The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-15 00:00:00

ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT. To be had of all Booksellers. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. • FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST. BY AGNES STRICKLAND. Complete Sets of this Interesting Work may now be had, in 12 vols., with Portraits of the Queens, ire., elegantly bound in morocco, with gilt leaves, price G. 6s. ; and any volume may be purchased separately, price 10s. 6d., bound in cloth. " A valuable contribution to historical knowledge. —Athenaeum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3farlborough-street. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mille. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that TWO GRAND EXTRA NIGHTS will take place on THURSDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS, August 16 and 19, when Madße. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her fa vourite characters each evening. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Girls', Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Mille. M. Taglionl, Mdlle. Cerito, &c. &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. FEE MAJESTY'S THEATRE. mine. JENNY LIND. By Special Desire. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGH V will take place THIS EVENING, Aug. 15,• when Mollie. JENNY LIND will appear as ELVIRA, in Bcllinl's Opera P of U I RITANI. Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Riccardo, Signor Collett! ; Arturo, Signor Gardoni ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache. To conclvde with Selections from the admired Ballet of ONDINE, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit, and Mdlie. C. Rosati; M. Dor, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. 14 Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Management of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. 3lurtogh, Mr. 0, Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grlnnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool- gar Afir which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright ; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with DID lOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. By Particular Desire. GRAND EXTRA AND FINAL REPRESENTATIONS. Ix compliance with numerous applications, and owing t i the die appointment experienced at his last representation, ROBERT HOU- DIN will TO-MORROW MORNING, and on THURSDAY, FRI- DAY, and SATURDAY EVENINGS give his Final Performances, previous to his departure for Mandsester. Boxes and Stalls may ba secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library 33, Old Bondestreet. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Positively the Last Week of Mrs. FITZWILLIAM and Mr. BUCK STONE. as they have to appear in Manchester on Monday next. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. ' Atter which, a Comic Drama, called SNAPPING TURTLES, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. To conclude IN ith THE ROVER'S BRIDE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitsball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed; the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS• TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. TO conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA 'AND PEEPING TONI OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Till. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. Positively the Last Week of M. JULLIEN'S Engagement. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER and MISS HUDDART, New Waltz, by Prince METTERNICII. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damon. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Sonthby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and to a state of slavery; in place of hundreds of thou sands of admiring and adoring adherents, he was surrounded by half a dozen fellow-prisoners. The realm " which stretched from Moscow to the South ern seas ",, was exchanged for a limited space of barren rock, and soon for a few yards of ground beneath a willow tree. The struggle was over— " after life's fitful fever he slept well." The victory was accomplished. Now regal diadems once more overshadowed smiling countenances, sceptres were clasped in hands that no longer trembled, feudal chiefs and the upholders of feudality rejoiced; they con gratulated themselves, not upon the overthrow of one individual, however powerful, but (in the vanity of their hearts) they congratulated themselves on the annihilation of revolutionary, i. e., of liberal principles. They believed, in their blindness, that the weeping willow waved not above the grave of one enemy alone, but above the spot where lay entombed all hopes antagonistic to the " right divine " of kings —a right which (according to its ordinary application) is incompatible with the " rights of men " or the " rights of nations." The feudal lords were mistaken, albeit for a time all seemed to favour their delusion. Europe was again portioned out in its old divisions, dethroned monarchs had their own again, and crowns were replaced on heads which had grown grey in exile. " Liberty " and " Equality" were, as forgotten words, never breathed even in a whisper ; the good old customs of the good old times came back, and in the precincts of royalty "all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush hark, what deep sound strikes like a rising knell ? Did ye not hear it ?" Did ye not hear it? it spoke in a voice of thunder. The feudal lords have been mistaken. A man may be crushed by men, great though he be and puny though they be, individually; but a vital principle is essentially impassible. The story of CANUTE is no fable; there are waters which will not recede, nor even remain stationary, at the mandate of King or Emperor. Let us look around us now, on this fifteenth of August, 1848. Has the popular power diminished since 1821 ? Are hereditary kings more ' firmly established on their thrones since the grave of St. Helena closed over their most effectual foe ? On the contrary ; for the principles of which he was the exponent have gained strength since his de cease—they have developed with the course of time and the mental growth of man. And as an evidence of this development and maturity, we may cite the fact of the. recent Revolution having been enabled to enunciate its principles, aye, and make them heard too, without enforcing that enunciation with the san guinary violence which was the conspicuous and melancholy characteristic of its predecessor. This 15th of August, which recalls to us the birth-day of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, is, as we have seen, interest ing in a retrospective, in an immediate, and in a prospective point of view. Its retrospective in terest associates us with the memory of that extraordinary man—a man whose noblest mo nument is the daily increasing admiration and regard of those who during his lifetime were " the most powerful, the most constant, and (alas! not) the most generous of his enemies." Its present interest is occasioned by th e pecu li ar position of France at this moment, and its prospective interest consists in the assurance which it holds out to us—an assurance based on such reflections as we have just been enume • rating—that liberal principles and popular power will progress as they have progressed, and triumph as they have triumphed, so that the present and all future revolutions, initiated by the popular will and supported by popular unanimity, will immeasurably exceed the efficacy and glory of their predecessors, although unaided by the energy and genius of a NAPOLEON. FRID.LY View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, .conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Sole Per formers incln , les Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins,- Clan, Collinet, Kcenig, lazarv, Richardson, Sonnenberg, Lc.—Two Solos each Evening. —Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower and Miss Huddart during the Evening.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—the Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display -of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten A.M., Feeding Time Fivo—Jullien's Concert at Six—Fireworks at Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, AUGUST 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 56 ; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 29.98.—W1ND N.N.W.; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 15 min. after 2 I Evening •• 35 min. after 2 Germany has begun the work of her regeneration badly she has accompanied the revival of her nationality with two acts of atrocious, and lawless spoliatimne Both these acts, moreover, are immediate emanations from ttteetinprincipled an&self-aggran dizingpeTicy of the rruplan Governinen.t. They have both originated in the cupidity of conquest, which has been. insepaeahle from - the Cabinet of Berlin from the time of the Great FREDERICK downwards. Shall we name these two attempts at territorial absorption ? Are they not notorious to the whole of Christendom ? The integrity of the panish dominicA is assailed without the smallest .prosepation, in one` i direction ; the hortour .and the,: glcity. of the la s t s h a d ow o f However much we may be disposed to pursue the even tenour of our way, careless as to the future, Poland 'isinsulted in another. A ssure dl y t h e ven g and indifferent as to the past, the continual recur eance of the more gener ous -h ear t e d nat i ons in rence of some particular anniversary renders such a Europe will descend upon the h ea d o f t h e robber proceeding absolutely impossible. The present day, King, upon the councils of the accomplice the .15th of August, is one of these. It is a day statesman, upon the delib era ti ons o f the which brings before us the buried memories of the shameless Parliam en t, w hi c h have severally past—a day which invests with a peculiar signifi- conceived, abetted, and enforced these infamous deeds cance many of the events of the passing hour--a day of appropriation. If England remains passiVe while which, by the associations that it evokes, teaches us Schleswig is bei ng am al gama t e d w i t h Holstein, and what to look for and what to hope for in the future• while the independent duchy of Posen is being splin- No idle souvenirs are connected with this day—the tered into mere p rov i nces o f t h e G ermanic Confede memories which it conjures up constitute in them- ration, the remembrance of her indifference to the selves an epoch, and a momentous epoch, in the his- sacred rights of Denmark and Poland will press for tory of the world. The 15th of August ir res i s tibly ever upon her memory like a crime, and upon her recalls to us a 15th of August seventy-nine years conscience like a r emorse . W e cannot think, how ever, that Engla n d w ill act i n a manner so derogatory ago, when a new - born infant, breathing for the first time the breath of lif e , l a y cra dl e d to her greatness ;we cannot think that she will dege on a tapestried carpet, representing the heroes nerate from th e ar bit er o f the destinies of the sur of the Iliad—heroes whose fame he was him- rounding races, into the accomplice of the atrocities self destined to emulate and to eclipse. With the committed by a daring monarch and an insensate history of that child is inseparably associated the Assembly. When the Spanish rulers evinced an incli history of the world, or at least of the European nation to transform a temporary dictatorship into a world, during the period of hi s ex i s t ence , an d h ence permanent despotism, the representative of her Bri the day which reminds us of the one recalls us to tannic Meeesreprotested against their unnatural effort the other. As he grew to manhood the world in. at domination—and all those who read history aught which he lived was agitate,) as w ith a mora l t orna d o , rejoiced that the Administration of England encrea- Thu chains which had bound th e nati ons o f th e ear th voured even by these extraordinary means to preserve for long' centuries were rudely snapped asunder; constitutional liberty to the Spaniards, to these crowns were torn from brows whi c h h a d seeme d on l y Spaniards whose polititical emancipation was purchased made to wear them, and thrones laid l ow , w h ose by British blood, and British gold, and British braver foundations had appeared to he of eternal strength. A and whose freedom was g uarantee d b y the stip ulation's' whirlwind passed over the European C on ti nen t, ter- of British diplomatists. 'When the neutrality of the rible and devastating as the Simoom. Every Papal States was violated by the soldiers of Austria social landmark was uprooted—in the pl ace of when the garrison of the citadel of Ferrara pressed despotism and servitude all was anarchy and southwards beyond the frontiers of Lombardy, England chaos. Yet, awful and lamentable as were many protested against the unjustifiable interference with of the consequences of that mighty movement, the the arrangements of treaties and the rights of sove spirit which inspired it was sublime, and its primitive reigns. When the political factions of Portugal flew object a most glorious one. Fettered as they were to arms among the fastnesses of Lusitania, England by the remnants of feudality, a consciousness of their stretched the buckler of her mediation between the just rights had imperceptibly infused itself into the combatants, and prevented an unnecessary effusion of minds of the people ; dreams of liberty haunted their blcod through the interposition of her plenipotenti imaginations—dreams rendered doubly beautiful by aries. When, in fine, the diabolical tyranny of their contrast to the wrongs and the slavery and the Naples—that tyranny which is incarnadined by the contumely Of their waking hours—and their hearts blood of free citizens slain by assassins among their yearned to realise those visions. The people arose, household laces, and butchered by mercenaries under strong as a lion aroused from sleep, resistless as a tor- the sacred shelter of their rooftrees—when, we say, rent bursting its boundaries, and remorseless as men the diabolical tyranny of Naples evinces a de maddened by a sense of wrong. This mighty move- termination to murder the new-born, or rather ment, holy in its impulse anti awful in its effects, the newly-re v i ve d na ti ona li ty of Sicily, and heaved the surface of society and agitated the to secure to itself the continued possession of that heart of Christendom when he who was island at the expense of the lives and properties of its born on the fifteenth of August reached population, the heart of England leaps in its bosom the years of manhood. He recognised the with indignation, and the Government of England revolution, and the revolution recognised him. He already betrays its determination to prevent this ebul recognised in the spirit by which it was animated the lition of regal animosity. If, therefore, the Cabinet counterpart of that enthusiasm which stirred the of the United Kingdom conceives itself to be justified depths of his own soul, while it recognised in him, as in its interposition in favour of right against might, it were, the voice w hi c h s h ou ld g i ve u tt erance to its in the instances of Spain, of Portugal, of the Papal thoughts. It accepted him as its leader. He ap- States, and of Sicily, when the acts o f aggress i on are : peased its intestine discords, he concentrated its of comparative insignificance—is it just, i s it h onour. • divided energies, and in the might of unity rendered able, is it seemly on the part of that same •it invincible. The revolution triumphed, and tri- Cabinet to wink at the spoliations committed upon imphed glori ous ly. H e reditary r u l ers an d f eu d a l Denmark and upon Poland, without assuming a posi li ords, disposieised of their inheritances—inheritances tiers worthy of its dignity, or without expressing its which they regarded as inalienable—looked on with abhorrence in the only language compatible with the horror and indignation. Their sufferings, and perhaps n fear of participating in th • eu- fate, awoke the sym- reputation of the Angle-Saxons ? It cannot be forgotten that almost immediately after pathy of all possessed of similar rights. Des-pots and the upholders of the concessions made to the inhabitants of Posen, in t . espotism coalesced__ they united to emulate the consequence of their sympathy with the revolutionists attempt of CANUTE papularbnciroa.chments. of Berlin—the promises of FREDERIC Menefee were and arrest the advance of r a intention. broken—the inalienable rights of the duchy were set But they could not proclaim aloud their Such a declaration would have effectually at defiance—the treaties of 1815, as well as the their prospects and rung their death-knell. No,i annihilated Royal proclamation of Xay 15 of the same could not declare their antagonism to the spradleyf year, were flagrantly cast to the four quarters of heaven —an p Prussian remnant of d a new artition of the popular liberty. They could not whisper a hope of Poland seemed to consummate the woes of that noble bringing back the times that were. They cautious' but ill-doomed land. On the 24th of March a Cabinet dissembled all this—they only proclaimed themselves the order appeared in the official journal of Berlin, pro oncethe antagonists of one individual—of him wh o miring the national re-organization of the whole the offspring and the leader of the revolution, tbreafndllDuchy of Posen. On the 14th and 26th of They declared war to the death against him, trar berm Y and for reasons the most plausible and apparently b owing April Cabinet orders of a directly con ecataracftetrb were issued, announcing the disrnem considerable rt d i ti an chy in and tbe the absorption of of tbe a righteous. Patriotism, love of liberty, loyalty, self-defence, the most powerful sympathies were enlisted in their behalf. They crushed him. Germanic Co :o f From almost unlimited power he was reduced , 27th of Jul nederation. Since then, on the y, t h i s monstrous and audacious deed of 10 , 6 - - A ,. dk „ . . - • ' l / 4 4 • A L°, )1 — • 'IA ela - R 74,4 •• .• . • LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1848. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1848. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The Paris journals of yesterday have reached us in due course. They continue to comment at consi derable length upon the position of affairs in Italy. The opinion we recently entertained respecting CHARLES ALBERT is confirmed. The Parisians begin to look upon him not only as ambitious, but a little bit of a braggart. Talking so largely as he did about what he would do to the Austrians, sup posing they dared to march upon Milan, and -then coolly turning tail and yielding up to them, almost without a blow, the whole of Lombardy. The contrast between the would-be King of Italy and the last monarch who wore the iron crown of CHARLEXAGNE, is too striking to be lost sight of by a Frenchman. It is even said that. CHARLES ALBERT had a larger force than RADETZRY, and spared his own men under the fallacious impression that France would march at once to his assistance, when it received the account of the fall of Milan ; and that immediately on the combination of the Piedmontese and French armies, the Germans would easily be driven from Lombardy, and beyond the Car pathian mountains. it is certain, as has been said by one writing from Paris, " never did a man gain a fine kingdom more easily, or lose it more stupidly." The bubble of the KING'S ambition has burst. Perhaps another will rise in an hour to dazzle anew the imaginations of the Italians. To-day being the feast o f th e A ssump ti on t h e Bourse and public offices wilt be closed, and there will be no meeting of the National Assembly. To France also the day is for ever memorable, as being the anniversary of the birth of her wonderful and immortal hero, NAPOLEON. The Nationei states that M. MORGAN (we presume that Mr. O'Goasurt is meant), one of the leaders in the insurrectional movement of Ireland, has succeeded in escaping to France, and has landed at Havre. It is stated that BARBES is dangerously ill in the Fort of Vincennes, and is attended by one of his sis ters, who never leaves him. The Patrie of yesterday evening gave the following paragraph, which has been copied by several of the journals of this day ; " England has consented to enter with France on the path of mediation, but she does not wish to have with the French Government any written communication as to the affairs of Italy, and particularly as regards the intervention. She has sent Mr. Bulwer, her former Minister at Madrid, to communicate her decisions to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. This diplomatist arrived in Paris on Monday last, and left on- the follow ing evening, He declared in the name of England that she was opposed to any armed intervention, either now or hereafter." It was rumoured yesterday in Paris that the chief of the Executive Government was about to send in his resignation. It is scarcely necessary to say that the report was without the smallest shadow of foundation. On this paragraph Gall gnani s Messenger remarks : " We can assert in the most positive way that, with the exception of the fact of Mr. Bulwer's visit to Paris, there is not a word of truth in the above"paragraph. Bulwer's momentary presence in this capital was solely on private business. He had no mission from his Go vernment of any kind, and we have even reason to be lieve that the Government was not aware that he had left England for France." The investigation into the attempt to assassinate M. TRIERS is being proceeded with. On Saturday the juge d'instruction and It commissary of police ex amined the spot. From the information already ob tained it appears that two attempts to assassinate M. ;Tunas have been made—one, that which took place on the sth, nod which has already been recorded; the second occurred on the 3d, when a shot was fired at the window of the house of M. CHEVREUX, which itis presumed was mistakenifor that of M. TRIERS, and the window for that of his room. The marks on the window-frame and the looking glass are supposed to have been caused by pieces of cut balls fired from a house in construction in the Rue d'Aumale. A ball was also found in the garden, beneath the window. Considerable attention is fixed on a Bill to be at once brought before the Assembly, for the purpose of enabling debtors and creditors to make friendly ar rangements without the necessity of intervention by the bankrupt*courts. The Debals says that unless this Bill pass, the most ruinous amount of failures must take place. An official list is published by the Moniteur of the number of insurgents still confined in the prisons and fortresses of :Paris, from which it appears that the number is 8,258. This is independently of the 500 sent to Brest, and the 1,250 set at liberty. The fol lowing is the classification of the insurgents who are already sent ; fr.*, Paris t o b e t ransporte d : — 5B cabinet-makeis, 43 locksmiths, smiths, or mechanics, 42 labourers, ..32 engravers or workmen in cop per, 24 masons or stone-cutters, 22 clerks or ahopmen, 16 tinmen or coppersmiths, 15 copper-plate printers, 13 tannersqyr leather- workers, 11 servants, 10 guarde mobileg -or republicaines, 9 cooks, 9 house painters, 8 tailors, 8 artists, 8 jewellers, 7 con cierges, 6 grocers, 5 wine merchants 5 bakers, 4 guardians of Paris, 4 carpenters, 2 ihnonadiers, 3 lodgers, 1, 'proprietor, 1 architect, 1 short-hand writer, 1 homme de lettres, 1 Polish interpreter, 18 strangers, Pieclmontese, Prussians, Belgians, &c., and the rest profession unknown. 42 of these are under 20 years of age, 2 are only 15, 77 from 20 to 25, 100 from 25 to 30, 177 from 30 to 35, 60 from 35 to 40, 58- from 40 to 45, 50 from 45 to 50, 21 from 50 to 55, 7 from 55 to 60, and 4 from 60 upwards. The Courrier Franxis, which has been almost systematically opposed to an alliance between France and England, now acknowledges the importance o such an alliance, and shows that it is the interest of England, as well as that of France, that a good un• derstanding should exist. Colonel tjumouLlN, at one, time officier d'ordonnance of the Emperor NAPOLEON who was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in th e i nsurrection of June, has been set at liberty, it having been proved not only that no charges could be established against him, but that he had offered his services to General LAMORICIERE in the cause of order. The Colonel, it may be remembered, played an important part in the revolution of February. MONDAY, AUGUS T 14. TRR B EE OU O' R Crec — K. P — A T iii h s' ere has been a great rise in the Rentes and Railways to-day, and the Bourse appeared more cheerful than it has been for a long time past. The general feeling was that the peace of Europe would not be disturbed in consequence of the defeat of Charles Albert. The success of the Loan had also a favourable effect. For the Account, the Three per Cents. have risen 75c.; Five per Cents, havo risen If. 25c.; Loan has risen If. 25e. F or M oney the Three per Cents. have risen If.; Five per CentF, have risen If. 50c.; Loan is at 72f, 25e.; Bons du Tresor are at 2.3 discount; Bank of France Shares have risen 151.; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted; Five per Cent!. have risen 21.; Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman has risen per cent.; and Rothschild s Receipts h ave risen per cent. Exchange on London (30 (21373), 25 35; ditto (90 days), 25 27i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Am 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 6i4 Italian and Austrian, 11/ 2 Namur and Liege, 4% Northern o f France, 54—Or leans and Bourdeaux, I% Sambre and Meuse, 2%. GE R MANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Accounts from Vienna to the 7th describe the splendid festivities in that city in celebration of the victories gained by the German troops in Lombardy. A grand parade of the troops and National Guards constituted the chief attraction in these festivities. The deputation of the Austrian Diet to the EM PEROR, at Innspruck, had communicated the result of their journey to that assembly. On the morning of the Bth, the Emperor of AUSTRIA took his departure from that place for Vienna, accompanied by the whole of his family. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, Ara 7. 5 per Cents. •• •• •• •• •• •..• 76 % 134 Per Cent. .... •• .• .• •• •• •• .• •••• •• .• 39% per ••••••• • • • • • 15 Loan, 1834............•• .• •• •• •• •• •• .•• 126 Ditto, 1839.. •• •• •• •• •• •• "•• •• 85 Bank Shares.. •• ..•• •• •• 1,060 Esterhazv's L0an...................... RAILWAYS. The Northern.. Gloggnitz , • • I Venieo - 3111an •.4••o••••••••• of •• •• •• GGq Leghorn •••••••••.•••• •• •• •• •• •• •11 •• •• 7014 Perth •• •• •• •• Os. •• •• 00000 • •• •• O• •• G 4 Sienna .................. •• ••• • •• •"• 55 Apennine OO ..... • " 107 PRUSSIA. News from Berlin is of the 11th instant. The Army Gaggi ng Bill h a d b een carr i e d in the Diet by a majority of only one-180 to 179. Hopes are again entertained of the settlement of the quarrel with D enmar k a b ou t the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein by negotiation. The KING was to leave Potsdam on the evening of the 11th ; he will sleep at Magdebourg, and then proceed direct to Cologne to-morrow. ills MAJESTY will take up his quarters at Bruhl, and return to Sans Souci upon the 16th or 17th. M. BUNSEN and the Minister of the Interior will probably accompany the KING. The latter is a Rhinelander, or long em ployed in the Rhenish provinces. On the 10th , his MAJESTY received the President of the Cabinet, VON AUERSWALD, the Prime Minis. ter, Baron VON SCIIRECKENSTEIN GIERKE KUIIL- W ETTER, at Sans S ouc i, w here he was engaged with him in business for some time. -- ----- PRUSSIAN PU.NDS.—BwaN, Ana, 11. 6 t.Sehuld Sch., 3% per Cent •••••• • • • • •• 73 % Pruss.English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent....., Foreign Exchanges On London .... • .... ...... ......• 6 23% On Ilarobtugh • „ „„„ „ „ „ „ 151% )14 rt. tie. , BELGIUM, Letters from Brussels of the 13th have arrived. Great preparations were making for the inaugura tion of the equestrian statue of GODFREY DE BOUIL LON,_ on Wednesd a y, th e 15th o f N ovem b er. ANTWERP, AUG. 12.—Exchange on London, 26 45.—Journal d'Anvers, Aug. 13. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. The debate in the sitting of the German Parlia ment on the 11th inst., was upon the motion that " The National Assembly votes the sum of 2,000 florins (1651.) as a monthly remuneration for the President„ the month to be reckoned from the day of election, and the disbursement to be made from the Imperial Treasury. At the same time the Assembly debars the President the right of renouncing this emolument." Scarcely 200 out of 650 members were present; yet after a somewhat interesting dis cussion, the motion of the right and custom for the grant of the 2,000 florins was carried by an over whelming majority. GRAND DUCHY OF POSEN. The battalions of the Land wehr have been dis missed to their respective homes in consequence of the prolonged tranquillity of the province. The act of dismissal was announced to the inhabitants by a proclamation published in the Posen papers, from General BRUNNECK, the military commander of the Duchy. The General adds, that a sufficient force will remain in the province to repress any violation of the public peace which malevolent individuals might dare to commit. POLAND. Count SCHLIK has announced officially that Count STADION, at his own request, has been relieved from his duties as Governor, and that the Privy Councillor ZALowsKY has been appointed Governor of Cracow and Galicia.---44ixtla-Chappelle Gazette, Aug. 13. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Scarcely any change has occurred in the position of affairs in Schleswig. The armies of the bellige rents are still standing face to face—prepared for battle—but tarrying for reinforcements. The Kolner Zeitung has a letter from Berlin of the 12th, asserting that Prussia has again been commis sioned by the Powers that be at Frankfort, to con clude another armistice with Denmark. The com mission is so far limited that the .conditions of the former abortive armistice shall not be thought of, but that both duchies shall be occupied by General WRANGEL and his forces. Mr. V. USEDON has been appointed to conduct the negotiations with Denmark. CIRCASSIA. The constantly reported asserted defeats of the Russian troops in Circassia, and the capture of their fortresses is now set at rest by the official report of General Prince AUGUSTINSKI, who at the head of a detachment of the Dagestan army laid siege *to and stormed the so-called impregnable fortress of Gergebil, the stronghold of SCHAMYL BET, on the 18th of July. The loss of this fortress, constructed with care by foreign engineers, and defended by a picked garrison, who had sworn to die in its defence, will be most serious, and may lead to the destruction of the Circassian cause. ITALY. Tranquillity is said to prevail at Milan, but owing to a delay in the dispatch of the mails, the news from that quarter is scanty. Little as it is, however, it is sufficiently significant. Prince SCIIWARTZENBERG is installed as military governor of the city, and Field- Marshal RADErzxy has fixed his head-quarters at the palace of the Duke of LITTA. CHARLES ALBERT, undismayed by his reverses, has issued from his head quarters at Vigevano two proclamations, one to the army and one to the p eo pl e , w hi c h are filled with a hopeful enthusiasm. The former concludes with the emphatic adjuration "Let us not despair, and let every one do his duty." The Grand Duke of TUSCANY has declared his intention of uniting his fortunes with those of CHARLES ALBERT, and he has readily accepted the amicable offers of England and France. , Baron RICCASOLI having failed in forming a Mi nistry, the former Ministers, Counts RIDoLn and RALDRASSARONI, have resumed office. Investigations are taking place at Turin as to the causes of the capitulation of Milan. The Sardinian Minister of War has given an explanation which makes it apparent that the capitulation was an act, of that prudence which is the better part of valouf.... t The POPE, it is said, has solicited the mediation, of the Archduke JOHN. Several communications of a very interesting cha racter respecting recent occurrences in Lombardy are inserted in the French papers of yeiterday. We translate a few of them into our columns: For example, the following letter has been addressed to the Debats, under date of the Bth, from Vige vano "Our army is rallying and organiz:ng. The King, seconded by his two sons, is still at its head. Despite the profound affliction of Charles Albert, his calm and dig nified bearing in the midst of the critical circumstances in which we are placed, 'inspires the troops with con fidence and the people with the greatest enthusiasm. Colonel Cassato returned yesterday from Milan, with the consent of Ratletzky to a preliminary armistice Gf three days and an exchange of prisoners made during the war. Whether right or wrong, for it is not easy to ascertain the truth, General St. Marsan, the chief of the military intendance, as well as General Sommariva and others, have been dismissed. As the line of the Tessino does not present a good defence, it is to be presumed that our head •quarters will be first removed to Candia, and then to Alexandria, where imposing forces are assembled. In the meantime Marshal Radetzky, who had, according to the terms of the capitulation, gua ranteed the lives and properties of the people of Milan, and who bad promised, so far as possible, to forget the past, has returned to his old system of intimidation and persecution. Scarcely installed in his palace. of Bor remeo, he has in the plenitude of his power flung three thunderbolts at the head of the poor vanquished —mar tial law, an immediate levy of all men able to bear arms from 18 to 49, and an injunction for the prompt return of all fugitives under pain of confiscation of property, within eight days. What a fine commentary on the promises of pardon and forgetfulness. Four-fifths of the nobility and bourgeoisie had fled. The lower orders with the anarchists alone hail the return of the Aus trians, and it is the abject portion of the population that offered such outrage to the King and his soldiers. It is they who upon the entry of the Austrians devastated the town, sacked the custom-house, and the Litta, Vallanti, Visconti. and other palaces." The rnivers guarantees the following communi• cation from Turin of the 9th : " The Milanese conducted themselves in the most un heard-of manner, and the exasperation felt against them in Piedmont and in Savoy has reached the highest pitch. During the battle Charles Albert received no effective support from them ; they were too much oc cupied with their own intestine dissensions. The King sent for the leaders of the Committee of Public Safety, and declared to them that if they threw upon his shoulders the whole weight of the war, Milan would soon be seized. Some hours after this, these very chiefs of the Committee of Public Safety resented a project of capitulation to Radetzky, without the knowledge of Charles Albert. Radetzky refused to sign the ca pitulation unless with the King's ratification. It was then that they brought the capitulation to Charles Albert, who expressed surprise and dissatisfaction, saying, ' I cannot defend you in spite of yourselves.' After this the Ultra-Republicans arrived to complain of the capitu lation of the King. Who are you?' he asked. The chiefs of your Government capitulated without my knowledge. Agree amongst yourselves and show me what it is the majority desire. We are ready, if they desire it, to fight to the last extremity.' They asked 24 hours to collect signatures, and at the end of that time brought back 150. The King said, It is all over; Milan is lost by your own fault.' The fury,of these men, who had not shown courage in presence of the Austrians, turned against Charles Albert; and at the moment the army was retreating, they fired at the King, and it is said wounded two of his Aides-de-Camp. It re quired a charge of cavalry to rescue the Duke of Genoa. So great is the terror at Milan that the steam-boat plying between Uri and Lucerne has, for the last three days, been filled with Lombard refugees. Radetaky gave Charles Albert 48 hours to evacuate Milan, with a promise that he would not pursue his army,'and that henceforth the question was between the Cabinets of Vienna and that of Turin." MARLBRO'-STREET--(THIS DAY.) John Whelan, a man upon crutches, was placed be fore Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in the house of Owen Swift, the Three Horse Shoes, Tichborne-street, Piccadilly. Mr. Owen Swift said, on the preceding, night, about half-past eleven, the defendant came into his parlour and sat himself down. He had not been there many minutes when he got up, and taking up one of his crutches, flourished it over his head, and, with an oath, swore he would break any one's skull who dared to say a word against Smith O'Brien. His uncle was Sir Patrick Whelan, and a regular Orangeman and Repealer ; he (defendant) was one also. Defendant was becoming so exceedingly annoying and troublesome, that witness was obliged to put him out, and give him in charge. The defendant, who made a rambling defence, was ordered to find one surety, and to enter into his own recognizances, to keep the peace towards complainant for the next three months. ART-UNION EIHIRITION.—Yesterday the annual exhibition of the works of art selected by the prize holders in the Art-union commenced at the Gallery of British Painters, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall. The public are to be admitted the first three weeks by tickets, to be obtained at all the principal printsellers, and the last week without any restriction. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING. — The Jupiter arrived here this evening with the Peninsular mails. Her dates are Gibraltar, Aug. 4; Cadiz, sth ; Lisbon, 9th ; Oporto, 10th ; Vigo, 11th. She brings twenty passengers, seventy-seven packages of specie, and a general cargo of fruit, wine, &c. Lisbon was quiet. There was a report that the Queen had been fired at at Cintra. Exchange on London, thirty days, 52i to ; ditto, niuety days, 52i to I. Little Iminese was doing. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tho EPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. REPORT. The Report on the Earl of Sheffield's Estate Bill (Lords) was agreed to. SECOND READING . The Wolverhampton Currency (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time:— Duke of Bridgewater's Estate. Greenlaw's (or Woolwich Glebe Lands) Estate. Ramsden's Estate. EDUCATION (IRELAND.) Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from a number of clergymen in Ireland against the National System of Education. STEAM NAVIGATION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. MILITIA PAY BILL. Report brought up. OUT-PENSIONERS BILL. Report brought up. SUPPLY. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee of Supply of the 11th and 14th. Captain PECHELL wished to occupy the time of the House for a brief while with respect to the claims of Mr. Jeffery, the inventor of a new species of marine glue. They had the testi mony of several eminent officers, who had used the glue for years in various parts of the world, that it possesserLinvaluable qualities, as it was perfectly imper vious to water, and held so firmly that cases had oc curred in which a saw had to be used to separate parts glued together with it. It also possessed no offensive smell. The article was not in much favour with the dockyards, as these great public establishments were conducted on the principle of " tearing to pieces," instead of "mending "—of, in fact, making waste, in order that an undue complement of men might be employed. He com plained that the glue had not been fairly tried, and blamed the Government for the way in which they had treated Mr. Jeffery and his valuable invention. The H•an. and Gallant Member read a quantity of correspondence, and cited testimonials in favour of the glue from various shipowners, saying that a large saving would be ef fected by its use. He trusted the Admiralty would do Mr. Jeffery justice. Lord J. HAY denied that masts were pulled to pieces when they were sound. The objection to Mr. Jeffery was this, that the timbers of which masts were con structed could not be separated in order that a decayed spar might be taken out if the marine glue were used. The invention was an admirable one, and the Admiralty bad given directions that the decks of all new ships except the lower should be " paid" with it. He thought the Admiralty were justified in not using it for the lower decks. Mr. WARD said discussions of this kind were ex tremely inconvenient. Mr. Jeffery demanded 30.000/. as compensation. Now this appeared to him a most. exorbitant sum—far too high, and one which he was sure the House would not consent to. The inven tion must be judged by its merits alone, and so judging it the Admiralty considered it not worth that sum; if high terms were demanded they would preclude the use of the glue in the dockyards altog ether. Captain PECHELL explain e d that he hail never mixed himself up with any pecuniary matters.—(Hear, hear.) He then drew attention to the management of the Haslar Lunatic Asylum, and complained that many of the relatives of those unfortunate officers confined in in it were in the workhouse. Captain BERKELEY said many of the officers were admitted out of charity, and no funds were at the dis posal of the Admiralty out of which to relieve their re latives. Upon the vote for half-pay officers being read, Captain PECHELL drew the attention of the House to the subject, and suggested that, by an arrangement, a sum in savings might be created, out of which the widows and families of officers and of warrant officers might be relieved. He also observed that the practice of withdrawing pensions from widows who re-married was a matter which ought to be re-considered. The practice, as it appeared to him, operated to prevent widows entering into the marriage state according to the rites of the Established Church, their minds being impressed with the immoral fact that living in an un married state was the only course by which they could save their pensions. Upon the ground, therefore, of morality, he thought the subject should be taken into consideration by the Admiralty. Mr. HUME called the attention of the Secretary of the Admiralty to the necessity of a reform in the ma nagement of the dockyard establishments. He stated that 30,0001. had been foolishly expended by the Go vernment in converting good workmen who were em ployed in those establishments into bad soldiers, and he hoped the Admiralty, during the recess, would direct their attention to the subject, with the view of putting an end to such a wasteful and unnecessary expenditure. Mr. WARD thanked- the Honourable Member for not +dividing'the House, and-observed, that as the practice of drilling the workmen - into soldiers had long continued, it would net:be now prudent to do away with The Report was then agreed to. tr) , PAROCHIAL DEBT AND AUDIT, BILL. Upon the motion that the report .upon this Bill be agreed to, a short discussion ensued upon the principle of auditing the uccoun is of Pooplaw Unions, in which Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Bull er, and Captain Pechell took part. The report was then agreed to and ordered to be en grossed. RENEWABLE LE ASEHOLD CONVERSION • (IREL A ND) BILL. Upon the motion fur going into Committee upon this Bah Mr. LAW moved as an am endment that the House should go into Committee that day six months. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he understood it was the unanimous feeling of the House that no lurther opposi tion should be offered to the Bill upon the understanding that it was Hot to proceed through all its stages this session. Mr. LAW considered it was his duty to oppose the further progress of the measure, unless he had a guaran tee that the estates belonging to the Irish Society, as settled and guaranteed by James the First in his charter, would be exempted from its proYisions. (LEFT SPEARING.) MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) _ COLONIAL. SUUAR.—The market for British Plantation con tinues heavy, only 230 hhds having been disposed of at rather lower prices. The public sales have comprised 6,000 bags Mauritius, 4,500 bags Bengal, and 1,500 bags Madras, which nearly all sold at steady rates. Low to good yellow Bengal realised 37s 6d to 43s 6d, low to fair brown Madras 29s to 31s 6d, and low yellow 33s 6d to 345 per cwt. being for latter 6d decline. COFFEE.— 636 bags Plantation Ceylon, and 203 casks 12 barrels Cuba were offered by auction. The former realised previous rates, but the latter being available only for exportation, sold with animation at full prices, low to good mid 39s to 45s per cwt. RIOE.-1,100 bags Madras, 230 bags Java, and 3,000 bags Manilla, were offered by auction. The Madras and Java brought a further slight advance, but the Ma nilla was all withdrawn above its relative value. SALTPETRE.-670 bags Bengal was about half sold at 25s to 25s 6d for 6f per cent. refraction, being the previous currency. SPICER.-330 bags Malabar Pepper at auction was all taken in, there being no disposition evinced to give former prices. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 44s to 44s 3d per cwt. on the spot, and town 465 6d. TEA.—The market is steady. SMITEFIELD.—OId - 77,. 31 t• 41 ; New ditto, 21 5s to 31 10s; Old Clover, 414 s to 51; New ditto, 31 lOs t• 4110 s ; and Straw, I'l 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at but little alteration in prices. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 41 to 41 15: ; New ditto, 31 5s to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAP&..—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 31 81i; Old Clover, 4/ to Si; New ditto Si to 41; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL MARKET.—YESTICADAY• Davison'sWeetHartley 14s 3dHaswell l7s 6d Dean's Primrose ...... 133 3d Hetton East Adairs Main..... 128 6dLambton Hasting's Hartley l4s 3df Russell's Hettoa ...... 178 0,1 Original Tanfield lls 9d Shotten Ord's Redheugh ......I 12s 6d'Steivart's Pontop Windsor .... . 12s 9d,Whitwell ... Tanfield Moor .... ..... 14s OdCaradoc l7B 3d Tanfield Moor Butes... 128 9dHartlepool l7s 3d Wall's End, &c. Hudson's Hartlepool l6B 3d Acorn Close Clarke and Co. Elm Park Gosforth ..... Hilda lss 6 fees ....... ......... .... 178 9d Walker Wharnclife I 16s Od DerwentwaterHartley 143 Od Lambton Primrose ... 16s 3d Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 3d Belmont ... l6* 6d Ships at xnarket...lo3. Bell THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S BIRTHDAY.--Yesterday the anniversary of the birth of her Majesty Queen Adelaide, who completed her fifty-sixth year on Sun day, the 13th instant, was celebrated with the cus tomary rejoicings in the metropolis, and at the royal residence, Bushy Park. The royal standard was dis played on the pubic buildings, the tower, and the steep l es o f the -churches of St. Martin's-in-the fields and St. Margaret's, Westminster. In the evening her Majesty' Theatre and the houses of the royal trades people were illuminated. The customary rural 16e at Busby Park was postponed in consequence of the state of the weather. The day was celebrated in Windsor by joyous peals on the bells of St. John's Church, and also on the bells of St. Geor,;e's Chapel, in the Castle, but previous to divine service in hush instances. The customary firing of guns was postponed until one o'clock yesterday, when royal salutes were fired from the Belvidere battery at Virginia Water, and also from the corporation guns in the town. IMPORTATION OF CIDER.--The arrivals of this refreshing summer beverage from the Channel Islands continue to take place in considerable quantities. A vessel just arrived from Jersey and Guernsey has brought a large number of casks of this article, the produce of those places. FOREIGN MoLassits.—A vessel has arrived from Cienfuegas de Cuba with 255 puncheons and 44 tierces of this article on board, comprising an entire cargo, the produce of that place. The arrival of an entire cargo ( (~f foreign molasses is an event of uncommon occurrence NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. I PORTSMOUTH, MONI3AY.—Th e Surveyor of the Navy is expected here to-morrow to ,survey,-.by-order -of-the Admiralty, in conjunction with Rear-Admiral Prescott and Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright, the Adelaide schooner, fitted as a steam-vessel for Port Adelaide. Australia, and commanded by Lieutenant Forbes. This vessel had been fitted out at Woolwich, and was sup posed to require but little addition to make her ready for sea ; however, she was a fortnight making the pas sage from Woolwich here, and when she arrived pre sented the appearance of a wreck both in board and ex ternally. It is now doubted whether she can be trusted with the lives of her crew and the property on board for so long a voyage as that she is destined to take, and accordingly the survey above-mentioned is to be held to. morrow. Why was not a survey held upon her before she was commissioned for this service, when incapacity for performing it would at once have been apparent ? The Court leaves Osborne to-morrow , at two p.x., for London. The Rocket steam-vessel, of iron construction, was docked this morning to have her bottom examined. She was coated twelve months since, oa one side of tho bottom with the then newly-invented anticorrosive composition of naphthaized pitch, and on the other with that preparation and red lead, in alternate streaks, zebra fashion, in order to develop more perceptibly the advantages of those alleg e d prevent i ves of the growth and adhesion of rubbish, animalcule), &c., to the bottom; of iron vessels. Admiral Prescott, Mr. Murray, Mr. Fincham, and numerous other officers of eminence in this establishment, made a survey of the results this afternoon, which was pronounced most satisfactory as regards the efficacy of Mr. Hay's valuable antidote. The iron, coated with that officer's preparation, was free from all the adhesive substances that usually' cling to iron subject to the action of salt-water, except in •here and there a spot which had been imperfectly paid ; whereas the red-lead streaks were covered with weeds and grass some feet long, muscles, shrimps, barnacles, and every kind of impediment to sailing, independent of the great oxidation which had taken place. Mr. Hay is the chemical assistant to the master shipwright, , and lecturer upon scientific subjects to the Royal Naval College. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain, the Hon. G. F. Hastings, came into harbour this afternoon to be laid up again among the advance steam squadron. Wind E.N.E., moderate breezes and hay weather, with frequent showers of heavy rain. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.: CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Cork; Major N. L. Beamish in the chair. The report stated that a minute calculation of the ex pense of constructing and opening the portion of the line from Bandon to the half-way house for traffic (nearly ten miles in length), was about 96,0001., includ ing engines, carriages, and all the necessary expenses. The engineer's report stated, that, on the opening of the railway to Ballinhassig, the conveyance of the- pas sengers and light goods between that station and-Cork should be undertaken by the company, as the extent of traffic on the Bandon end of the line would be' governed by the facilities and accommodation afforded to the public for completing the remaining distance to and from Cork ; with this view he recommended that the most convenient and expeditious conveyances should be provided for performing the common road part of the journey between Cork and Bandon. From the exten sive traffic existing on the Cork half of the. line, he felt convinced that this mode of conveyance alone Would he found remunerative. The public would then be carried the whole distance between Cork and Bandon in less than half the time at present occupied by the several coaches. There were now about 600 men employed on the line, and at the present rate of progress the Bandon half of the line could be completed by October:next. The accounts to the 30th of June showed that 92,8411. had been received, and 88,2591. expended, leaving a 'ba lance in hand of 4,6821. The CHAIRMAN said, the time had arrived when it was unnecessary for them to persuade persons into a good opinion of the project. Several persons had 're cently visited the line, and were su r p r i se d at the extent of the works a n d the effective manner in which they had been executed. Opinions had formerly been expreased in respect to the Kilpatrick tunnel, which it was confi dently asserted could never be finished; but it was, now completed, and at a very moderate cost. The Bandon road•bridge which they w ere t o ld s h ou ld b e pulled doWn, was executed, and instead of being a nuisance, was a public convenience. The Bandon-river-bridge, which was declared to be a gewgaw, was tested—one of the trusses alone having sustained a weight of 26 tons without deflecting more than three-eighths of an inch. lie was much gratified at the conduct of the trades people and labourers along the line avoiding disaffec tion, which afforded one of several proofs that remune rative employment was only required to secure peace and tranquillity in the country. This, he hoped, would not be lust sight of by the Government in inducing them to aid the railways. The SECRETARY stated that 10,0001. would enable them to finish one-half of the line. - Resolutions wero passed adopting the report and con firming the forfeiture of 511 shares. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. AtOYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN:.— Among the visitors who honoured the performance last evening with their presence were his Ilicellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his Excellency the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow, his Serene Highness Prince Metternich and Princess Melanie Metternich, the Duke and Duchess of Beau fort and the Ladies Somerset, the Marquis of Tichfield, the Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury, the •Mar chioness of Westmeath and Mrs. Lousada, Earl Comp ton, the Countess Dowager of Essex, and Miss John stone, Sir John and Lady Walsh, the Countess Bravo loni, Earl Cadogan and the Ladies Cadogan, Earl of Stamford and Warrington , Earl Gran v ill e , E ar l- Shel ' - burne Viscount Exmout, Lady Charlott e D en i son , Lady Georgina Codrington, Viseount Clifden, Viscount Morpeth, Lady Augusta Scott and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Lady Louisa Tennyson, Lord Bateman, Lord Ward, Lord and Lady Carington, Sir Jasper and Lady At kinson, Sir Francis and Lady Laeley, Lady Morgan, Lady Webster, Lady Macdonald, Hon. A. Willoughby, Hon. G. Milles, Miss Mount, Hon. H. Stanhope, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashburnharn, Hon. G. Cadogan, Sir H. Webb, Sir W. de Bathe, Baroness Bray, Sir Tho mas Gage, Baron Kooning, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, the Misses Burgoyne, Si r G eorge Armytage, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Hon. Captain W. W a l pole, &c. ALLEGED MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN BY SIT Irian LABoURETS.--ST. ALBANS, SATURDAY. --Great excitement prevails throughout the whole of this district at th e present time, which has been occasioned by the following savage outrage, which has en d e d i n the death of an unoffendi ng individual. From the evidence-which has already been taken by the coroner, it appears that, a few nights since, a party of English and Irish labourers were drinking in front of the bar of the Plough public house. Whilst so doing, a man named Field, who was in the house, attempted to pass through the passage, but was unable to do so, He then made use of some insult ing language towards the Irishmen, and having accused them of stopping up the passage, left the house. About ten minutes afterwards the Irish went into one of the rooms of the public-house, gave a wild scream, and took up the tongs, shovel, and poker, with which they pitched into the English labourers, knocking down every man who came near them. The deceased, a quiet, inoffensive man, named Edward Swaine, who was sitting over his mug of beer, was struck over the head with the tongs until the blood gushed forth; his teeth were knocked out, his eyes were blackened, and his face fearfully,dis figured. His son was also dreadfully maltreated. The Irishmen, on finding that they had become conquerors, started eff. The deceased was removed to his home, where he expired. Mrs. Day, the wife of the farmer who had employed the Irishmen, stated that on th e night the deceased w as i n j ured the Irishmen came and knocked her up, and asked for the money,owing them for reaping, alleging, as an excuse for coming at such an unseasonable hour, that they were afraid to come to work again, for they had been threatened by the English. Having received their money, they went away, and bad not since been beard of. Tne Coroner said, that if the inquiry was adjourned for a few days, the police might be able during the interval to apprehend the men. The inquiry was therefore adjourned till Wednesdaynext. The deceased was forty-five years of age, and has left seven children to mourn his loss. 11.111TILS. On the 11th inst., at Holbroeke-house, Suffolk, the lady of the Rev. C. D. Reade, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Rugby, Mrs. Moultrie, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at St. George's-terrace, Hyde -park, Ellen, the wife of Mr. T. R. Sachs, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Chester-square, Mrs. Robert Stopford, of a sen. On the 12th inst., at Beulah-wood, Croydon, the wife of F. Kearsey, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., atlohn-street, Bedford-row, the wife of R. E. Van Heythuysen. Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Sloane-terrace, Mrs. J. Whitmore, of a daughter. ARITIED. On the 10th i ns t., at the M church of the Holy Trinity, Pad dington, Thomas Gibson, Esq., son of the late John Gibson. Esq., her Majesty's Vice-Consul, at Tunis, Africa, to Agnes Staunton, of Pumbridge-lodge, Westbourne-grove, Bays water, daughter of the late T. Staunton, Esq. On the 10th i nst., at St. George's Church, Dublin, the Rev. George Phillips, 8.D., rector of Bandon, Essex, to Emily Frances, youngest daughter of H. Pilkington, E sq., of 'fore, in the county of Westmeath. At St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on the 12th inst.. James Duncan, M.A., head master of the diocesan school. Southampton, to Mary Helen Douglas, only daughter of J. Craigie, Esq., Hill-street, Brompton. On the loth inst., at Shaw-cum-Donnington, Nassau J. Senior, barriste r - a t-l aw , t o J ane Eli za b eth, only daughter of J_Hughes, Esq., of Donnington Priory, Berkshire. On the Bth inst., Mr. T. Davison, aged 39, news agent, of Liverpool-street, Islington. On - the 10th inst., at Woodville-house, near Douglas, Isle of Man, Cecil Henry, fourth sou of Captain J. Martin, aged live years. • (hi the 10th inct., aged 45, Mary Charlotte, wife of B. Frear, Esq., of Derby, On the 11th inst., at Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Anne, wife of Mr. R. 13otheroyd, aged 62. On the 12th inst., at Denmark-hill, Camberwell, Alfred Josef h, third sou of Joseph Bishop, Esq., of the Crescent, Minories, aged 27. On the 11th inst., in Upper St. Martin's-lane, Flora, the wife of Edward Benjamin, aged 25. On the 10th inst., at Queen -street, Edinburgh, Charles Robert, aged nine years, youngest son of the late J. S. Stewart, Esq. London : Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the gouty of Iliddleses, Tuesday, August 15, 1848. iniquity received the acquiescence and approval of the German National Parliament assembled in solemn r conclave in the Imperial city of Frankfort-on-the- Maine. In consequence of these dastardly and in solent proceedings on the part of Prussia, and sub sequently on the part of United Germany, the Posen Deputies at the Diet of Berlin have solemnly pro tested before GOD and man, and have sent copies of their protest to the French National Assembly, as well as to the Diets of Frankfort, Berlin, and Vienna. In another column of this evening's impression of The Sun will be found the whole of this important and patriotic document, in which six teen of the noble compatriots of KOSCIUSKO cry out in voices of mingled agony and wrath against the First German Popular Parliament which " sanctions the political murder of a whole nation, and,i, that it should not rise again, presses on its giant tombstone with the whole weight of a representation of 40,000,000 of Germans !" At an early opportunity we shall enter more fully into the consideration of the cause which has so long been aided by the chivalrous enthusiasm of Lord DUDLEY STUART, and in doing so we shall direct attention to a remarkable work on the Sclavonic races recently written by the Count VALERIAN KRASINSKI. At present we content ourselves with noticing the protest of the Posen Deputies, and with branding with the horror of England the two odious acts of spoliation with which Germany has commenced the work of her regeneration. The great desideratum of the present day is, that there should be a currency adequate to the national wants, and sufficient to afford the means of keeping the real capital of every country—its productive labours—in full and constant employment. It sig nifies little of what that currency may consist, whether it should possess intrinsic value or not, provided it be generally received as a medium of exchange, and that the public are satisfied to receive it at its nominal or conventional value. It is not the quantity of gold in a pound sterling that is looked to, or in any degree considered by the parties receiving it in exchange for their commodities or their labour, but the certainty that, it will again be re ceived from them when they in turn become buyers ; in fact, that it possesses a "purchasing power." This general acceptance is what gives the currency its actual value, and it will not be depreciated so long as the public are satisfied that it is based on real wealth, of whatsoever description that wealth may be of which it is the representative, and which may at any time be made available for its liquidation or redemp tion. There is no possible reason why a currency based on land should not maintain its value, at least as steadily, if not more so, than one based on the precious metals ; still better, and less subject to fluc tuation, would be one issued by the nation, and secured on all its available resources—on the wealth, the industry, the good faith of the people. There could be no possible danger to the holder of such a currency. It would at least rest upon an equally safe foundation as our national debt, and if its issue were guarded with due diligence, and at all times proportioned to the actual demand, so as to maintain the purchasing power of a pound sterling as nearly as possible at an equal value, we should no longer see those violent alternations that defeat the most wise and prudent calculatious, bring our mer chants and manufacturers to the verge of bankruptcy, and deprive our operatives of that fair employment by which they are enabled to support their families by their own honest industry. At present, owing to the artificial restrictions that are imposed by the baleful operation of the Bank CharterAct,the. circulating medium of the country is far.below its actual wants, and every description of in dustry languishes for want of proper nutriment. There is a constant jealousy subsisting between the different classes, each supposing that the other absorbs more than its due share of the general fund. The merchant and the manufacturer rail at the railway proprietor, supposing that the amount expended in the construction of new lines is so much taken from commerce or manufacture. There is really an abundance for all, if it were not limited by the provisions of our monetary code. There is ample capital in the country, but, unfor tunately, there is no fitting representative there for. That which alone is received as such being in sufficient for the wants of all, a scramble is occasioned among the various classes which artificially enhances the value of money, keeps up the rate of interest at a price which retards, or rather prevents production, the profits of the manufacturer not being sufficient to afford the high price demanded for the necessary pe cuniary accommodation, and thus keeping the labourer, whether skilled or unskilled, from obtaining employment. That scrambling can, however, no more help our wants " than (as LOCKE in his consi derations on money remarked) the pulling of a short coverlid will among children that lie together pre serve them from the cold ; some must starve, unless the father of the family provide better, and enlarge the scanty covering." This, then, should be the end and object of all, more particularly of the industrious and productive classes, who lie on the outside, and from whom the corner of the covering which falls to their let is first withdrawn on any movement of the other more favoured children. A respected correspondent, who signs himself 11. C. ARGENT, and from whom a communication will be found in another part of our impression this day, writes that " distribution is better than division." There are no means by which the doctrines of com munism and socialism can so effectually be checked as by affording that fair and just distribution that will afford to all who deserve it a certain portion of the " coverlid," however small. They will then hope by degrees to obtain more, and will not call for a separation of their common covering into a portion for each, which will not then be sufficient to protect any from the cold; but if those in the most favourable positions try to secure all for themselves, and com pletely to strip the outliers, then, indeed, it is more than probable that the latter will retaliate, and perhaps deprive the greedy parties of what they would gladly be suffered to retain if they acted more equitably and more liberally in the first instance. SPAIN. Madrid papers to the 9th instant inclusively have arrived. About the end of this August the Duchess of MONTPENSIER is expected to be confined at Seville. M. LESSEPS, the French Charge d'Affaires, bad re• fused to proceed to Seville to be present at the accouchement. The Prussian and Brazilian Ambas sadors had, however, accepted the invitation. Letters from Bayonne of the 10th instant mention the execution, by order of the Carlist Chief COR TINOS, of a girl of 17 and her brother, for having been the bearer of dispatches of the authorities of Tarra gona to one of the QUEEN'S officers. On the 3d an encounter took place near Junqueras, on the French frontier, between a battalion of Chasseurs and 270 Cellists, in which the latter had 10 killed and 20 wounded. GONZALES BRAVO has been allowed a foreign passport, so that he is saved his trip to the Philippines. General SERRANO has resigned th e C apta i n . Ge neralship of Grenada. The Carlists still occasionally show themselves, but their efforts are not formidable. Three per Cents. 191 buyers, 11- sellers ; Five per Cents. 101 buyers, 11 sellers. Passive Debt 31, 4 sellers. Foreign ditto, 31 sellers. Bank Shares, 48 to 50 buyers. Discount on Notes, 5} to e. PORTUGAL. Letters and papers from Lisbon to the 9th, from Oporto to the 10th, and from Vigo to the llth, have arrived by the steam-ship Jupiter. At Lisbon there were left her Majesty's steamer Merlin and the usual Portuguese squadron. At Oporto was her Majesty's steamer Orient. As a token of the political liberty enjoyed in Por tugal, we may mention that a young Spaniard, of the name of AGUILAR, a son of AGUILAR, who was Spanish Minister here some years ago, has been sum marily ordered to leave Portugal by the Government. It seems that his offence was having scribbled some republican poetry of his own in the album kept at Victor's Hotel, at Cintra. The discount on Bank notes was 39 per cent. Ex change on London, 30 days' sight, 5211 ; 90 days' date, 521. Little business done. 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