one o'clock, and took his seat on the Woolsack by se e ts sicl C of the Lord Chancellor, with whom he continued 4et time in conversation. - One o'clock the arrival of her Majesty was an _eas en °a d by the firing of the Park guns, and immediately ti wards a flourish of trumpets preluded the entrance e ift l i ls Sover e i gn i n t o the New Palace of Westminster. 11„7 1 ' n short delay, the royal procession entered the h v - ", s ,e• The Crown was borne on a rich velvet cushion, h'y The Marquis of Lansdowne; the Sword of State 1,1„; t he Duke of Wellington; and the Cap of ii-'lltenance by the Earl of Shaftesbury. Her folk train was borne by the Duchess of Nor veravild the other ladies in attendance on her Majesty. tted- clue present rose on the entrance of the Sovereign, L ee; `"t l not resume their seats until her Maje s ty , ' 43 ,g taken her place upon the throne, corn lsted all to be seated. The chair on the It o , cf the Throne was occupied by his R o y al i t :'" n ess Prince Albert. Her Majesty, who was dressed of a superb white satin dress, and who wore a tiara 1.1 r; thagnificent diamonds, looked exceedingly well. Albert was dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform. The - ,ommons having been summoned by the B lack t67' e t e ae Speaker, accompanied by several Members o f The appeared at the bar with several Bills. 1 SPEAKER addressed her Majesty. as follows: Ost gracious Sovereign,—We your Majesty's faithful rnons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire ac,""? at your Majesty after protracted and laborious a 4lon with our last Bills of Supply. After a most patient 3 , 0 careful examination of the estimates which, by 4, 41. Majesty's commands were laid before us, we peg made every practicable reduction in the public ex toilditu,sre ; the same time, that we have had regard qi e t c lie financial state of prosperity of this country, as y, s . ted by the commercial embarrassments of the past the r ' a nd by the interruption of trade consequent up on %ek e , l ate political events in Europe, we have of a every p rec aution to secure the efficiency g d epartments of the public service. In obedience to eve,; 'Majesty's most gracious recommendation, which sionersommunicated to us by the Lord Commis -4t the commencement of the session, our le t ;"°" 1 has been specially directed to measures re reti -g th t° the public health. It is impossible to over thee the importance of a subject so deeply affecting end tie and happiness of the poorer classes. b en "' confidently hope that if the Bills which have W a ls' e l, Pa ,, s3 t 3 d are carried out in the same spirit in d to moral have been framed they will greatly ten the lessen the amount of human suffering , an d to p romote th e improvement as well as contentment of Nlabouring classes in dense and populous districts. et un mindful of the condition of Ireland, or of the dis limit state of th e poor in that country, owing to the a d d . e , u • demand for labour, we have provi ded additional funds, arising from the repayment of Lionel loans, to be expended in public work s ; of a nd l we have remove d th e i m p e diments to the sale as i ncumbered estates, in order to encourage to te tuuell as possible the application of capita l di, improvement of land. The spirit of insubor th-eation which h as preva il e d i n various parts of country, especially in Ireland, has forced upon our consideration topics of a far more g ri lvo and anxious character We have !cordially concurred in th ose measures w hi c h h ave b ee n thought necessary to secure obedience to the laws, and to repress of d to prevent outrage and re b ell i on. Deeply sensible we the value of those institutions under which have the Part happiness to live—no effort on our has been wanting to preserve them from the evil design s of misguided men, who, taking advantage of a season of temporary distress, have endea voured to excite discontent and insurrection. 'We .42,7 w itnessed with gra tit u d e an d proud satisfaction mass nequivocal expr ess i on , on th e part of the great me ot the p eop l e , o f t h ose mar k s of attach law!. to their S overe i gn an d respec t for the and we' as their representatives, participating to the fullest extent in these feelings, now tender to your !Y1 jc sty the sincere expression of our devotion and loyalty. The Right Honourable Gentleman then t the Con s o Consolidated tte Bill. presented to her Majest for the royal assent, Fund y ' • - Appropriation Bill, and the Ex chequer-billsller Majesty then gave her Royal assent to these, and also to the Copper and Lead Duties Bill, and Muscat Slave -trade Treaty, Preliminary Inquiries' Act Amendment Bill, British West India Colonies and Mauritius Bill, Savings' Bank (Ireland) Bill, and City of London Sewers Bill. The Lord Chancellor' then advanced to the foot of the Th rone, and handed her Majesty a copy of the Speech Majesty having which see another column). ms Her • concluded the reading of the speech, The LQRD CiIANGUALQII adintace4 to the feet Of the Throne and is her Majesty's royal will end pleasure that this Parliament be pro rogued to Thursday, the 2d day of November next, tote here holden, and this Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday, the 2d day of November accordingly. The Queen then quitted the House in precession, in the seine order in which her Majesty had entered it; the Commons retired from the bar; the Peers proceeded to their robin.; rooms; the spectators left the Ilouso, and thus ended the longest session of Parliament known within the memory of any one living. HOUSE OF-COMMONS• The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day at Half•past Twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BASS took the oaths, and his seat for Derby. Mr. DU NCAN presented the report on public petitions Mr. Ai'.:STEY presented a petition from a person named Ford, confined in the prison of the county of Surrey, praying for his release. PENAL DISCIPLINE. Mr. HUME wished to ask the S,cretary of State for the Home Department wht ther it was the intention of the Government to make a trial of Captain Maconochie's murk system in his system of convict discipline? Sir G. GREY observed that he was not. prepared to say that the Government were prepared to adopt the course proposed by Captain Maconoehie, but the Go vernment approved of the principle of the system. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice of his intention, early in the next session, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the further encouragement of the fisheries and inland navigation of Ireland. Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice of his in tention, in the course of the next session, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the apportionment of a sufficient quantity of land to workhouses, to enable them to employ their able-bodied poor. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention next session to move that in future no Member in bringing forward a motion should occupy more than 40 minutes in doing so ; and that no Member in speaking on the motion should take up more time than half an hour. The Hem MEMBER also gave notice of his intention to move for a return of the respective branches out of which the revenue of the country was raised and ex pended. The lION. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention, next session, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to im prove the system of registration. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention, next session, to move that in future no person in the pay of the Government should be competent to sit in that House as a Member thereof. Lord DUNCAN gave notice that he should, next session, move the re-appointment of a Select Committee to continue the inquiry into the management of the Woods and Forests and Board of Works. Mr. F. SCOTT gave notice that next session he should moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the nature of the financial relations between this country and the colonies. EVICTIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. P. SCROPE moved for a return of the evictions under sheriffs' warrants for the last three years up to the latest possible period. Also the number of dwelling houses which had, in the same period, been pulled down _ ROMAN CATHOLICS. Sir R. 11. INGLIS moved for a return of the cor respondence respecting the circular of Earl Grey re lating to Roman Catholic Prelates. HORSHAM. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL read a letter from Mr. Justice Coleridge, explaining that he was not t o blame with respect to the non-attendance of a Judge at Cham bers in the case against himself (the Attorney-General' MEASUREMENT OF STEAM-VESSELS. Lord G. BENTINCK inquired of the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the return regarding the measurement of steam-ships under the old and new mode of measure ment was correct? The CHANCELLOR , of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say that it was, and explained how the system of measurement was carried out. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. SCOTT inquired if the Government were prepared to aid in promoting (migration on the plan of a new so ciety, and if the Government intended to give a constitu tion and the elective franchise to the colony. Mr. HAWES replied that a Bill for that purpose would be introduced early next session. A fter a pause, Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, at twenty minutes after one o'clock, and summoned the House to the House of Peers, to hear her Majesty's Speech. The SPEAKER, who wore his state robes, and the whole of the Members left the Rouse, accompanied by the Sergeant-at-Arms, who wore his collar. On their return, in about half-an-hour, the SPEAKER read the Royal Speech, and the Members wended their way out of the House. The memorable and prolonged session then ter minated. -------- - MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday there was no change. Sales, 2,000 bales.—Railway shares were flat, but not much was doing. The continental advices received to-day are not of a very interesting character. The storm which raged here last week was experienced also in Belgium. The exchange on London at Hamburgh last Friday was 13 5:1. Money was very easy. The steamer Acadia furnishes late intelligence from the United States and Canada. The money market was in a steady position in New York, and the exchange on London was 1094 to 1091. It is stated that— "lmmense sales of dry goods at auction are announced for Wednesday next. The lots to be offered embrace a large amount of goods from the principal eastern manu facturers, and also many of foreign manufacture, and comprise 600 cases mousseline de laines from the Man c;:ester mills ; 650 cases blue deminas from the Otis and Oxford companies ; 200 Otis tickings ; 335 cases tweeds, stripes, ginghams, and jeans from the Columbia and Thorndike companies ; 400 cases fine Waltham bleached cottons ; 100 bales brown ditto ; 300 cases flannels ; 250 cases fine cassimeres ; and 500 cases im ported alpaccas, blankets, linens, &c. This is the open ing of the sales of the fall trade, and they will, without doubt, attract a great number of merchants from other cities. A very fair business has already been done this season with the south and the south-west, and the indi cations at present are decidedly in favour of a large trade with all sections of the country." The Gaspe Gazette contains an article on the affairs of the Gaspe Company, which it represents as being in a sad state of contusion, the labourers employed by it being unpaid. This paper states—" We the cannot a t ofttribute the the fault to the manag er here; but conduc board of directors in Lon don, in not putting him in funds, is scandalous, and we trust that they will not be allowed to obtain their Act shallpt until a full expose of their proceedings be laid before the public. The w orthy Member for this county, Mr. Christie , us hered the bantling' into the world, and we wish he could de vise some means to find security for its good behavi t our." A Nova Scotian journa l remarks—" We regret o hear that the potato blight has not been confined to our sister province of New Brunswick, but that its fatal death-speck has already been visible in several places av on the peninsula of Halifax. From the interior, we he as yet heard nothing but cheering accounts of the pros pects of the farmer, and reiterated assurances that this year his labour will not be in vain. So let us hope. But the disease, we fear, is too contagious and too universal to be confined to a single district, or even to a single county." The English Funds are flatter to-day, although there is very little doing. Consols 86 to 861 for money, and 86 to for account. It appears as if the settlement would be Bullish. Exchequer-bills are 225. to 255. pre mium for those of June. Bank Stock is worth 196. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents have been 861 to to 87- t ic. Spanish Active Bonds have been 12, and Portuguese Four per Cents 22 to 2211. These are the only bargains in Foreign Stocks. Shares are quiet. BRITISH k LINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent.lteduced Annuities...... 86 1 / 4 ' 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 86% 86 New 3% per Cant. Asa. &37 ',14 8074 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 13-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 22 20 p Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. Jude. 25 22 p 22 21 p 1,000?. 5001 — Small 2B p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON E O'CLOCK R AI LWAYS. rein. FEB SIIARE. Aberdeen ........................ 50 ...• • ...... to Affibm, Notting., Boston, &c. 3 3 / 4 •••••• Ay r shire and Galloway Belfast and County Do wn .. 17% .. .. Birmingham & Oxford Jun c... 20 •••••• -- . Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... • Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.143.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Ch e shire Junction Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter . ... 85 - ••• Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire..• l4l. 4s — .••• Caledonian Ditto, llalf Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 2% o., , Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 47% _ g 2 14, .. Ditto, Preference Clarence..... Do., lst Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • • Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 ••• Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 ••• Dublin and Belfast J unction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D . 15 25 Ditto, 181., E. & H ...... .. Ditto, 31. 10s., E. &11 3% — Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct 5 Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — .. to Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,61. 133.4 d l/ d :... s is. ~. f ..o Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter D0., New Eastern Union, Class A (late gt IL Uares) •III II 25 to to ~.. to .... to ... to --- . Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (1. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto-. 17 1 ,4 — Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 •. — Ditto, ditto ... ... 'A ...... Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 / 2 East Lancashire Ditto, New l 9 Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Share , 4 14 — East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Stares 1214 Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port l3 - .•.... to -- Ditto, ditto, New ... 3N — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 65.8 d... to Glasgoiv, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 Great Northern. .......... ... 17 Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% —.... to Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, Nt w 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, New 151.-- ... ...... 14 .„.... . Great Western Ditto, Halt Shares ..... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 l3 .• ... • ..... to Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. ... Ditto, Thirds Elul' and Selby 5O Ditto, Halt Shares. .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares .•12% — to L an caster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., 'Thirds lO L ancas hire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 6 1 4...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% — ...... to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 38 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... . 1 Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... 31 3 4 x.i to Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 1 / 2 — Leeds and Bradford - Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches. 50 Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2 % — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk 5O - •••• . to Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to —., Liverpool, Crosby, and South -3% to •-• port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% to -- London & Blackwall .....131.65. 8d.... - Do. Extension ...... 22 1 / 2 Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 .....• .. ... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 13 per cent. 3 I ondori and Greenwich... 12/.155. 40 Ditto Preference lBl 17s 20... ...... to London & North We5tern.....100 114% 115% to 115 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 th. New ~. 2 Do. Fifths Do. 401. Shares... _.L. & M 25 .....• Do. 101.... M. and 13 . (A.) 9 ...• • Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 - Do. 101. ... M. and 13. (C.) 1 London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42. 1 h...... Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. .. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Dr Tenths (Consolidated) 40 _ — __. _ _ Jo. _ Ditto, Thirds ... ll/. 13s. 4d ... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref . * 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls ..... 11 . 13 a. 4d.... % dis. to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,4 — Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 I ,E Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 L o westoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 Nlanch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 M anc hr, Sheffield, and Linc. loo -to Ditto 1% Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (So. 2 ) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 71.••••• Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... •• Ditto Grimsby 35 — to Ditto, ditto. .....-.. ll Ditto, ditto ... ....... . ....... 634 — Ditt o Sheffield and Line. 12%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock •...... 17 1 ,4 — to Ditto, Man. & Lin. Un ion 41. 25.... Mid1and........ ..... ... ..... ...10 0 BB 8814 to 87 1 x.d. Ditto, Consol. Preference...1 00 Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 20 Jlidland, Birm., and Derby... loo ..... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Bi rm i n gham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... ... Ditto ditto 141. 18s. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct. gua.).... 100 .... . Midld. Great Western(lrish) 4 91 , 2 — ...... to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket - Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. - Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoiut, and Rostrevor ........... ........ 20 Norfolk IOO Ditto New 201. lO ... _ Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5 , ,.. 2 per ct. 5 ...„ - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares. ..... ....• 12% 9 ... -to • Do. Quarters 6 14 Ditto, Extension - Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 4%...... 2 North and South-Western... 2 .. .. - .. - North Staffordshire... .. ...... 12%...... 8% to - North Wales 3 l/e - ..... to - North Western B% .... to - Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 - . .. to - Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% - .. to - Scottish Central - - Scottish Midland ..- ....... -- 25 Ditto, New 17% - - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7 l/ . 2...... - ...... to - Do. do. (South Div.) 4 - to - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 - ..... to - Shrewsbury and Chester ( Nor. W . Min.) - - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. - . - Ditto, Uswestry l6 - Ditto ,New) 1 - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 ...... - - Shropshire Union... - - South Devon - - Ditto, Preference 25 South Staffordshire 5 1, /e - .. to - south Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 - - Ditto, New, N 0.2 22 - Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 25 - to - Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 - South Wales - ••• .. to - South Yorkshire, Doncaster 4 - •••••. to - a nd Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 Thames Haven Dock and 17 1 -- - Railway raw Vale Extensio n Vale of Neath W a t er ford and Kilkenny lB ...... - - W a terford and Limerick... .. 45 ... .. - - Waterford, Woxford,Wicklw, and Dublin ... 3 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - - Do. do. do. - - Do. do. do. ...... _ 9 ... .. - ~ - West Cornwall 6 - to - Whitehaven and Furness l3 ... •• ••••• ..... to - W indsor, bLitinso, and gouth Western ... 9% - to -. Wilts,Somerset,&Wey m o uth 35 ...... - -to - York, Newcastle , and B erwick 25 .. ... 27% x.d to - Do. Original Now & Ber'ck 25 110. Exten. No.l (Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 ._ - - Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. 8 • York and North Midland .. 50 • :59% x.d. to - Ditto, Preference - ..... to - Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 - -- FOREIGN RAILWATS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian - ...... to - Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... - ...... to - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) - ...... to - Ceylon .... .t /2 __. - Demerara. - - Dendre Valley - to - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..- . - - Dutch Rhenisb 7% - East Indian - Great Indian Peninsular Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - ... .. to -- Louvain ala Sambre ..... -.. 7 1 / 2 - ...... to --.. Luxembourg - ..... to - Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) -•-• .. to - Madrid and Valentin Namur and Liege 2O ...... - Northern of France. l2 ...... - - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - ...... to - Paris and Lyons - Do. Do. ..7-...- - ....• to - Paris and Orleans... 2O - Paris and Rouen ... 2O - to - Paris & Strasbourg ...... .•••• 8 --- 11,4 to - Rouen and Havre - Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours 23z Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 - ••..- to ... rouruay, Jurbise, Landen, and llasselt West Flanders B% - - JOINT STOCK 13ANS.S. Australasia .................. ••40 . ...„ _ - British North American • ... 50 - - Colonial ..... ......... ........... 25 ..... - . - Commercial of London 2O - - London Joint Stock ~.. ...... 10 - London and Westminster... 20 - - National Provincial of Engld. 35 - ..... to - Ditto, New ............ .... 10 ....„ -- ..,.. to - National of Ireland . ........... 22% - ... .. to • Provincial of Ireland ......... 25 - ..... to Ditto, NOW ........... ~., ..... 10 . 1.1... to • Union of Australia ...... 25 Ditto, New 21.., to Union of London ...... .. ...... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO — Asturian Mining Company... 13 . . .... Australian 2 l/ 2 Blacnarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 - Bolalios Scrip British Iron _ 12 __ .. Brazilian Imperial ...,. ..... 2410....., to Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... General Mining ... 2O ...... Real del Monte. Unregistered ... .. Do. Black Debentures — United Mexican COLONIAL MARKETS-THIS DAY. SUGAR .—The market for British Plantation continues steady, 550 hhds having been disposed of without any material alteration in value. The public sales have com prised 6,800 bags and 134 baskets Penang. The former was only partially - realised at rather easier rates ; brown, of low to good quality 30s to 355, grey and yellow of similar description 35s Gd to 425, and 39s 6 1 to 403 Gd for grainy kinds ; the latter brought 25s to 345 for low brown and grey. Privately 130 hhds Cuba Muscovado have been disposed of at I7s to 17s 6,1 fog• refining in bond. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,198 hhds 352 tierces 1,290 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,300 hhds 158 tierces 498 barrels. The stock in the same places is 25,885 hhds 3,301 trees 6,207 barrels. 220 puns Barbadoes Molasses were all taken in at 19s, there being no disposition to give the relative value. COFFEE was dull. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 715 puns 121 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 164 puns 67 hhds, and ex ported 176 puns 170 hhds. The stock in the same places is 19,703 puns 3,291 hhds. RICE.-2,33 0 bags Bengal, 1,950 bags Madras, and 3,600 bags Aracan were offered by auction. Only about 300 bags of fine white Bengal Were realised at 15s to 15s 6d, which are previous rates, the remainder being taken in for want of buyers on corresponding terms. SPICES.-1,3 30 bags Black Pepper were nearly all disposed of at the reduced price of 2;d. for ord Batavia. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 45s 3d to 45s Gd per cwt on the spot; and Town, 47s Gd. TEA.—The market is steady with fair deliveries. TOBAcco.—Th© market has been extremely steady last month for all descriptions. Sales, although not ex tensive, being only 730 hhds, were in some instances of an improved character, buyers being less inclined to limit purchases. There was also more inquiry and a better demand for exportation. Recent advices from the United States represent that prices had undergone no material change, the factors generally having continued to main tain a good degree of firmness. Imports 2,150 hhds, deliveries 827 hhds against 845 hhds in the correspond ing month of 1847. Stock 28,235 hhds against 26,000 hhds in 1847. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Craufurd's The Cur — taken No others mentioned, and scarcely a bet laid. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Alliance—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshe—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie—taken Most of the horses quoted were backed; but, with the exception of Vampyre, who had several friends, for very small sums. LITERATURE. MAUNDER'S TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY. Another " Treasury" from the indefatigable Maunder ! Already he has given us a " Treasury of Knowledge," a " Treasury of History," a " Trea sury of 13;.ography," and a " Treasury of " Science," each of which volumes is almost a library in itself. But evidently desiring to give us a treasury of "Treasures," Mr. Maunder has not yet abated his exertions, or suffered his zeal and energy to diminish, and has now presented us with a fifth specimen of his diligence. The " Treasury of Natural history" is best described in its own words, as set forth in its title page, which declares it to be " a Popular Dic tionary of Animated Nature, in which the zoological characteristics that distinguish the different classes, genera, and species, are combined with a variety of interesting information, illustrative of the habits, instincts, and general economy of the animal king dom." In order to render the work more attractive to the general reader, it is embel lished with nine hundred wood-cuts, represent ing the principal animals described, besides a very beautiful frontispiece, finely engraved, in which the whole animal world, from the butterfly to the elephant, are grouped together with most artistic skill. The " general reader " will, moreover, find abundant amusement in the countless anecdotes illus trative of the habits and customs of various animals scattered throughout these pages, while the naturalist will find his taste consulted by an introductory enumeration of the various divisions, orders, and sub orders of the animal kingdom. The subjects have been arranged alphabetically, so as to render the work a zoological dictionary, where the pecu liarities of any individual animal can be learned on a moment's inquiry. The personal ap pearance of Maunders' treasuries, their com pact form, the sober elegance of the bind ing, and the peculiar excellence of the typo graphy—are too well known, and too generally ap preciated, to require comment or commendation. It is su:i . cient for us to say that, in its general charac teristics, this new corner resembles and equals its predecessors, while its individual peculiarities render it worthy to rank beside them. In these closely printed double-columned (but withal most legible) 756 pages, are condensed, the information, the in terest, and the intelligence of a whole naturalist's library. The stores of Cuvier and his confreres have been ransacked with most scrupulous care, and rifled with unscrupulous avidity—their scattered gems of knowledge, are here collected, and constitute the chief treasures of the "Treasury." Mr. Maunder has been careful to acknowledge all select materials, and to append to them the author's name. But if many of the gems of the " Treasury" have been amassed from other stores, the selection and the arrangement alone must have constituted a peculiarly arduous and diffi cult labour—a labour which greatly increases the debt of gratitude already due by the public to the universal lexicographer. Appended to this work is " a syllabus of practical taxidermy," which gives co pious instructions as to the best methods of preparing and preserving specimens of natural history; to which is added a " Glossarial Appendix," or dictionary of zoological words. These appendices render the " Treasury" complete. TILE KELLYS AND THE O'KELLY A S ; rolor, LA NDLORDS AND TENANTS. By .T -loppe. 3 Vols. It might be supposed, from the second title of this book, that " The Kellys and the O'Kellys" is a poli tical novel, and the first chapter, which relates to the trial of O'Connell, tends to corroborate such a sup position. Having perused the entire work, however, we can assure those who may only have seen the title, or glanced at the commencement, that " The Kellys and O'Kellys" has absolutely nothing to do with po litics—that it is no treatise on the relative positions of llndlord and tenant—that it is, in fact, neither more nor less than a genuiae picture of Irish life. That definition at once conveys the best description of the work, and constitutes its highest eulogium.. The plot is exceedingly simple, its chief interest is excited by the difficulties which beset Lord Ballandine (the O'Kelly) and Martin Kelly in their several endea vours to obtain an heiress as a bride. A half-fliend ship subsists between Lord Ballandine and his tenant Martin, " for shure they w ere all one family, at least s o the Kellys said, and I never heard (writes their historian) that the O'Kellys denied it." The most interesting portion of the tale is that which relates to the humbler heroes. The Kellys, and more especially old Mrs. Kelly, are thoroughly Irish, and consequently possess those powers of attraction which are inseparable from the warm-hearted, genial, mirth-loving Hibernian. In 1 1 following the fortunes of Lord Ballandine we become initiated in all the mysteries of The Curragh," and acquainted with the peculiarity of the Irish " turf." Dot Blake, the friend, though by no means the dis interested, friend of Lord Ballandine, is an amusing but somewhat anomalous character not quite a swindler and not quite a gentleman. FINE ARTS. ITHE AR7 JOURNAL. Under the matured and able !editorship of Mr. S. C. Hall, the Art Journal continues to maintain its eminent reputation as the principal organ in the world of art. Before us are now lying the numbers for August and September. If only for their splendid e mbellishments they would be valuable. The picture of " Salvator," by Maclise, is characterised by much of the genius of that distinguished Academician. It tells its story in a glance—Rosa in the apartment of the Jew picture-dealer offering him one of his youthful productions. " The Fisherman's W ife," by Paul Falconer Poole, is among the most felicitous, if it be not one of the most ambitious of the works of this eminent artist. Those who are familiar with his powers, simply through the medium of his extraordinary painting of the "Plague of London," where Defoe s immortal history is realised upon the canvass, and the fanaticism of Solomon Eagle is for ever associated with the awful devastation of 1665, or through his noble prize painting exhibited in West • minster Hall, will be somewhat amazed at the grace, the nature, and the bewitching simplicity of the present composition. As the Art Journal remarks of Mr. Poole, there is scarcely any other in stance in the history of English art of a painter springing suddenly into a wide-spread reputation, like that of the artist we have mentioned. "We shall be much disappointed," says the writer, " if we do not see greater things than any he has yet achieved." " The Cherry Seller," by W.' Collins, is a rural scene taken from the original in the col lection n o t t e h r i e n s : n el g s . e t hFarno From being the a b s r p o e k c e i n m e p n i p e o f t t o h e t h, abilities o w f of Sir Robert Peel. " The Intruder," if for Edwin Landseer at sixteen years of age , would be on the barn-door, from the rat in the rat trap to the broken cart-wheel, from the cat spitting forth the whole venom of her rage, to the dog ready to leap upon his antagonist, the picture is full of nature. The dog alone is wonderfully clever. J. Roberts has engraved in a very masterly manner, from an original picture by C. L. Eastlake, " The latest Portrait of Napoleon: The history of this portrait is one certain to excite curiosity, having been roughly sketched from life by East lake in 1815, in an open boat lying amidst a swarm of others under the bows of the Belle rophon. To our thinking, the portrait is altogether unworthy of the subject and of the artist, who has since then acquired celebrity as a Royal Academi cian. The features are with one exception scarcely recognisable, and the chief point of resemblance seems to be in the costume—the face being more like that of a fat lubberly boy than of the glorious man apostrophised by Byron in his renowned couplet— " 01-leaven, of which he was in form a feature 0 Earth, of which he was a noble creature !" If the Emperor could have guessed what Mr. East lake was about in his open boat, we certainly think that self-respect, not to say vanity, must have driven him from the deck into his cabin. Still it must be remembered, in extenuation, as the Art Journal Itself observes, that the artist was " sketching in a surrounded by crowds, and at a considerable distance from his object." At the least the picture is curious to look upon, and is beautifully engraved. "Nar cissus," from the original statue by Bacon, is, to our thinking, absolutely hideous. If the statue be not hideous itself we would certainly recommend the sculptor to prosecute the engraver for libel. We must in justice make particular allusion to the Art- Union designs for domestic purposes, some of which are exquisite. Among these—the teaspoons with the tea-plant twining up the stem, strengthening the handle with its stalks , and bossin g the top with a cluster of tea-blossoms and leaves—the water jug, representing the transformation of Syrinx into reeds, the bowl of the jug being deco rated with bulrushes and lotus-lilies—the beer jug adorned with bunches of hops, and a handle twined about with wheat ears—the back of a hair brush, or hand-mirror pourtraying a mermaid " with a comb of pearl, on a throne of gold, combing her hair " the taper candlestick, the eard case, the the fire irons, &c. Besides the foregoing, ink the Art Journal con tains many o th e r embellishments of superior merit. TURNER'S HEIDELBERG. An impression of th is noble engraving by T. The Prior, taken from the celebrated pictur of M. " he Town and Castle of Heidelberg," by J . MW. Turner, is lying before us for consideration. When we have called the fact to recollection that this is one of the most splendid productions of this wonderful painter of landscapes, we have pronounced an culogium more eloquent than could be written even in the enraptured language of the Oxford Graduate. The atmospheric distances, the refractions of air and water, the cirrus, the rainbow, the half-hidden mountains, the glimmer ing roofs of the town, all have been copied by the graver with an accuracy very little short of the miraculous. Even a. Boulton, the printer, deserves TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6,184 R. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Lord STaniey's Canezou 3to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice—take 7to 2 4 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland—t 9 to 2 agst Mr. B. Green's Elatcatcher—take sto 1 100 to 7 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. G. O'Nlore's Bandit—taken 5(10 to 10 agst Mr. B. Whaley's Mareschino—taken Canezou was backed for four or five hundred pounds at 5 to 2 and 3 to 1, but the greater portion at the smaller odds. Surplice was steady at 3to 1, and Flatcatcher at 9 to 2; Justice to Ireland gave way to 4 to I, and Springy Jack from 8 to 1 to 100 to 7; the betting on this, as on the other events, was flat. DONCASTER CUP. Even on Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 10 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Brocardo—taken DERBY. 1,000 to 55 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Watts's Chatterer—taken 2,500 to 50 agst Mr. Pedley's Fellow Commoner—tkn AQUATICS. WENTZELL'S OARS MATCH. The annual contest for two pairs of silver oars, the gift of Mr. A. Wentzell, for competition amongst tradesmen, and other respectable amateurs, came off yesterday, and was throughout a very spirited affair, affording consi derable gratification to a vast concourse of spectators. First heat—Saxby and Blinkho (yellow), 1; C. Mining and Erwood (red), 2; Dimes and D. Mini❑g (white), 3; Clark and Price (purple), 0; Burns and Derbyshire (green), 0. The race was confined to the vicinity of Lambeth. The winners took the lead and kept it. The other four made a capital race. Second heat—Hawes and Law (black), 1; Regan and Smith (pink), 2; Pegler and R. Clayton (stripe), 3; Harris and J. Claxton (blue), 0. Black soon went in advance, and kept it. It was again a capital race fur second place. Grand heat—Saxby and Blinkho, 1; Hawes and Law, 2; C. Mining and Erwood, 0; Regan and Smith, 0. Black took the lead, but off the Penitentiary shipped. a deal of water, which much impeded him, and Red, with a good chance of success, fouled the umpire's boat. Saxby and partner won by half a dozen lengths. CRICK ET. THREE OF ALL ENGLAND v. THREE OF SHEFFIELD. This match was got up after the termination of the Eleven of all England v. Sixteen of Sheffield contest bad b ee n brought to a conclusion, and was played on the Hy-de-park ground, on Thursday and Friday last. It could not, however, be played out, in consequence the Eleven being compelled to start for Bradford, at w of hi place they will commence operations this morning in op position to twenty of that place and district. As the respective sides were at first arranged for this single- wicket match, England was to have been Second sented by Mr. Mynn , Parr , and W. Pilch, but the party having been injured by a blow from the bn alllan , d his vacancy was supplied by Mr. C. 11. Hoare. Eg having won the toss took the bat in the first instance. ENGLAND. W. Pilch, b Wright C. H. Hoare, Esq., b Hunt 8 b Hunt .................. 1 . Mynn, Esq., b Hunt l5 b Hunt .................. 8 A Wide —Wright 6,llunt 3 9 Wright 4, Hunt 4.. 8 First Innings. Balls bowled — Wright , 100 balls: 84 hits, 2 n o hits, 11 runs. Hunt, 73 balls: 47 hits, fo r 12 runs. Second Innings. Balls bowled — Wright , 100 balls for 70 hits, 1 no bit, 5 runs. Hunt,ls9 balls, lo2 hits, 4 no hits, l4 ru ns. SHEFFIELD. Sampson, c Pilch, b Mynn 7 Wright, b Mynn Hunt, c and b Mynn W ide—My nu 6 6 Mynn 1 ......... 1 First Innings. Balls bowled—A. Mynn, E 4 b a ll s: 142 hits, 12 no hits, 8 runs. Second Innings. Balls bowled —A. Mynn, Esq., 94 balls: 64 hits, Ino hit, 6 runs. The match was drawn on Friday evening. ---------- SovTirAsirrort. --- The Peninsular and Oriern, Company's steam-ship Euxine haoil s arrived at South. the heavy porti of th. East India naa China mnpto mails.nhringi DEATII OF LADY ELIZABETII STRATFORD.—ThIS saeld, than it had already lady died lately at Stratford Lodge, county of Wicklow. Her Ladyship was daughter of the wil l o a ir t l e ith a . nd i3 si u s r t s e t r a o ll f ,s th lo present Earl of Aldborough. The competitors of Mr. Ste a p san h ewkd e i n th so d n r)a f ,w o la r n t e: h sis e tr p ws. r ap e s m rma i i v at m dhe_ of 500 / . offered mLiverpoolnoonwmhtehniceth, ground,a i n d h ad we Man chester Railway Company for the best locomotive engine precise c when, hisae p r p e e reason oa t nd o wcwereoami Braith waite lo comotive, r ed . , B tEh u re r i s ci t l a : l rn l : ( e o av ren Perseverance, n u 3tei r e s r t : a w l i l ai tryingre peatedlyalthoughsuccess track of a common road . It was, indeed, the fruit of much perse verance and more cash, and, in all probability, lost its and w ell place in the grand race of renown by the mischance of s ome mere accident. In justice to Messrs. Borthwick then merchants at Leith, we think it right as we arc sure Mr. Burstall would, here to record, that to their liberality, as well as to his own talent, was he much in debted for th e means of perserance. The other two como tives, the Novelty and the Sanspareil broke down, while Mr. Stephenson's Rocket outran the requirements of the directors, averaged 15 miles an hour in speed, won the prize, and ushered in " the greatest mechanical re volution effected since the invention of the steam-engine by Watt," and its more immediate frxits.—Builder. DYSTRESSING OCCURRENCE. —On Wednesday after noon an accident of a very distressing nature occurred at Bwberton Mains, parish of Currie, which has un forturnstely proved fatal to one of the parties, and occa sioned much distress to the other. From what He have learned, it appears that Mr. Scott, farmer there, had taken down a loaded gun from the wall of the kitchen, and while engaged in examining the lock, it went off, when the contents were lodged in the body of a man who is well known in that district by th esoubriqueto of " Johnnie Bauchels." The unfortunate was killed almost instantameously.—Scotsman. A site has been given by Mr. Adderley, M.P., to the Worcester Board of Education, for the purpose of erecting a training institution on a large scale for the whole of that diocese. The site is conviently situated near Birmingham. A sum of 5,0001. has been raised to wards the first outlay, and 3601. a-year towards the an nual expenses 9f the institution. mention, for in his subordinate capacity he his aided the skill of Prior and the genius of Turner in the production of this masterpiece of art. ALISON'S HISTORY of EUROPE. The popular edition of this great standard history has just been completed by the publication of the twentieth volume. A better reprint in any essential particular cannot appear. The Messrs. Blackwood have issued a work in a manner worthy of themselves and creditable to this advanced epoch in the art of typography. And in addition to this, the seventeenth part of the Atlas, illustrative of the campaigns, battles, and sieges of the times described by the nar rative has appeared with the commencement of Sep tember. One would have imajned that having ac complished so much, no further enterprise, at least no further enterprise of a judicious character, was within the reach of the publishers. That such an impression, if entertained, would have been singlarly erroneous, however, is sufficiently shown by the handsome and substantial volume of some 662 pages, which has just been published. The book is an " Epitome of Alison's History of Europe," compiled for the use of schools and young persons. All the facts of the more voluminous work are enumerated, accumu lated, and condensed ; and note ithstanding the com pactness into which this bulky composition has been compressed, the epitome is more remarkable for its symmetry than for its deformity, some of the most brilliant passages in the original being preserved un- V.uched. As a lucid and portable history of the most wonderful epoch since the rise of Christianity, the book appears to us to be altogether invaluable ; though at the same time our political opinions and the records of our judgment are so diametrically the reverse of those of Mr. Alison, that we could wish the narrative cleared of many absurd calumnies long ago disapproved, we mean such preposterous assertions as those respecting the assassination of Pichegue and Captain Wright. Apart from these blemishes of opinion, the volume is of most laudable excellence. SURREY TII EATRE. Extraordinary attraction is now the order of the day, and the gay little Surrey, under its present ma nagement, is not second to any of its kindred houses of the sock and buskin in the production of it. Last night, after the performance of The Pedlar Boy (a new drama, from the pen of Mr. J. Harrington), in which Mrs. R. Honner, as the Pedlar Boy, sustained her acknowledged talents in dramatic impersonations, Monsieur Herrmann, acknowledged to be the first professor of magic in the world, and the wonder of the age, made his first appearance here, and, with the exception of five nights more (also at this house), the last of his entertaining soirees in England. M. Herrmann, to be duly appreciated, must be, ou g ht to be seen. 'Nothing that we can write on paper can thoroughly describe his illysterieuses in the " magic" art. We have seen " ground and lofty tumbling" in the House of Commons, and particu larly on " budget" night ; but no "state tricks," no efforts of honourable and distinguished magicians of that great National Theatre, can at all stand com parison with those of M. Herrmann. But M. Herr mann has had great continental experience. He has also exhibited at the Haymarket, and at the Prin cess's, and now we fairly have him— caught like "Mrs. Glass's hare"—at the Surrey Theatre, situate on the south bank of the river Thames. M. Herr mann, "the juggler of the sun and moon," truly surprised us with his new and wonderful illusions — illusions which he varies every night. He is an e xcellent card, and deals his cards with as easy a pitch to " the gods in the gallery," beaux in the boxes," and " the critics in the pit," as an expert hand would at a 100-table. But amid all the tricks, amid all the extraordinary legerdemain which M. Herrmann performed, that of his inexhaustible, his many liquored bottle was the most extraordinary we have ever witnessed. " One bottle more" is familiar to every lover of hospitality, but M. Herrmann's bottle — a black one, not a shade larger than a wine bottle, is a standing article—it contains spirits and liqueurs of all kinds, and seems interminable in its quantity. The real tun of Heidelberg is nothing to it. M. Herrmann entertained a party of some hundreds last night out of it, serving with the rapidity of the quickest hand all kinds of liquors of the above, which their taste, caprice, or whim led them to call for. The scene was most amusing, as the company pressed for ward for their glasses, and the great magician dis penser cried in rapid succession whisky, rum, brandy, gin, liqueur, &c. Another most singular feat of M. Herrmann was the sustaining of a child by the power of ether in suspension in the air. This and his various other feats elicited rapturous ap plause. In a word, those who have not seen M. Herr mann have seen nothing. BALLOON RACE. - Another - of those interesting and attractive en tertainments was given yesterday afternoon at Cremorne-gardens. The weather being extremely warm and fine, a circumstance almost despaired of in these times of wet and wind, the grounds were early thronged by a company of some thousands in number, a testimony at once to the excellence of the enter tainments provided and the desire of the multitude to participate in healthful out-door recreations. The aeronautic contest was between the Royal Cremorne and Albert balloons, the former conducted through the regions of space by Lieutenant Gale, the letter under the direction of Mr. Gypson. The balloons being very nearly of a size, and of elegant shape, rendered the race more interesting and exciting ; circumstances, heightened by the knowledge in some degree, of the ascending and sailing powers of the two machines obtained in the last race, of which we made favourable mention some time past. Both balloons were inflated on the grounds, thus ren dering the whole arrangements complete. Shortly after seven o'clock, all preparations having been ef fected, the signal for starting was given, and the bal loons were released from their moorings to set out on their struggle for su premacy. The Royal Cremorne was the first to rise, thus gaining the lead of its anta gonist. For some time it kept low down, proceeding in a straightforward direction, thus obtaining a consi derable advantage over its opponent, which had by this time made its ascent perpendicularly. They continued in this state, the one ascending and the other proceeding onwards for a considerable time, when the Albert appeared to be fast overtaking its adversary, evidently with a view to pass over it. Lieutenant Gale appeared to perceive this, for his tight aerial vessel darted for ward and was lost to the sight, closely followed by the Albert. The two racers had a most beautiful appearance as they sailed through the fine clear air ; the one opaque and dusky appeared to reflect the rays of the setting sun, while the other, clear and transpa rent, seemed to be illumined from within, its yellow coloured silk and crimson zone showing like amber set with rubies. When the balloons were fairly lost in the distance, and not till then, did the company turn to participate in the other amusements afforded by the spirited lessee. The ballet in the theatre, with its characteristic dancing, pretty dresses, and light sparkling music, gave general satisfaction. Previous to the . Lai trete, a piece of music, entitled " A Storm in the Pyrenees," was performed by the band in the Pagoda Orchestra. This musical novelty is rendered more striking by the introduction of novel scenic and pyrotechnic effects. The ball and firevvorks w t i n h followed both attracted their due share of atten the and eulogy; indeed the proceeding s throughout e afternoon went off with the utmost eclat. REVIEW OF TIIE MONEY MARKET FOR THE MONTH of AUGUST, 1545.--The general tendency of the transactions of the month ot August has been towards decline and circumspection. There ha s en cer ce - tainly been no marked depreciation, nor the prl of any distinct precaution, but the general observation is nevertheless true. Consols have fluctuated between Sii and 85k, and Exchequer-bills have gradually come down from 3S to 28. In the Railway market the dealers have been very much at the mercy of the half-yearly meetings, and we are not sorry to observe that the result of most of these meetings has been such as to impress the holders of railway property very strongly with the conviction that, after all, a railway company is only a shopkeeping concern on a large scale, and that to obtain the pounds it is more than ever essential to take care of the pence. The French loan, to which we al luded in our last review, has been subscribed, very out much to the justifiable surprise of most people, entirely of French capital. Our own Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the House, on the 25th August, that he also wants a loan for 2,000,0001., and he proposes to take an Act which will authorise either the issue of Exchequer bills or the creation of stock fort e he r noequ t ired amou ho n ill t. Unless he uses great expedition, w do thinkw find it expedient to interfere s with `hi own bills in sup the market by increasing the supply. e hould rather pose that a funding operation would suit the times better than one of the opposite character. If he sells Con sols, he will certainly not sell them at 89—the price he obtained for the Irish loan. The scrip of that speculation has left behind it many unpleasant reminiscences, and we are disposed to fear that Sir Charles Wood has had the imprudence to postpone his announcement until a conjuncture at which a borrowing minister will have, as well the recollections of the past as the difficulties of the present to contend with. He should have tried his hand in the market five weeks ago, when Consols were at 89 and looking up to 93.—Bankers' Magazine. RAMSGATE.—The town is now, we think, at the top of the season; vast numbers crowd the splendid sands every morning. We have heard some complaints as to the practice ot the bathers, and hope that the pier authorities will use the powers invested in them. With the many visitors that arrive there are also a great num ber who have com e down with the intention of preying upon their neighbours' chattels. A female last week lost her purse and 6 !. 19 s. This town is far behind any other watering-place in having amusements for its visitors. The only place, Victoria B t az e aar, is nightly crowded, as is the Marine Library, by h g have no theatre or public garden nearer than St. IT . Ne Peter's, which it is often difficult to reach, owin g to the weather being so unsettled.—Canterbury Journal IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. The Freeman's Journal of this morning says— " The Premier was visited at the Viceregal Lodge, at eleven o'clock on Saturday, by the Lord Chancellor, who remained more than half an hour. It is understood that his Lordship has accepted an invitation from the Earl of Charlement to pass a few days with him at his beautiful residence, Alarino, near Clontarf. Nothing has yet transpired respecting Lord John Russell's intention of going down the country; but for whatever period his stay in Dublin may be prolonged, he will continue to re side at his Excellency's lodge in the park." The weather is now all that could be desired. Last night there was a slight frost, and this morning every symptom of rain has disappeared. Notwith standing the favourable change, there has not been any revival in business here ; on the contrary (says s trade report), the present week has been worse in the produce-markets than any that have preceded it; transactions are, in fact, as near at a standstill as can well he imagined. Money is comparatively cheap, from the absolute want of employment for it. The same document thus refers to the Irish railway meet ings of the last week : " Tho half-yearly meetings of most of the Irish rail ways have been held during the last week or two. Of these tho only one in full operation is the Dublin and Drogheda, whose report is sufficiently discouraging. It appears that the gross receipts of the company are barely suffiicient to pay 5 per cent. per annum on its capital of 800,000/., and that although a portion of the expenses are charged to the amount of capital, the amount left for a dividend is only los. per cent. on the half-year. If this be the result of the working of the Great Northern Trunk, after being some time in operation, there is small room for hope on the more distant and less frequented lines of road. We observe that the expenses are rather disproportionate, being about GO per cent." THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. According to the Clonmel Chronicle, it is still un certain whether Messrs. Duffy, Leyne, and O'Do noghue will be tried at the special commission to be held for that county, but the trial of Mr. O'Brien there is positively decided upon, that being the main object of the commission. The Chronicle also states that— " The informations in Smith O'Brien's case, which are very luminous, and of immense length, are at present' in the hands of a Dublin artiste for the purpose of being lithographed. We believe such a course is never adopted but in cases of high treason, when a large number of copies are required, in which there would be a possibility of mistake if prepared i❑ the usual manner. In lithographs, however, there is no such liability." It is expected that a military' force of little less than 4,000 men will be located in Clonniel, and the neighbourhood, during the sitting of the corn- mission. INCREASE OF THE POLICE FORCE. The following statement appears in the Limerick Examiner : " We have heard from very good authority that Go vernment intend augmenting the police force to 30,000 men, to whom the peace, protection, and possession of the country are chiefly to be intrusted ; the more im portant fortresses only being selected for military occupation. The means will thus be afforded of withdrawing great part of the present army of cecupa tion. It is stated that ten pieces of artillery—field pieces, will be appropriated to the police force in every county." INAUGURATION OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE.—FES TIVITIES AT DUNKIRK. DUNKIRK, MONDAY MORNING.--Yesterday, for the first time, the shrill whistle of a locomotive awoke the echoes round the old battlements of Dunkirk. Extensive as were the preparations that were made at Calais for the ceremony of opening the great Northern of France Railway on Saturday, they were as nothing compared with those made by the good people of Dunkirk for the same event. For many days past the town (one of the most beautiful in France) has been busy in anticipation of the great event which yesterday gave a direct line of railway communication from the Northern coast to Paris. Visitors have been pouring into the town ever since yesterday morning, and the throng still in creases. The streets, all day yesterday, were literally choked up with pleasure-seekers, and unalloyed en joyment seemed to reign in every quarter. The townspeople appear indeed to have been animated by a desire to eclipse everything that has hitherto taken place in the shape of public rejoicing in their neigh bourhood. As soon as the day for the opening of the railway was announced, the authorities commenced a subscription, and in a very short time a sum of up wards of 3,0001. was subscribed to carry on the fes tivities, with which to do honour to the inauguration of the Great Northern Railway of France. At half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning a pro cession was formed in beautiful order opposite the Ilotel de Ville, and proceeded to the railway station which crosses the Calais road inside the ramparts. A splendid canopy has been raised over an altar opposite to the passenger station for the ceremony of the benediction. The various companies of the national guards hav ing been drawn up in the open space surrounding the station, the Cardinal Archbishop of Cambria, and the clergy of the district, ascended the altar, and awaited the arrival of the train from Calais, contain ing the directors of the line and their friends. A burst of artillery having announced that the train was in sight, the municipal authorities, all wearing tricoloured scarfs, placed themselves in line on each side of the railway, and the train having drawn up to the platform, the directors alighted and were introduced to the municipal authorities, and by them were conducted to the toot of the altar. The Cardinal Archbishop then addressed them, and in warm terms complimented them upon their having succeeded in extending railway communication to Dunkirk. He enlarged upon the advantages which would result to France by the extension of the rail way system from Paris to the northern frontier, and said that as France, par excellence, had always taken the lead in matters connected with the civilization of the world, so she ought to be foremost in widely ex tending the railway system. The ceremony of the benediction then commenced. The platform on which the altar was placed was crowded with priests of various classes, in the midst of whom stood the Archbishop, attired in all his splendid pontifical robes. Leading to the altar from the station was a broad flight of steps covered with crimson carpeting, and on the top of those steps the Cardinal stood and blessed first the engines, then the road, and finally the military and the people. The ceremony concluded, the principal authorities on the railway formed into procession again, and marched back into the town with banners flying and military bands playing. We never saw any place display such animation and general rejoicing as Dunkirk did on the proces sionow entering the town. Every house was t c h r e pi d ac d e with spectators, and from every window lanted, round every street poles had be 7 : ed depended festoons of thicklytricolour. lanced, p each side of the ground, and the from poles for the entire carried along the tops of which evergreens were tw At intervals of about three length of the street. yards were carried across the streets, sashes of red a nd blue and white drapery, interspersed with gar lands of beautiful flowers. The windows in every house were ornamented with diamond-shaped tri coloured lanterns, each containing a variegated lamp for the illumination at night. The procession having arrived at the Place Jean . Bart, the Cantate d'lnauguration was performed upon an elevated stage in the centre of the square, near to the statue of the celebrated Jean, after which the authorities proceeded to the harbour to witness the launch of an iron war steamer, called Le I3iche, and again returning to the Place Jean Bart, a military \ musical performance too k p lace. b y was given At four o'clock a sple ndid ban q uet , the authorities of the town to the directors of the rail way, and the leading visitors . The banquet was held t the m at the college ; and amon g st is ' w ere M.M. Marie, Gamier V lowski, an d several other members o a Puier, Wol. ag p a ny present of the National Assembly. was splendidly illumi- In the evening the town . n in various parts n ated, and public balls were g hour before the ve of the city, and i t was a late u festi vities of the firs t da y were brought to a close. by To-day the rejoicing commenced adistribution of medals to the corps de neusique, after which, a mock , procession will take place , t he p rinci p al character in w hi c h will be Reuse , a pe rsona g e bearin g a stron g resemblance to our own Ciog and Magog. 'lbis in dividual is a figure twenty-two feet high, and i s attired in a sort of ancient costume. In the evening there will be a concert of vocal and instrumental music, followed by a grand ball ; and to-morrow the festivities will be brought to a close • by regattas, races, and amusements of that descrip tion. A great number of English visitors are here, ex cursion boats having been running from Dover since Saturday last. THE RAILWAT BRIDGE ACROSS THE TWEED.-01 1 Saturday last some interest was excited by the appear ance \ for the first time, of a railway carriage (th ird class, on the temporary wooden bridge across the Tweed. The carriage, which was filled with people, was pushed to and fro several times along the bridge—even the dizzy height from the river not preventing many from hang ing round it. A piece of artillery planted on the bridge was fired in honour of the event, and the structure was also decorated with a number o f fla g s. The temporary bridge is ready only across the river; the communica tion with the embankment behind Tweedrnouth is not yet formed. It is anticipated, however, that this will be made by the Ist of October, when the trains will pass without interruption, and the delay and expense of omn ibuses for passengers, and carts for goods, coke, will then be avoided. ' The temporary bridge at Newcastle was expected to be opened to-day (Friday). —.Berwick Warder. ; , a id II I )ned this eted eted :died 22(1 Mr. ting g ate the said lied. fined, louse . and s e o f enie , s uch. e the the info' Ting the d for hour It node fa' d to iver• 11 0 . , ow! n•