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how ready, in one vol., comprising as much matter as twenty ordi naiy volumes, with I,sooEngravings of Arms, &c. 38s. bound, BURKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE, FOR 1845, NEW EDITION, Revised and corrected throughout from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c. " For the amazing quantity of personal and family history, admi rable arrangement of details, and accuracy of infomiation, this ge nealogical and heraldic dictionary is without a rival. At this time, when it has reached a tenth edition, it would be superfluous to Say more In its praise ; the stamp of public approbation has already been fixed upon it, and it is now the standard and acknowledged book of reference upon all questions touching pedigree and direct or colla teral affinity with the titled aristocracy of. the land. The present edi tionlioeviittfged and amended, and contains lists of the Orders of Knighthood, of Daughters of Peers married to Commoners, and in deed of all the other conceivable matter calculated to render the book a complete repertory of aristocratic lore." —Morning Post. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. -Mr. BENTLEY has This Day Published, TIM HON. MISS SIDNEY'S New Work, SADNESS AND GLADNESS. A STI:ARY OF THE PRESENT DAY. New Burlington-street, July 26, 1848. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. _Wile. JENNY LEND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully uforrned, that a Grand EXTRA NIGII2 will take place TO MOR►:OW EVENING, when Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear as LUCIA, in Donizetti's Opera of 'LUC I A DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Egarde, Signor , Gardoni ; Bidebent, Signor Bouche ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the Ballet of LE PAS ➢ES DEESSES. The List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price,lol. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, IVIII be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN RUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnldge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool gar After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford. To conclude with DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. ILoYAL LYCEUM. THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a now Farce, entitled POOR PILLICODDY. After-which BLUE BEARD. To conclude with a new original grand Classical Extravaganza entitled THEgEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachns. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, IL Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwillisza, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madams Vestris. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Paillic every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33. Old Bond-street. Last Three Nights of the Season. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock, when Will be performed LE DOCTEUR ROBIN. To be followed by VESTRIS lER. During. the Evening l'Histoire de la Danse, Pas Comique, par M. Levassor and Mdlle. Durand. To conclude with EGAREMENTS D'UNE CANNE ET D'UN P A.RAPL U lE. Boxes. 65.: Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3e. ; Gallery, 23 Boxes and Stalls may be obtainPd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 3 3, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN continues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQITES, which he will repeat TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, commencing at Half-past Eight. Boxes and Stalls may ba secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-Street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Be-engagement of Mr. T. P. COOKE. MR. FLEXMORE'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. After which, the Ballet Divertissement, entitled MENORELLA. To which will be added the popular Farce of MR. AND MRS. WHITE. Peter White, Mr. Oxberry. To be followed by a Pantomimic Sketch, in which Mr. Flexmors will give his celebrated imitations of Taglion', Fanny Ellsler, and Cerito. To conclude with a new and original Drama, in Eight Tableaux, pourtraying by living characters George Cruikshank's celebrated De signs, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. Edward and Emma Roy (the Drunkard's Children) by Mr. N. T. Hicks and Mrs. K. Runner, supperted by this talented company. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Pairbrether. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacie. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on S:r 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 THE TRAVELLER'S ROOM. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Miss SARA FLOWER will appear This Evening. Engagement of Miss ILUDDART. Continuation of the Engagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Danson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. . Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per formers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Clan, Colfinet, Koenig, Lazarus, Richardson, Sonnenberg, &c.—Two Solos each Evening. —Mdlle. Lovarny will sing two fa vourite Songs, Miss Huddart will sing a favourite Song, and with Mad lie. Lovarny will execute an admired Duet. —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 Fireitorks, Ely the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten A.m., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past six—Fireworks at Half-past Nine. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 26. TaIgtMOMETEII, Lowest, 57; Highest. 66 ; Noon, 68, BAROMETER, 29.82.—W1ND, S.S.W.; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Morning .. 57 min. after 9 I Evening • . 32 min. after 10 . A' %, • t ~....*' 4- •' ''' s . • .1, • 0— 4 1 . , , -,,,,: / .... ,,,, T 111.11..!,_, e 4 ,_. , 01 , a ,a. ~...„; 1 ?.., _. ~,,, ~ —t..., . " t. - ' —..,77, 7...', •,'!“, ot' --'' botiting LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1848. Intrigue is by no means peculiar to the politicians of Mairope, and yet, obvious as this truth has become, it requires to be repeated at intervals even at the risk of our uttering an egregious platitude. The Com munists of Paris seem latterly to have monopolized to themselves all the cunning, insolence, and cruelty which are Of keenest weapons of the conspirator. In comparison with their schemes of domination, there is an absolute insignificance in the plots of the Irish felons, of the Roman retrogrades, of the splintered ruins of the Sonderbund, of the still palpitating but mangled faction of the . Afrancesadoes, of the worship pers of CoLETTI, of !the admirers of L AMBRUSCHINI, of the followers of METTERNICH, of the underling s of GUIZOT, of the stock-jobbing associates of SALAMANCA, and of the subservient accomplices of CABRAL. The Vehmgericht was scarcely more secret in its delibe rations than the dark and inscrutable councils which are now, in some measure, represented by the Club of the Rue des Pyramides. MACnIAYELLI appears to have bequeathed a portion of his impassable a n d ruthless policy for the guidance of the Bed D ona _ gotues, who, in a four days' frenzy, almost battered all the walls of Paris down about the ears of its inhabitants. The proof of this can be re ccwis'ed in what we might almost call the eclectic ferocity of the intriguants—that ferocity which had about it much of the deliberation of CALIGULA, the passion of the Arni du People, the expediency of DANTON, and the hideous cupidity of MATTHEW HOPKINS. And the inflammable character of those ideas which have been the inspiration during nearly six months past of the Fourierists and St. Simo nians,has been rend e red s till more d ang e rous throughout by the insidious agency of their more conspicuous Oracles. The daring of the plots adventured upon by the Pari s anarc hi sts i s nevertheless attributa b le not merely , to the enthusiasm of such political fanatics PIERRE Lmsoux and PRU nxoN, b ut RUDHON,in a parti cular manner to those fine-spun and hair-drawn pro jects which captivated the philosophy •f RASPAIL, and cajoled even the military acuteness of COURTAIS, w those project s w hi c h developed in the sugar y diction and persuasive declamation cmla s ation of L OUIS B LANC , when he spoke b e f ore the ptible Commission sitting in the Palace o f the Luxembourgee administration of the aff a i rs of theincipient Republic by the members of th e Provisional Government. When first that Provisional Government rodeeoln the whirlwind, and directed the stor m o f the Revolution of February, the fear of the othe r nations was developed in a dread of what is kno wn as Propa gandism. It was dreaded that emissaries of repu - b- ' licanism would carry the germs of revolt into the capitals of Christendom, and that the overthrow of the Orleans dynasty would lead inevitably, through the instrumentality of these bewhiskered apostles of insurrection, to the downfal of the elder dynasties of Lorraine, of Hapsburgh, of Brandenburgh, and even of the Royal House of Brunswick. Time has proved that these anticipations were partially premature and fallacious, that the anticipations of the people I were to a considerable extent correct as to the effect, while they were altogether mistaken as to the means. The constitutions of Europe have been shaken to their bases, and the reigning families have in several instances been in imminent danger of being deprived of their rank and authority; but the means by which all this has been accomplished is wholly different from what was conjectured. Propagan. disco hasj been: enforced) by the irradiation of ideas rather than by the incendiary language employed by a few of the peripatetic agents from the Clubs of Paris. The disaffected classes not only in the re moter regions of Wallachia, but in the neighbouring counties of Ireland, have been inflamed mainly by the example afforded by the anarchists of the French metropolis. And our Govern ment has emulated the successive Governments of France by pressing its heel boldly upon the neck of the Hydra Insubordination. There is a consolation in this resemblance, for hitherto the cause of Moderation has triumphed within the cir cumference of the Boulevards—and that moreover against a more ferocious antagonist than can ever be discovered in the wilds of Connaught or the pas tures of Tipperary. The promptitude with which Parliament responded ' to the appeal of her Majesty's Ministers—the man ner in which the extraordinary powers demanded by the Earl of CLIBENDON were conceded—powers which would justly be regarded as highly uncon stitutional, and which nothing but the imminent danger in which the country is placed by the machi nations of the disaffected, could justify—has struck terror to the clu.bbists, and their mischievous insti gators. Already " Sauve qui pee has become the principle of action, and an overwhelming defeat has been sustained, almost before the commencement of the contest. The intelligence that the Bill for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act had been carried through all its stages in the House of Commons in a single day, almost without opposition—the certainty that it would be passed through the House of Lords with similar expedition, and with perfect unanimity, and that on Tuesday it would become the law of the land, under which the " suspected " (and their name is legion) may be arrested and detained in safe custody, excited the most pitiable consternation and dismay. Every man who knew that he was implicated in the treason able designs of the conspirators believed himself to be among the number marked out for immediate ar rest. Visions of the Bastile forthwith floated across his imagination, and he began to discern the vast difference that exists between the " reality of rebel lion," and the exciting harangues, in which verbal defiance•were hurled at the Government, and to which he had formerly listened with so much complacency and satisfaction. In this emergency many bethought themselves of their country friends, and departed for the provinces, where they might be further removed from the unpleasant visits of the keen-scented detectives. It was also formally announced that the clubs would not again assemble in their various rooms and places of meeting. These indications manifest the efficiency of the course pursued by the Government. An immediate crisis has thereby been rendered inevitable. The Fabian policy can no longer be pursued ; the game of procrastination must be abandoned. Two courses only remain open for the leaders of the movement. viz., either an instant outbreak, or an im mediate and unconditional submission. Either alternative i 3 peculiarly distasteful, and must lead to their dethronement from the position which they had assumed, and consign them to well merited punish ment or equally deserved contempt. At first the " physical force " doctrines were put forward as a mode by which the sceptre might be wrested from the hands of him by whom it was so long wielded, and the leadership of the Irish transferred from O'CoNNELL to a few ambitious and reckless young men. On the death of the Liberator, the agitation was carried on with greater vigour, and many per sons sent in their adhesions to the Confederation, which it was supposed would strike terror into the British Legislature, and induce a prompt submission to the demands of the malcontents. At that period, however, nothing was said of a total separation between the countries, or a dethronement of our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN from her position as the Monarch of Ireland. The repeal of the union was the only demand. Subsequently, however, the agitation assumed a new shape. One energetic but most mischievous man, emboldened by the impunity that had attended his previous escapades, evinced greater audacity, and spoke of an Irish republic, and of a total severance of the connexion between England and Ireland. His unwilling associates were dragged forward despite themselves. In vain they attempted to check his ardour, but they could not free them selves from his influence. The then organ of the party was closed against his lucubrations, another was speedily started, and the United Irishman far eclipsed the ',ration in the lengths to which it proceeded. The people ware lashed up to a pitch of madness, and it became apparent that they could no longer be restrained by those who had, for their own vile purposes, inflamed their passions. At this period occurred those unexampled events upon the European continent which, perhaps, for the first time gave hopes to the agitators of a successful revolution. They fancied that there might be some prospect of with standing the British power. The person to whom we have already alluded, JOHN MITCHEL, attempted to stimulate his more sluggish coadjutors. He thought that his own arrest and trial would hasten the moment of conflict, and that he would not be permitted to leave the country as an exile. Vain hope. His col- leagues were too happy to get rid of so dangerous an associate, who would suffer no person to: control his stubborn disposition or to moderate his movements. His trial and his conviction took place, but no move ment was made for his rescue. When the moment of action had almost arrived the leaders began to count the cost and to calculate the chances of success. Too late they discovered the futility of their hopes. They still, however, clung to their delusion with a desperate tenacity. They would not retrace their footsteps, acknowledge their errors, and implore the clemency of the Government, with promises for their future good con duct. They feared the anger of their wretched dupes, when the manner in which they had been bamboozled became apparent. The period of the rising was postponed. When the harvest was stored and garnered, then the long promised performances should commence in good earnest. No doubt some sufficient reason would have been put forward for a further delay if the people would receive it. But in the meantime the country was suffering from the consequences of the insurrectionary spirit that was abroad, and that could no longer be re strained by the would-be leaders. Vigorous conduct Was necessary in order to save the country, and that has been exhibited by the Government. The arms must be surrendered with out delay, or defended, and the principal actors will be 'corked up in safe custody. What chance would there be for the mob, deprived both of weapons and of leaders ? Manifestly none. If, however, they now provoke a contest they will receive a signal defeat, and peace will thus be restored, although, perhaps, at the cost of some valuable lives. We b e li e ve, however, that even this may be averted, and that the arms, although perhaps not brought in, will be suffered to be captured and carried off by those appointed to search for and take them. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDINTESDAY EVENING, JULY _26 3 1848. MALTA. Letters from Malta of the 18th announce the ar rival in that island of the reserved battalion of the 44th Regiment, and the departure on board the Java troop-ship, for Halifax, of the 97th. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. A telegraphic dispatch waa received from La Granja, at four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, announcing that the QUEEN had miscarried. It is stated in one of these papers that CABRERA had captured a whole battalion of Government troops, and had ordered all the officers belonging to the Conven tion of Bergara to be shot. The Espana, on the other hand, states that the Carlists have been every where defeated. MADRID Bor.sik, JULY 20.—The Three per Cents. were done at 20 cash, but were lower after the close, being quoted at 19 4;buyers, sellers; Five per Cents., 10 to Passive Debt, 31,- to 4, and the Foreign ; Bank Shares, 70; Discount on Notes, 41 2 - to per cent. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. They are loud in their praises of the financial policy of M. GOUDCHAUX, which bids fair to be as success ful in the re-establishment of confidence as the energy of General CAVAIGNAC has been in the ref.establish ment of order. The Journal des Debats thus speaks of the new loan : "The most:striking novelty in the financial programme of M. Goudchaux is the news of a loan certain to find subscribers. That is an evident proof of a notable pro gress. The national loan of M. Gamier Pages did not produce a centime, for the name of subscription must not be given to the offer made by some persons of Bons du Tr4ser, which were unnegotiable. Without wishing to run down M. Duc'ere, it may be affirmed that if he had made an appeal to credit, no person would have responded. This time the Minister, it is true, turns to account the desire evinced by the subscribers to the loan of 250 millions, negotiated in 1847, not to lose purely and simply the instalments which they had paid. But it appears certain that this condition, even whilst ensuring to the loan a more numerous body of subsciibers, was not indis pensable to success. It must, consequently, be admitted that the loan is an unequivocal sign that confidence is beginning to revive. The success of the loan will in its turn re-act on confidence itself and develop it. In the same way as distrust is catching, so confidence is ex ceedingly communicative. There is at present a strong reason why the loan, contracted on conditions relatively satisfactory, tends with a certain power to raise up com mercial credit. As long as the Treasury was seen to be in an extreme embarrassment it was impossible that business could revive, for business cannot improve except by the aid of credit. But as long as the distress of the Treasury was flagrant, the capitalist is justified in dreading the return of assignats, and no person consents to lend capital if there is reason to believe that, at the moment of reimbursement, in three or six months, de preciated paper is to be received in place of hard cash." The Constitutionnel thus comments on the plans proposed by M. GOUDCHAUX : " The Minister of Finance, in presenting his Bill for a loan, certainly must have regretted not having been more firm on the question of the reimbursement of the Treasury Bonds. On the eve of making an appeal to capitalists it was desirable to show a scrupulous fidelity to the existing engagements of the State. By paying in full the creditors of the Treasury, he would give, to use the expression of M. Latitte, a pledge to the return of those principles which are the foundation of all credit. There is no doubt that if the upward movement of the funds had continued, the loan would have been con tracted on more advantageous terms, and that private credit would have participated in the improvement of public credit. It is more particularly in matters of credit that the old maxim is applicable—' He who pays his debts enriches himself.' There is in these few words more of financial science than can be found in a dozen treatises on the subject." The Constitutionnel then expresses its approbation of the operation proposed by the Minister, and con- tinues— " The Bill gives to the holders of the old loan of 250 millions the facility of using the certificates of the two first instalments which formed their guarantee fund, and which was annulled, in payment of the first instalment of the new loan; these certificates, representing 7f. 52ic., in Three per Cents., will be taken for the same value in Five per Cents.; but let us not be misunderstood on this point, it is not a restitution that is thus made them; for they had no right to it; it is simply an ad vantage offered in exchange for a service demanded. We, moreover, believe that M. Goinlchaux has acted wisely in making the loan in Five per Cents., and for two reasons. The first is, that stock not only suits capitalists for speculation but for investment, and it causes a less considerable increase in the nominal capital of the public debt. The important point, however, is the rate at which the loan is issued. It may be remembered that the Minister, when he presented the Bill, left the price in blank, in order to prevent any stock-jobbing, and when the discussion came on no price was mentioned until the articles had been adopted; and it was not until after the Bourse had been closed that he named the price, 75f. 25c., the same as!: at fixed by the law of 1847 for the loan in the Three er Cents. This rate of 75f. 25c. does not, however, as the Minister frankly avowed, represent the real figure of the loan. There must be deducted from it the 7f. 254 c. of which the holders of -- -- -- - the old loan will benefit, and ►,here must also be deducted about 2f. 50c., in consequence of the joetissance allowed to begin from the 22d of May of that year, which brings the real price down to 65f. 25c. This price was objected to by several members, as being too low ; and there is no doubt, had not the fault been committed with regard to the Treasury Bonds and the savings' banks deposits, as we remarked above, better terms might have been obtained; but things must now be taken as they are; it was better to make a little sacrifice than fail in the operation, for a check of that kind would have been attended with disastrous consequences for public credit and for business in general. There are, however, some of the creditors of the State who may perhaps have some right to complain; we allude to the holders of Treasury Bonds and the depositors in the savings' banks, who have been respectively reimbursed in Threes at 55f. and in Fives at 80f., while a loan has now been contracted at 66f. 25c. The price sets forth an act of injustice committed towards them. The receipts arising from this loan will be about 170 millions, and the undivided attention of the Government should be directed to availing itself of this resource to get rid of the em barrassments of the present state of things." It is intended to abandon the proposition of M. DUCLERC for the imposition of a duty on legacies and successions. The account of the importations for the first six months of 1848, as compared with the corresp'nding period of 1848 and 1847, shows a frightful falling off. The receipts for the first month of 1846 amounted to 74,676,750 E; in 1847 to 65,956,67 M.; and in 1848 to only 38,150,854 f. In the month of June only the falling off is equally remarkable, the receipts for June, 1846, having been 12,612,579 f.; June, 1847, 11,186,163 f.; and June, 1848, 5,890,632 f. Great apprehensions were entertained on Monday for the life of General BEDEAU, whose wound is going on very unfavourably. The 3-it , cle states that he was somewhat better yesterday, although not out of danger. There arrived yesterday in Paris an envoy from the King of SARDINIA. His mission is to thank the Republic for having withdrawn the army of the Alps from the frontiers of Piedmont. The sequestration on M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN'S paper, the Presse, has been removed, on the under standing that the paper shall not be published until after the National Assembly shall have determined on the Bill for regulating the press. The Committee appointed to examine the Bill met again on Monday. The majority is in favour of a deposit of caution money. M. SENARD, the Minister of the Interior, in answer to a question from M. PASCAL DUPRAT, said that perhaps it would be as well to demand a deposit of caution money from the clubs also. M. BINCEUR has been appointed by the Finance Committee reporter on the Budget. BOURSE-PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 25. THREE O'CLOCK.—The Bourse was greatly agitated to-day, and the effect of the new loan was anxiously rooked for. Contrary to expectations, the result was a heavy fall both in Three per Cents. and Five per Cents. Rentes. The market opened firm at the prices of yes. terday, but soon afterwards began to give way, and the downward movement continued to the close of business. The new loan was quoted to-day for the first time. It only made 75, which is per cent. under the sum at which it is issued. l'he account of the arrange ment between the Lyons Company and the Govern ment sent up the shares of that company 12f. 50c. For the Account the French Three per Cents. have fallen If. 50c.; Five per Cents. have fallen if. 75c. Loan at 75f. For Money, the Three per Cents. have fallen lf. 50c.; Five per Cents. have fallen If. 75c,; Loan not quoted. Bons du Tresor are at 16 discount. Bank of France Shares have risen 10 francs. Belgian Bank Shares, not quoted. Ditto Five per Cents. have risen per cent. Spanish Active, not quoted. Roman have fallen per cent. Rothschild's Receipts have risen 4f. 50c. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25 45 ; ditto (ninety days), 25 30. Railway Shares for the Account, settling of 31 July :—Orleans are done for the first time since the Revolution at 676 f. 25c. Northerns have risen 6f. 25c. Lyons have risen 13f. 25c. None of the others are quoted. For Money the Rouens, St. Germains, Versailles, Basks, and Strasburgs remain as yesterday. The ll:tyres and the Bordeaux have risen 2f. 50c.; the Lyons, llf. 25c.; the Northerns, 7f. 50e.; and the Marseilles have risen 51. The Orleans have fallen 7f. 50e.; Montereaux, 51., and Vierzon, 2f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JULY 25. Italian and Austrian, %-Baalbre and Meuse, EXTENSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AT THE COUNT D ' AYEGOORS.—Yesterday information was re ceived by the police that a robbery had been committed at the residence of the above nobleman, No. 11, Hert ford-street, May-fair, under circumstances of the greatest mystery. It appears that on Friday afternoon last the Count deposited in a box in his dressing-room a quan tity of valuable jewellery, consisting of diamond orders, crosses, rings, suuff-boxes, &c., valued at upwards of 1,500/. A few days afterwards the Count had occasion to go to the box above-mentioned, when, on opening the lid, he was surprised to find that its valuable contents had been abstracted by some expert thief. From the situation of the room, and the difficulty of access thereto, it is certain that the robbery could not have been effected without the connivance of some person in the house. Sergeant Gray, the officer employed to investigate the circumstances of the robbery, has since received a clue which will no doubt lead to the apprehension of the guilty party. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. —This Act, as our readers will have observed, t received he Royal As-sent yesterday, and was , i n the course of the a fternoon, sent down to Live r p oo l, and charge of a messenger from th e thence dispatched, in c g Home-office, by a steamer which had been ordered to be in readiness for the purpose. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Zeitungskalle of the 23d instant announces, that the regulations of the National Assembly were provisionally adopted at Vienna on the 20th. Dr. FRANCIS SCHMIT, the member for Vienna, was elected President for a month. Out of 289 votes he obtained 259. Messrs. STOBACH, of Prague, and MAGNENAU, of Trieste, were appointed Vice-Presi dents. The Archduke JOHN was to open the Diet on the 22d. The election of the President does not in any manner prejudice the strength of the contend ing parties. POLAND. The Zeitungshalle of the 23d inst. states, from ac counts written from Cracow on the 14th, that J. STEHEULA. was arrested, and conveyed strongly guarded from Chocolon to Podgorze. The motive of his arrest is unknown. He bad been arrested and subsequently set at liberty during the events of 1846. The Breslau Gazette of the 21st inst. has the ful- lowing : "Letters dated Cracow, the 18th inst., inform us that the new sentences pronounced against the persons com promised in the insurrection of 1846 have just been published. Karozinski was sentenced to twelve years' hard labour in Siberia, and 1,000 lashes of the knout; Pokaszenski to 500; Karzenkowski to 300; and Akord to 200. The three latter and five others, viz , Rembouski, Zaczewski, Gzieszecki, Czerwinski, and Kowalski, are moreover sentenced to twelve years' hard labour in the mines of Siberia. Karazinski suffered the corporal punishment with great courage. lie will soon have re covered.'_..: Karzenkowski, a young man twenty-one years of age, suffered the most." WALLACHIA. The Suabian Mercury of the 23d has a letter from the frontiers of Wallachia, dated the 12th of July. It informs us that the measures of. the Russian Government had so terrified the, Provisional Government that the members, after a vain attempt to raise the peasantry, fled in all directions. Bucharest was tranquil on the 10th, and it was expected that the inhabitants of the country districts would receive the Russians with open arms. In Wallachia the peasantry look upon them as their liberators, their policy having always been to protect the peasantry against the oppression of the nobility. This explains the present state of things in the provinces of the Danube. Prince BIBESCO was informed of the arrival of the Russians by special courier. The Russians have pitched their camp before Jassy, because the cholera rages within the city. One hundred thousand men are to march from Folkshany to Bucharest, but they cannot arrive before the 15th of August, so that any serious resistance is out of the question. ITALY. NAPLES AND SICILY: It was reported in Naples that the insurrection in Calabria has been suppressed, and that the Sicilian forces which had been sent to assist the insurgents had been re-embarked. The Liberty has the following from Naples of the . 16th :—" The Liberal cause has sustained a check in Calabria. The royal troops occupy Cosenza, Ca baniano, and the coast ; the Liberals are in posses sion of all the mountains and the interior from Tiviolo downwards. Seven hundred Sicilians are ready at Melazzo to land on the Calabrian coast, for Sicily knows that the fall of Calabria would lead to the invasion of the island. An army of 90,000 men is therefore raised to take an acti►e part in the Calabrian war, and a million of ducats decreed for the expenses of the war. In the Cilento the Royal troops have been beaten ; the Cilentini are marching to Calabria and against Basilicata. Lecce is doing the same. On the other side of Molisse, the Capitanta and Avellino are operating upon the Abruzzi." ROME. The account from Rome are still unfavourable to the prospect of. tranquillity. The Contemporaneo of the 15th. of July shows that two Governments exist in that capital—a regular imperium in imperio— the one recognised and applauded by the Chamber and the people, that of MAMIAMI and his Ministry ; the other, " occult, illegal, and obscure,"—in short, the retrograde or ultramontane faction, fomented by the intrigues of the Jesuits. "It is to be hoped," adds the Gontemporaneo, " that the Mamiami Minis try will triumph over the intrigues which beset its path, for it is the only Government that can save the country from a perilous crisis." MANTUA. A letter from Mantua says that 4,000 Austrians recently entered that city, and that RADETZKY was himself expected there with a reinforcement of 800 or 900 men. The Italia del Popolo adds, that CHARLES ALBERT, on hearing this news, dispatched from Roverbello a considerable corps of artillery to rein force Castelluccio and the posts on the side of the gate Ceresa and Pictola, and that if those movements are promptly executed some important event may be expected. LOMBARDY. P a: u e s a , will Vicenza, for m CHARLES ALBERT issuedanordinance on the Ilth, decreeing the immediate u n i on o f L om b ar dy and the already voted by the p eop l e . L om b ar dy an d the Treviso, and Rovigo, aforesaid : opfr vin with the Sardinian s tates, one single kingd om . A common cons tit uen t assembly will be convoked, b y un i versa l su ff rage , f or the discussion of the basis and the form of the new monarchy, MILAN. The Gazelle of Milan, of the 20th instant, states that Verona and Mantua are blockaded on every point. It is impossible that these two cities can be reinforced. Four hundred Austrians who made a sally from Mantua, and advanced as far as Grazie to reconnoitre, were made prisoners. Some slight affairs, the result of which is unknown, came off near Rivoli and Pastrengo. Pictole Vecchio has been burnt by the Austrians. The Milanese Gazette contains the following " Order of the Day," published to the camp on the occasion of the highly honourable achievement at Governolo " ORDER OF THE DAY. " Soldiers !—Yesterday a fresh encounter of our troops with the enemy was signalized by a fresh victory. " His Excellency General Bava, whilst hastening to Borgsoforte in aid of the threatened Modenese, with the Queen's Brigade, the Genoese Regiment of Cavalry, two batteries and the company of the 2d battalion of the Bersaglieri (Lions), having beard of the precipitate re treat of the Austrians, on the mere announcement of his arrival on that side of the I'o, anxiously returned with his corps to Governolo—a place of passage across the Lower Alineio, with a bridge of masonry, which was said to be strongly occupied by the enemy. "A sharp skirmish took place there, the result of which was the co m pl ete ex p u l s ion of the Austrians from Go vernolo, and th e ca p tu re of two standards, four pieces of artillery, and more than 400 prisoners. ` i Soldiers ! This victory of your brother warriors redound s to t h e common g l o ry of the army, and pr oves that wher esoever an d w ith whatever part of our troops the enemy can be encountered, they find it impossible to resist the valour of the Italians, and that the inde pendence of the country is now infallibly insured by your irresistible arms. " By order of'the King, (Signed) " SALASCO, " Chief of the Staff. " Head quarters of Marmirolo, July 10, 1848." From this fortunate success something more than mere military glory will accrue to the Italian cause, as it secures to the army the only passage across the Lower Mincio held by the Austrians, and renders it impossible, or, at all events, extremely difficult, to attack the Italians in flank on that line. The enthusiasm of the gallant and patriotic warriors is great, the achievement of Governolo being only viewed as the prelude of new and still more signal victories. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEV IN BENGAL.—By re ference to the Bengal Army List we find his Excellency General Lord Gough, G.C.8., assumed command of the Bengal army on the Bth August, 1843; consequently his time of command, five years, has nearly expired. From this, and private sources, we gather that a new Com mander-in-Chief is about to be appointed.—Allen's Indian Mail. MURDER IN MANCIIRSTER.—A man named W. Adamson (yesterday, after a quarrel) shot a woman, with whom he had been living for some time, named Diana Clarke. She died almost immediately. The man TM committed for wilful murder. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO 71 - IRE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet. Sales 3,000 to 4,000 bales. Railway Shares have been flat, with but a limited business. The accounts respecting the growing potato crops are still conflicting, but calculated to excite anxiety under circumstances. We have not sooner had an opportunity of noticing certain interesting statistics relative to the trade of New York, but now subjoin them, as, in the event of the po tato crops pro v i ng d e fi c i ent , t h ere would be a renewal of grain imports:— The aggregates exportation in the first six months of 1847, exceeded, by several millions of dollars the ex ports for the same period this year, notwithstanding the large shipments of specie this season. The most inter esting and important result of all is exhibited in the annexed table, as it shows the balance against us on the foreign trade of this port, for the first six months in each of the past three years. COMMERCE OF THE PORT OF NEW YORE, IMPORTS AND First six months EXPORTS. • .. 1846. 1847. 1848. Dolls. Dolls. Dolls. . • • 37,627,402 41,181,294 45,118,566 •• 16,090.528 26,159,139 22,484,770 Value of imports Value of Exports .. Excess of Imports over receipts 21,617,074 22,992,155 22,633,796 This is a most extraordinary statement ; it shows a balance in 1847 and 1848, varying but 358,359 dollars from each other, after the opposite movements in specie, each year, to such an extent. So far as this point is concerned, the balance is pretty uniform, but we cannot say as much of the foreign trade of the country at large, for the same period. There are so many influences brought to bear upon the imports and exports of the country, that it is nonsense to attempt to attribute the fluctuations from year to year solely to any particular measure of the Government, or to any movement in the markets. Scarcely any business has been transacted in the Eng lish Funds to-day, but the market still remains de pressed, owing to the accounts received from Ireland, coupled with the alarm occasioned by the progress of the potato disease. Consols are now quoted at 854 to 86* for Money, and at 85i to 86-11 for the Account. Exche quer•bills remain steadily ;maintained at 425. to 465. premium; Bank Stock is marked 199 k to 198; Three per Cents. Reduced 86 to i; and Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 86 to * and 87. The chief characteristic of the Foreign Stock Market is the extremelinactivity of business, and prices have not in any one instance undergone any remarkable change. Even the best of the dividend-paying securities are al most altogether neglected. Mexican may be quoted 17 to * ; Spanish Actives. nominally, 11i to 12 ; and the Three per Cents. 21i ; Venezuela, 14 to 17 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 44 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 18 ; and Russian, 98 to 100. In Railway Shares much dulness prevails, the late rapid reaction in the value of Consols having again turned the current of operations in this market from purchases to sales. The orders from the provinces have since Monday last mostly affected quotations. North Western are 121 to 126; South Western, 46 to 48; Midland Counties, 101 to 103; York and North Mid land, 66 to 68. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) _ _ _ Bank Stock 199% 198 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85% 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns B6 85% 86% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 B3 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. B 6l 87 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 B% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 B% India Stock 244 India Bonds under 1,0001 Bank Stock for Account 197% Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 21d. - - June. 37 p 34 33 p March. 1,0001. 5001 .... Small 45 p 34 33 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 69% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 1 7 14% Ditto for this Account l 7 l / 2 1 / 4% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 21% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / s per Cent.,l2 Guild 44 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. rem Pas Sam. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 3 3 /4 — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 16 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 . 23% x.i to Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ;.... Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 121.45.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds 25 Buckinghamshire... l4/. 4s — to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 - Chester and H01yhead......... 47 1 ,E — ...... to Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 173 ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., mid L. & D ... 25 Ditto, 181., E. & H Ditto, 3/. 108., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 6 D p o o . „ P d e o rpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 130. 4d --to N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter 124... .. - Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 . Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 2 1 .1 .. __. . . . Ditto, do, Class C,' ditto...- 1 7 1,4 — Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 2 14 — to East Lincolnshire ... 20% Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New 6 14 — ...... to Ditto, New port l3 Ditto, ditto, New 3% — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New ... Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 65.8 d... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 .. • to Great Northern l5 - Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 25% ...... to Great North of England 100 — Ditto, New 40/. ls Ditto, New 301 3O ... .. Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 11%...... . Great Western 9O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 - ..• Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. -. Ditto, Thirds ... 9 Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Halff •Shares ... ...... 25 ...-. - - -to Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2% — to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds.. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... . 7 to Ditto, ditto 86 Ditto Half Shares ...... .. 43 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ..-....... 6 1 A' ...... .. t o Ditto Thirds (Keg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% 3% 1 ,4_ to ._ Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 38 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole Do.; West Riding Union-. 6 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 91/ — Leeds,Dewsbury, & Moriches Do., Half Shares - Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2%...... ...... to Leeds and Thlrsk 45 ...... 21 .... . to Ditto, New .... to ..... -. Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. ... ..._ . Li v erpool, Crosby, and South- ^•••• to port. o -.Li v erpool. Manchester, and...... Newcastle Junction 2% ... ... London & Blackwall ......13/ . 6s. Bd. -- Do. Extension ............... 22 1 / 2 •.. Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ..... 31M41 to Do. Consolidated Eighth s... 40 .... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..•••• ..... Do. Prof. COW,. 5 p er C ent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto ...........18 52 50 to Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 2 ...... 2 1 4 •. London and Greenwi c h... 12 1 .155. 4d... - to Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... ..... to London & North We s t ern. .... loo 126 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 DI. New. Do. Fifths . _.. , 2 •,. _ Do. 40/. Shares—L. & M 20 ...., to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 50/........ .. ..... 42% 3 4 1 /4 to Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. •• 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds ... . ...... .11/. 13s. 4d ... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref• r per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls. 1/. 13s. 4d.... Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11 4 — Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 A — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 Manch, Buxton, & Mat'ock 4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto IA Shares (No. 1) ... 18 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, 1 / 3 Shares (No. 3 )... 7 1 ,4 — to Dp., New 101. Proitrence.. 19 ..... .... • Ditto Grimsby - - Ditto, ditto. ....-„ 9 Ditto, ditto - ...... to - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 10 - - Ditto, Grimsby Dock - to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25.... - - Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 - - - to - Midland...-. . ............. ...100 Ditto, Consol. Preterence...loo - - Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... - - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 l2O - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. - Ditto ditto 141. 18a... - ' to - Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct. gua. )....100 .... . - Midld. Great Wester n (Irish) 42 1 / 2 —. - Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. - to - Newcastle and Carlisle . ..... 100 ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket - - Ditto Extension S cr ip... 21. 12s - - Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 ...... - - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 N every, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor - •••.. to - Norfolk - Ditto New 201. to - Ditto Extension ............ 20 - ...... to - Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 per ct. 5 - - Do. Scrip, :847, N. o t N orflk 2 - - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ...... - ... - Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British .. .............. 25 .. - Ditto Half Shares.-- ..... 12% 2 1'4..• to - Ditto. Do. Quarters ................. 6 1 ,4. ..... - ...... to Extension 5 13 - - Ditto Thirds .... Ch..... ..... to - - North and South-Western... 2 .. - - - ... to - North Staffordshire... .. ..... 121 ...... 6 3 / 4 sorth Wales 3% ..... - , .... to North Western - Oxford, - - Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading, Guildfd. , & Reigate 714....., - Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1...... _ - Scottish Central •••• 25 - Scottish to Midland ... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New "'•••. - ... . . ..... to - .. - Sheffield, Rotherham, and 12% ... . . to - - Goole • 7% - ..... to - Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... - - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 8 ...... 2361 to - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - ...... to - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... - . ... to - Ditto, Oswestry l6 ....... - - Ditto (New) 1 - to - Ditto 8 per Cent.Pret....... 10 - - Shropshire, Union 4 ... .. 1 1 4 ...... to - South Devon - Ditto, Preference 25 South Staffordshire...,... SIQ -.... to - !outh ;Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 - - Ditto, New, N 0 12........ ..... 22 - Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 25 - Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... . 8 3 / 4 - to - South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 4 - ...... to - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% - to - raw Vale Extension ........ 6 l Vale of Neath ' Waterford and Kilkenny 154..... - - Waterford and Limerick..... 4214..... - - Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, and Dublin - .... . to - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 25 4234.... - - Do. do. do. - - Do. do. de. ..... ... 7 %..... - .. - West Cornwall 6 - to - Whitehaven and Furness lB ... .. .-• ..,.. to - Windsor, Staines, and South Western 9 14 - ..... to - Wilts, Somerset,&Weymoutla 35 : - ... to - York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 " 30 3 4...... to - De. Exton. No. I (Y. & N.) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, :New &B. 10 ..... 1134% to - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 - York and North Midland .. 50 - Ditto, ?reference lO - - Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 - to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 6% 14... to -- Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) - to - Ceylon .... sa. - - Demerara. ..... .............. :.. 121..... - Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ... . . - to ..41, Dutch Rhenish 7 l/e ..... . - - East Indian - - Great Indian Peninsular.... 55...,... - - Italian and Austrian - Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to - Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) - ... .. to - Madrid and Valenti n Namur and Liege... ...... 20 - to - Northern of France. lO ...... 5 - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - Paris and Lyons - - Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 2O - to - Paris & Strasbourg ... 8 ...... - - P.ouen and Havre ........ ...... 20 ...... - - Sambre and Meuse 2O - to - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... - ...... .. 8 - ...... to - Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Ilasselt .. .... ~ 18 ...... - ..... to - West Flanders B% -. ...... to - JOINT STOCK 'BANKS. Australasia British-North American .... E.O Colonial ..... . .. to Commercial of London London Joint Stock .... lO ...... London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New Provincial of Ireland 22% — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland .• ••• to Ditto, New lO ..... ...... to Union of Australia Ditto, New 21,4 — Union f London ... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 12 ..... Australian 2 l /2 ..... to --.4 Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 1 / 2 ...... ...... to Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... 8 1 4 to 8 Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered ... .. to Do. Black Debentures — United Mexican . ... 2 B l /2 ..... to EXCHANGE Gibra1tar.............. _. Leghorn ........ ..... • 31 50 GePoa .. • ...... ....... 25 90 Milan •• •• •••• •••• •• •• Venice ... •••••••••• ...... __ _ _ - ..... Naples .. ••• • • • .... • • 36X Palermo, per 0z.. ...... Lisbon.... • • .......... 52 Oporto.. .• • ..... • • . • 52 Rio Janeiro — Buenos Ayres ...... _ — New York,2ldayesight Philadelphia ..... - NUM OP BULLION, PEE OE. Foreign Gold in bars., 43 17 9 New Dollars .... 410 IPortugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 4=lllh Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars .. • . 0 4 11% COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 2 Ditto, at sight • • .... Rotterdam .... ••.. • • 12 2% Antwerp ••..•••• •• • • • • Hamburgh ••11.8. 13 12% altona •••••• -- Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 55 Ditto, •••• • . • • ...... 25 80 Plarseilles •• •• • •• 25 85 Bourdeaus . Frankfort on Mains.... 122 Petcrsburgh, Sil. Itble.. terlin.... • Vienna, effec. Trieste, ditto.... Madrid • .. • • ........ 43 Cadiz • 48 Bilbao.. • . • — Barcelona ............ Saville •• • • •• ••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS D...1Y.) LONDON, JULY 26.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze, and hazy, with rain. DEAL, JULY 25.—Wind W.S.W., strong gale.--Acrd. Marmion, Lean, Quebec; Empire, Davies, ditto; Mary, Learenoon, Calcutta for Newcastle; Horatio, Parker, Quebec; Elgin, Stranack, ditto; Achim, ditto; Persia, ditto, and sld. for Hull. Put back, Elizabeth Buckhatn, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land; Robert Henderson, for Algoa Bay; D'Auvergne, for Honduras; Sarah, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. LIVERPOOL, JULY 25.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.— Arrd. 24, Mary Hannah, Mathews, Trade Town and Sierra Leone; Remittance, Marshall, New Orleans; J. H. Perkins, Baker, ditto; 25, Limena, Milne, Maya guetz; Westmoreland, Pernambuco; Tom Cringle, Bur chell, St. Domingo; Annie, Mearns, New Orleans; Rochester, Otis, ditto. Sld. 24, Resolution, Evans, Ma ranharn ; Catharine, Riddock, Quebec; 25, Thetis, War ren, Callao; Northumberland, Thompson, Quebec; Anne, McGarry, Montreal. Off port, Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick; New World, —; Oxford, --; John Geddie, MAAYPORT, JULY 23.—Arrd. Henderson, Twenty. man, Quebec. _ _ _ ARDAOSSAN, JULY 22.—S1d. Glenbervie, Havannah. LIVERPOOL: JULY 2G.--The Jaae, Cumming, from Liverpool, in going into Rio Grande, struck on the bar, made some water, and lost anchors and chains. The Cawton, Dixon, which arrived at Sierra Leone from Scarborough on the 25th of April, was struck by light ning in Yawrba , Bay on the 2d ult., which damaged the mainmast and deck. . _ ALMOUTII, JULY 25.—An English brig, bl a ck, w i t h a s l te B rn a , nd wa 4 s s E se . e ; n to o w n ar th d e sth ult. in lat. 3 4 and 42 white tigure•head, a d low N., ion. square evening,in company with two other s , apparently Gree Greeks, which from their manceuvring had the character of pirates, having six or seven guns ou the side; and the English brig was observed subsequently to settle down stern foremast, as if scuttled, but night coming on nothing further was seen by the Sanders. Bally, arrived here. WISBEACII, JULY 25.—The schooner Bagnell, hence to Londonderry (laden with wheat and flour) was upset in a squall off Blakeney, on the 20th instant; master and his wife drowned, crew saved. YARMOUTH, JULY 25.—The John, brig, of this port, sprang a leak off Flamborough Head, hoisted a waif for assistance, when a cutter took her in tow. and it is ex pected she will be brought into the harbour. HARWICH, JULY 25.—The Swift, brig, Hall, of and from Shields, for London, with coals, has been assisted in, very leaky, having been on shore on the Gunfleet Sand. WIIITEIIAVEN, JULY 25 . --Wind S.W.—Arrd. Fa vourite, Quebec. TROON, JULY 24.—Arrd, Harmony, Dalhousie. AYR, JULY 22.—S1d. Magog, Shanks, St. John's, New Brunswick. AIR BAY ; J 1.714 23.wArrd. Princess Victoris,Quebec. The following was posted at Lloyds : NOTICE TO MARINERS. Royal Humane Society, 3, Trafalgar-square, July 21, 1848. Dar Sir,—Having received (per pest) a letter, of which the inclosed is a copy, from the master of the ship Agamemnon, of Glasgow, in which he reports having set up a signal staff at Pisco, fur the purpose of showing when boats may or may not land in safety, I beg to forward the same for the information of the com mittee of Lloyd's. (Subscribed) J. CHARLIER, Sec. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Pisco, May 8, 1848. consequence of many accidents happening here by boats being upset by the surf, I have this day erected a signal staff fifty feet high on the beach, on which there will be hoisted one ball when boats may land, and two black balls when boats are not safe to land. I have got permission from the authorities to set up this signal staff; and have left it in charge of two of the most respectable gentlemen here ; this being done, I beg you will make it known, as many lives may be saved by it. (Signed) JOHN M'ANDY, Master of ship Agamemnon. To tl.e Secretary of the Humane Society, London. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Since Monday, a very limited quantity of English Wheat has been received up to our market coastwise as well as by land carriage. As a goOd clearance of the stands was effected on that day, the show of samples this morning was small, owing to which, the prevailing damp weather, and the unfavourable reports which continue to reach us respecting the potato crop, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was somewhat active, at, in some instances, an advance in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. Only 1,210 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand this week. Selected parcels were held at 2s per quarter more money; while the middling and _inferior kinds ruled is per quarter higher, with a very steady demand, chiefly for in land consumption. Bonded parcels were the turn higher. Superfine Barley moved off steadily at an improvement in value of is per quarter. All other kinds were quite as dear. There was a better feeling in the Malt trade, but without alter ation in value. Oats were in better request, and really good -Corn was slightly on the advance. Beans and Peas sold on former terms. Indian Corn and Meal - were dearer to purchase, white Flour was very firm. ARRIVALS. Barley. Oats. Flour. 40 qrs. 270 qrs. 1,490 ski. - 5,030 - 2,400 410 Malt, 20 qrs. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Our market continues to rule excessively dull for all kinds of Hops. The supply of which on offer is by no means large, at barely the late depression in the quota tions. The plantation accounts are favourable, and the duty is estimated at from 205,0001 to 210,0001. Sussex Pockets, 21 2s to 21 68; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 4s to 2195; Mid and East Kent ditto, 21 10s to Si. English ...... 1ri5h......... Foreign • • • • • • Wheat. 2,8,70 qrs. 1,210 WHITECHAPEL. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with each kind of meat, the demand for which was in a very sluggish state, at but little variation in prices. Beef, from 2s ad to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 50 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3$ 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs. by the carcase. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) • The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day to hear appeal motions aigl appeals. DAWES V. BETTS.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR, who intimated on Saturday last the impression he entertained with respect to this case, gave judgment on it this morning at the sitting of the Court. The case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor gram, in respect to th e va lidit y o f t i t l e to make a good lease for 21 years, in right of the granter being Want for life of a property charged with a trust to a lady, Mrs. Dawes, under her marriag e se ttl ement . Th e case had been referred to the Master, who had reported favour of the validity of the lease. Exceptions were taken to that report, and on their coming on before the Viee-Chancellor Wigram, he allowed th?se exceptions, being of opinion that the lease was an in valid one. The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment this morning, thought the trustee had properly exercised the power he had in right of his being tenant for life. , The plaintiff had net suffered the defendant to labour. under any misconception as to what was intended to be granted under the lease. The defendant knew what it was he covenanted for, and the whole course of the plaintiff's conduct, who clearly had legal authority, had been directed to give validity to the lease. He must, therefore, reverse that part of the judgment of the Court below which allowed the exceptions, by ordering the exceptions to be overruled, and confirming the report of the Master, with costs. HOLYOARE V. THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. The arguments in the appeal motion in thia case against the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, directing the trial of an i ssue a t Gl oucester, occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. Nothing of any interest occurred in any of the other Equity Courts, SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) • (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) JANES V. PERRY, JUN.—A SERIOUS CASE. This was au action brought to recover the sum of 10Z on a promissory note alleged to have been drawn by de fendant in favour of one Willets. Defended pleaded that', he did not make the note. Mr. PRICE, the plaintiff's attorney, stated the case. The defendant resides at Wolverhampton, and Willets* lives in Bilston, in Staffordshi re . Al t h oug h there was an imputation of forgery, he thought that he should be able clearly to show that the mark was that of the de fendant, by the evidence of a person who actually drew the note, and witnessed the defendant making his mark. Thomas Davies, an assistant to Mr. Cooper, an auc tioneer at Wolverhampton, was called, and said—l was present when this note was made. Charles Perry made the mark in my presence, and I wrote his name. I read it over to him first. It was made payable to Willets, for services rendered. Cross-examined—l am a clerk to Mr. Cooper, but, not altogether.. I keep other people's books. Willets met me, and said he wanted me to do a little writing, and we went to a public-house at Millfields,•near Bil ston. The note was given for Willets obtaining a "re; leasement" of Perry from a partnership. I cannot re member the exact words. I did -not go to Perry and say that Willets had asked me to be a witness, but that I said I would not perjure myself. I went to him and said that if I went against him he must lose, for I must speak according to my con= science, and must say that I saw him sign it. I went to him to give him a chance. By giving him a chance, I mean that when I heard that,he had been served with's writ I went to him and told him he had better put in 0 plea against it, as I was going to Ireland, and it was very likely I should not be here. I did not say if he gave Si. I would swear he did not sign. The defendant's Counsel said it was always a painful and difficult case where such a serious charge as one of forgery was set up, and, if he was rightly instructed, he should be able to prove that the note was made by Willets him. ,; self, and at quite a different place. The SECONDARY asked how that could effect the plaintiff James ? Defendant's Counsel said that lit might effect him by inference, for one of the remarkable features in the ow was that they could not find out who the plaintiff was for although a summons had been taken out before* judge the only answer to the question was that they were out of time. There was another point of great importance, and that was , that the action had not been brought in the County Court, where not only Willett, but the defendant might have been examined, <but Willets had not been called. Sarah Lees was called, and deposed that she resided at Millfield, and keeps a public-house. On the 22d of March last Willets went to her house, and his daughter - took him a stamp, which he filled up, and said "that 'll conquer," and asked her t o read She said she conid not, and Willets said he would read it to her, and he did so. He said it was to make Perry pay him, as Perry was to give him 101., but would not. Willets wrote the ; whole of it, and made the mark. She (witness) at the: time told him that he " didn't ought" to have put Perry's • name to it. He said that Perry had promised it to him., and he would be d—d if he would not make hint pay. Davis afterwards went in. Willets told Davis that he would give him 505. to come and swear it was: Perry's sign. Davis said he would do so, and Wilhite: said that he would not have it tried in the petty court,. for he would be conquered there because he was so well known. Willets is a file cutter close to her. On the 9th of March Willets called on her from Perry for a bill for 181., for things sold, and said that if I would give him 51 he would swear that he saw me pay Perry 181. Believed Willets had not worked for two years, and did nothing but go about the country defrauding them in this manner. In cross•examination she persisted that Willets read the paper over to her, and that she knew it again. The SECONDARY said that this evidence might pos sibly involve Willets and Davis, but could not affect the plaintiff—it might be that there was a gross fraud and great iniquity, of which plaintiff, however, was wholly ignorant—that somebody was committing gross and de liberate perjury there could be no doubt. Mr. PRICE continued the examination, and witness said that she told Perry, on the 23d of March, that Willets had forged his name. Mr. Thomas Wilton, defendant's attorney, was called, and said that when he was instructed to defend, ho went to the magistrate's for a warrant against Willets, but could not get one, as he could not show the bill, He believed the defence, knowing Willets' character, and that there were a great many other cases of the same sort. Mr. PRICE protested against the remarks. He then addressed the jury, and said it was incredible that any man, however lost to honesty, would be so lost to compact' sense, as to deliberately make admission, which must, if made, be conclusive evidence on which he might b e transported for life. lle called on th e j ury to discredit the whole of Lees evidence, as being utterly improbable. The Learned SECONDARY summed up, and said that it was a most extraordinary fact, that if Lees told de fendant of the forgery on the 23d March, defendant had done nothing till the trial Was comi ng on. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. The SECONDARY said he should have had no hesita tion in giving a verdict that way. RAILWAY CARRIAGES ntom FRANCE.—A vessel has arrived from Boulogne having on board 29 railway carriages entire, formi ng t h e cargo of the ship, ahl. being British manufactured carriages returned to tak• country from k'rance. Ba tne Hof wil the tat 11 0 Or co Pal