The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-16 00:00:00

MR. BENTLEY Has This Day published, in 3 vols. post Bvo.. A. M Y M 0 N E A I:omance of the Days of Pericles. By the Author of " Azeth, the Egyptian." • Bichar3 Bentley, New Burlington-street. • ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on SATURDAY EVENING, Aug 19, when Madlle. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her favourite characters. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Mdlle. Tag lion% Mdlle. Cent°, &c. &c. • Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Boa-office of the Theatre. lit OBER T HOUDIN JA3IES'S THEATRE. By Particular Desire. GRAND EXTRA AND FINAL REPRESENTATIONS. In compliance with numerous applications, and owing t) the dis appointment experienced by many parties in net procuring places at his last representation, ROBERT HOUDIN will TO-MORROW FRIDAY, and SATURDAY EVENINGS give his Final Perform ances, previous to his departure for Manchester, where he will ap pear on Tuesday next, August 22. Boxes and Stalls may bo secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library 33, Old Bond-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. Last Night but Three of the Season. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectftilly Wormed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO MORROW EVENING, Aug. 17, when Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear as LUCIA, in Donicetti's Opera of . -- LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, 3fdlle. Jenny Lind ; Egardw, Signor Gardoni ; Bidebent, Signor Bouche ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with Selections from, the admired Ballet of ONDINE, by 3fdlle. Cerito, 3fdlle. Petit, and Mdlle. C. Rosati ; M. Dor, M. Perrot, and N. St. Leon. The Frmi List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit 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, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To be followed by the Burlesque, entitled TAMING A TARTAR. Count Cracovieninski, Mr. Worrell ; Kickerwhiski, Mr. Paul Bed ford ; Mazourki, Mr. Wright ; Ivan, Mr. Munyard ; Monsieur Cou pee, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Strelenski, Mr. Cullenford ; Countess Craco vieninski, Miss Woolgar ; Mazonrita, Madame Celeste. To concinde with the original farce. called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts. Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Menyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; 'Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bonnee, Miss E nma Harding. kOYAL 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 neat. . • THIS EVENING Will he performed THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, in vrhick Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. Atter which, a Conic Drama, called SNAPPING TURTLES, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. To conclude with THE ROVER'S BRIDE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. • Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball'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 ; 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 TOR OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. Box-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 METTERNICH. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Sole Per flrmers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Ciotti, Collinet, Kcenig, Lazarus, Richardson, Sonnenberg, &c.—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 Five—Jullien's Concert at Six—Fireworks at Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, AUGUST 16. THERMOMETER, LOWost, 55; Highest. 63; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 29.90. WIND E.; sunshine, but cloudy, with a gentle breeze, and an evident indication of returning fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 44 min. after 2 I Evening .. 2 min. after 3 ..4111 4 , 1 .s. • 4 ) 4 'As • 4 = Aigii* ; ~,•; °."., 4 , 1:g • "'" • " nitoi PPI,II/1. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1848. We directed the public attention some time since to the meagre and unsatisfactory character of the Report of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons on the Bank Charter Act, and the causes of the commercial distress—a report which sinks into utter insignificance when compared with the able and convincing document which subsequently emanated from the Committee of the House of Lords on the same subject, and nearly on the same data; for with few exceptions the same witnesses were ex amined in each instance. The report of the Lords was given with dignity and impartiality. There was a close and accurate analysis of the more important parts of the evidence adduced before them, the statements relating to the subject under consideration made by the various witnesses, not only of those who were favourable to the views of the majority of the Committee, but also of those who were most strongly opposed thereto, were given in detail, and a decided and unequivocal conclusion ar rived at and distinctly and positively set forth. No portion of the subject-matter referred to them was evaded or shirked. The public were informed what they, the Committee, believed to be the causes of the commercial distress, and the nature and extentthereof, and the grounds on which they had formed their opinions were also set forth clearly and explicitly, so that every person was enabled to judge for himself hew far their deductions were warranted by the premises. They also showed how far that distress had been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of bank notes, pay able on demand, in the very terms of the reference, thus satisfying the object for which the inquiry had been instituted. In fact, the report bore the character of the clear judgment of a judicial tribunal, which had no object but the attainment of truth, and which was wholly unbiassed by any former prejudices. How different, however, was that of the Committee of the House of Commons ? If the Lords acted as dignified and unprejudiced judges, whose opinions, although they might possibly be er roneous, must still command respect and atten tion, the others acted the part rather of keen and wily lawyers who had been retained to advocate cer tain principles which they should support per faa aut neat, or, perhaps we should say, to defend a mighty criminal (the Bank Charter Act) from the grievous offences laid to his charge. Without ven turing distinctly to state that the commercial distress was not seriously aggravated by its operation, they attempt to acquit it by implication. They could not venture to exonerate it directly of having increased the panic, and greatly contributed to the general failure of credit, more especially as they were obliged also to justify its virtual suspension, and compelled to declare that " the feeling of alarm which prevailed appeared to have been almost immediately removed by the issue of the letter addressed to the Bank of England on the 25th October by the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer." They could not, however, make up their minds to con demn it upon these points—they therefore tell us of various grounds assigned by different witnesses as causes of the distress, and declare that they see no reason to d ou bt " th a t th ese causes h a d i n diff erent degrees, and in different parts of the country, pro laced the effect thus ascribed to them ;" but they most disingenuously omit all mention of "the reatrie tions aff ecting the issue of bank notes" as among these causes, although an examination of the evi dence will sh ow that it was ti d i is d h i n s c er tl e y di a ta ll b u l d e e m d a t n o n b e y r several of the w it nesses. In this they evade the decision of h e alteration anion to be in the Bank Charter Act" their referred t o them, and although th ey declare " that it is not expedient to 'fla ke any exceed any and t are uttarlthe duty imposed upon them , they silent as to how far the commercial distress had been affected hr the operation of that Act. A very valuable document has recently been pub_ li , Thed, by direction of th e Hous e of Commons, w hi ch `throws considerable light upon the working of th a t Committee, setting forth the various proceedings day by day, as they oceurred, with the several proposi tions that were made, and the different. divisions that took place. There was some informat:ion previously on. these points, but it was not of an authentic cha racter, or such as could have been it nplicitly relied on ; all doubt, however, is now renrovi.Kl, and we can tell how far each individual member of the Committee is responsible for the report that emanated from the general body, and how far he endeavoured to dis charge the important duties confided to his charge. We had never any fa ourable anticipations from the result of that investigation. We clearly saw that it was instituted for the sole purpose of shelving a question on which the public mind was seriously excited at that period, and, under the pretext of an inquiry, avoiding all legislation on the subject. The constitution of the Committee, the well-known views and previously recorded opinions of its several members, the fact that a fair working majority consisted of persons pledged as strongly as men could be to the vicious principles of the Act of 1844, fully prepared us for a report exonerating as far as practicable the law itself and its iniquitous enactments from any considerable share in producing, or even materially increasing, the commercial distress We, however, supposed that the question would have been fairly met, and not avoided in so palpable a man ner as to seal the condemnation of the code which it was intended to protect. Nor did we suppose that the minority would have displayed such energy and determination, and contested every point so vi gorously and efficiently. Above all, we could not have imagined that in a Committee consisting of so many of the present and of the ex-Ministry, all bound down as to their decisions, there would be a majority of two only in favour of the report, and those two the putative parent and the fosterer of the Bill, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Sir CIIARLES Woon. Let then our banking, trading, mer cantile, and manufacturing interests know that the report of the House of Commons is virtually that of those interested parties, and let them compare the opinions of the independent and unprejudiced men who composed the minority with those which were reported to the House ; and, taking into account also the opinion of the Lords Committee, they will see that the Bank Charter Act has been most unequivo cally condemned, and that it cannot be maintained in its present condition, notwithstanding the unflinching support of the present and of the late Ministry. We shall again refer to these proceedings, pointing out what occurred, and the character of the different divisions, and the other draft reports submitted to the Committee by Messrs. CAPLET and SPOONER on an early occasion. In part-fulfilment of our promise of yesterday, we proceed to make a few introductory observations upon the noble work just published from the manuscripts of Count: 'VALERIAN KRASINSKI—the friend 4 of our illustrious historian Mr. HALLAM. The work* would be a noble one if for nothing else than fur the patriotism which it breathes in every sentence, and which has formed its principal inspiration. The dispute between the Germanic and Slavonic races in Europe is as old as the period oftilei; first settlement in juxta-position. CHARLEMAGNE waged war with indifferent success against the Mora vian leader who was then the head of the Slavic fede ration to the west of the Carpathians. With the introduction of Christianity a division arose between the western and eastern Sclaves; the latter of whom became attached to the Greek Church, while the fumes acknowledged the supremacy of the POPE. After centuries of struggles for political independence and power, the leading characteristic that can now be traced amongst the Slavonic inhabitants of Europe is formed by this religious separation. Bohemia failed in its attempt at the epoch of JOHN Huss to conquer religious liberty, and, deprived of political independence by the results df the war of thirty years, and the peace of Westphalia in 1648, was subjected to Austrian rule with as little power of self-government as the partitioning powers afterwards allowed to Poland. The Magyars of Hungary rule the Slavonic and Ruthene inhabitants of that country. The Turks are absolute as amongst the Bulgarians and Bosnians. The Servians are partially emancipated, but are too weak to stand alone. A year back it would seem, with the exception of Russia, that the other Sla vonic nationalities had become politically ex tinct. But the observer who had access to those countries soon discovered that this exterior, which was preserved because it answered the purpose of blunting the edge of curiosity in Western Europe, was but a hollow pretext, and that all the Slavonians incorporated into Prussia, Austria, and Turkey, not only formed distinct portions of those empires, but that their nationality possessed vitality and vigour, and would soon manifest its power. The storms of 1848 having shaken the political horizon, displayed at once the inequalities concealed beneath its arti ficial surface. The national movement in the Slavic populations became a striking feature of the whole. The Bohemians, counting their numbers, when united with the Moravians and Hungarian Sclaves, found that they amounted to more than 7,250,000. The Ruthenes, Croats, and other Sclaves of Eastern and Southern Hungary count 5,000,000. The Poles under Austria are 5,000,000, and under Russia there are 800,000. Russian Poland without the Ukraine has 5,000,000 of Polish inhabitants. All these, in number 23,000,000, profess, with few ex ceptions, the Roman Catholic faith, and therefore have no religious sympathies with the Sclaves of Russia, who, for the most part, are of the Greek Church. Their position towards the Germane, who do not greatly outnumber them, is such, that by con ferring political liberty upon them, they would be easily made firm allies, and would form an impene trable boundary for Germany towards Russia. But the Germans have shown a disposition to do nothing of the kind. After calling upon the Sclaves, like the other divisions of the countries recognised in Euro pean international law, to aid in the overthrow of the despotic system, the first move made in that direction was viewed with jealousy, and further progress was stopped by the assault on the assembled inhabitants of Posen, and by the attack at the barricades of Prague. On the subject of the blunder committed in both in stances, Marshal RAD/3'l'4Kr is very likely to open the eyes both of the Austrians and the Prussians. The question is for the moment in abeyance, await ing the re-organization of those empires which a des potic course of policy has overturned. At this moment of pause, and we think it is most opportunely selected, Count KRASINSKI presents the British reader with a short and intelligible retrospect of the relations that have ever subsisted between Sla vonians and Germans, with the numerical weight and leading bias of the nation of Slavic race. The whole of the Slavic inhabitants of Europe are estimated at 78,000,000. Of these 53,000,000 are under the Russian sceptre ; 6,000,000, including the Servians, recognise Turkish supremacy ; the remainder, form ing a mass of 29,000,000, are incorporated into Austria and Prussia, and in religious and political sympathies harmonize with the Poles under Russia ; thus presenting a mass of 25,000,000 prepared to enter into the European confederacy as one or more independent states. Since with such numbers it is impossible to deal as with small fractions of races that happen to be in cluded amongst large majorities, the questions natu rally arise, which Count Kitismaxi puts simply and forcibly. Is it to the interest of the Germans to seek to per petuate a despotic dominion over such multitudes, and what must be the inevitable result of such a course ? Can thirty millions of Germans, unaided by Scandi navians, English, French, and Italians, exterminate twenty millions of Slavonians, even if they desired to accomplish such a feat ? And what prospect does the anticipation of such a contest hold out to Europe? At what price is the pre•eminence of Germanism over Slaviscn to be maintained ? But suppose the Slavonians, seeing the imminence of such an internecine contest, choose to anticipate it, and waiving distinctions of creeds and tendencies, to submit to the dominion of Russia, how is the conflict to be maintained by thirty millions against seventy millions? This latter alternative is the project of Panslaylim. The little that is to be gained by either of these sources for the advance of civilisation is well pointed out. The danger that would be incurred is forcibly elucidated, and the true and safe middle path is recommended by Count KRASINSLI, whose volum e is a most useful contribution to the history of the present stirring and eventful epoch. _ _ "Panslavism and Germanism." By Count Valerian Krasinski. One Vol. Svo. Newby, London, 1848. CALsis Rimway.—Yesterday this branch of the North of France Railway was opened for public traffic. The short sea passage, via Dover, brings Paris, by this route, within ten hours of the metropolis, end Brussels within eight. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 10th have arrived. The correspondence from Catalonia speaks of a Republican or Centralista party having appeared in Massanet de Cabrenis. Here, after committing great depredations, they joined the Carlist band under PLANADERMUNT• A conflict took place on the same day between two columns of Government troops and 500 Carlist infantry, assisted by 25 Carlist cavalry, commanded by MARSAL. According to the Government account the Carlists were defeated, with a loss of nine killed and several wounded. On the following day seven Centralista Trabucaires were surprised at La Guardia, and immediately delivered over to the military tribunal. The Sardinian Ambassador had obtained an audience of her MAJESTY, by whom he was received with a very gracious distinction. General CAMPUZANO has replaced General SER.. RANO as Captain-General of Grenada. It was reported that GONZALES BRAVO was on the eve of receiving his passports to quit the Spanish dominions. Intelligence had been received dated June 26th, from the Captain-General of Cuba, stating that that island was perfectly tranquil. All kinds of rumours are afloat as to a speedy change in the Administration ; but nothing can be conjectured with any certainty until the return of MoN from La Granja. Three per Cents. 19i buyers, I sellers ; Five per Cents. 103 buyers, 11 sellers. Passive Debt, 3 13-16 buyers, 4 sellers. 50 Bank Shares were sold at 54 cash. Discount on Notes, 5 to 5. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The Paris journals of yesterday have been received. An extraordinary amount of anxiety begins to be entertained in regard to the condition of the mercan tile interests throughout France. No less than 7,000 failures are spoken of positively as proximate, though we cannot but regard the anticipation as both pre mature and exaggerated. In the little town of Elbouf along, it is calculated that upwards of 11,000 out of 14,000 workmen are supported by the charitable con tributions of the municipality. In the midit of the commercial anxiety, the Pari sians are still agitated by the doubtful position of affairs on the Continent, and the extreme uncertainty of the pending negotiations will terminate in a gene ral war or a general pacification. M. DE LAMARTINE has addressed a short letter to the editor of a Macon journal, thanking the inhabi tants of that place for having elected him a Alember of the Municipal Council, in the course of which he says— "For me these proofs of friendship have a more than ordinary value at the present moment. They arrive when others are leaving me. Having quitted power, for which I never had any ambition, and having; quitted it without any citizen having to ask an account from me of a life, a liberty, or a fortune, I support patiently a moment of injustice and calumny, compensated already by many returns to the truth with respect to my acts, and to indulgence with respect to my person. It is of that country of which I think when I wish to love more and more the great country which we all demand. I hope soon to demand, as the sole object of my ambition, a little of that leisure and that affection which give re pose alike to the mind and to the heart." _ _ _ Nobly spoken as those words are, they breathe of the fulness of a great and sorrowing heart. The Illonacur publishes the following notice with respect to the mission with which M. ACIJILE MURAT is said to be charged :—• " The report is spread that a representative of the people, who stated himself to be charged with a mission from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, had passed the frontiers of the country of Nice, giving the assurance that a negotiation was on loot fcr the union of that country and of Savoy to France. No mission of this kind had been given to any person whatsoever." On the sitting of the National Assembly of Mon day, the Bill for the establishment of an Official Journal of the Republic, which was to be distributed gratis throughout France, was rejected almost unani mously. A telegraphic dispatch was received at Brest on the 10th, ordering the Belle Poule and the Uranie frigates to be fitted up, for the reception of from 1,000 to 1,200 insurgents. From authentic information it would appear that the Committee appointed for preparing the draft of the constitution has at length settled its report. The preamble has undergone some slight modifications. With regard to the President, the report is in favour of his election by universal suffrage. General CIVAIGNAC, who was invited to give his opinion on the subject, strongly advocated the election by uni versal suffrage. The Committee maintained its first report relative to the army. M. MARRAST, the reporter, would submit his report towards the end of the week, or on Monday at farthest, and the debate would commence on the 28th. Sir HENRY BULWER left Paris on Monday on his return to England. The ex-Emir, ABD-EL-KADER, and his suite, are to be removed from Pau to the Castle of Amboise. MARTINEZ DE LA Ross, the Spanish Ambassador at Rome, had arrived at Marseilles. The fourth and concluding volume of the " History of the Gauls under the Roman Administration," by AMEDEE TIIIERRT, is announced for speedy publi cation. The Demacratie Pacifique remarks that it is a thing worthy of observation that since the law respecting the clubs was passed, not a single club has been established. M. PRADIEN has just completed a remarkable bust of General CAVAIGNAC. There is a curious anecdote in circulation relative to a circumstance that occurred during the adjudging of premiums at the College of St. Barbe. The first prize was adjudged to the son of VICTOR HUGO ; tke next to a youth named LE Roy, on which a cheer burst from the whole assembly, including the pupils, accompanied with reiterated shouts of " Vive le Roi." What added significance to the circumstance was the presence of General CAYAIGNAC and M. MARRAST ; whether this was a practical joke or really a demon stration of opinion, it is not easy to say. Perhaps it was both. It is, however, talked of and commented upon very much, especially in the Legitimist circles. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ago. 15. Namur and Liege, 4 1 4—Northern of France, Paris and Lyons, 4 1 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 2%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Of course the prevailing emotion at Vienna con tinues to be a sort of delirious exultation on the suc cesses recently achieved by the German troops in Lombardy. _. The Wiener Zietiiiig published the following report to the Minister of War : " God save the Emperor,— . . " Honour and glace to the heroic Imperial troops in Italy. May everlasting fame surround the victories of the gallant Field-Marshal Radetzky. " Major-General Prince Lichtenatein has just arrived from Italy with the following intelligence:— " ' Head-quarters at Milan, Aug. 8. " ' The city of Milans is ours. " 'lt has submitted to the clemency of his Majesty the Emperor. This day at noon I entered it with my victorious army. " • The Piedmontese troops left to-day. According to a convention concluded with them and with the city of Milan, they must by this day at seven o'clock have crossed the Ticino, and be without the boundaries of the Imperial territory. " Two weeks have elapsed since our army entered upon the offensive at Verona. In that time it has fought famous battles at Somina-Compagna, Custozza, Volta, Cremona, and Pizzighettone. Now, on the fourteenth day, it is in possession of the capital of Lombardy. "'The army and its leaders have thus faithfully done their duty to their beloved Emperor and country, for no enemy stands on Lombardian ground. " The bearer of this dispatch to the Minister of War, Count Clam, is one of the bravest generals of the army. Another of my Gallant Generals, Prince Lichtenstein, carries a copy of the same dispatch to his Majesty the Emperor at Innspruck. " RADETZKY, Field-Marshal. " The wretched Provisional Government at Milan have been overthrown. Again does the Imperial eagle tower proudly over Milan and all Lombardian cities. " The disgraceful treachery of Lombardy to the Aus trian Government, and to the whole of Germany, has . been foiled by th e v i c t or i ous arm i es of Austria. The just cause has triumphed! "God save the Emperor!" The Vienna Cabinet is said to have dispatched a as s u t r h ier eba t s o Pa e s of r i b as negotiationearin g the following with respect propositions o ta s l i y t ns in reply to a perempt ory d emand from the F renc h Government :-1. The liberation of Italy, if she does not choose to remain under the sway of Austria. 2. An engagement to pay a portion of the public debt, and the conclusion of an advantageous treaty of commerce. The EMPEROR was expected to arrive in the capital on the 12th, having left Innspruck on the Bthins t" at half- past eight o'clock in the morning. Previous to his departure his MAJESTY issuQd the followin g address : • " To my beloved Tyrolese, " Throughout the whole of my stay among you you have given many fresh proofs of your st.adfast and justly-renowned fidelity and attachment. Under every c i rcums t a nce, and at this time, when the weal of the empire demands my presence in the capital, for the discharge of my duties, I feel constrained to offer you my heartfelt thanks, and cordially to wish you adieu; and I further add the assurance that, though far sepa srhataelidefvreormr e y g o ar u , d I y s o h u a l w l ietrhear thinkfeeling of o t y . p o a u t e w r n i t a h l a love, t i a o n n el . "FERDINAND (L.S.)" The Tyroleans responded to this adieu with the most enthusiastic acclamations on the departure of the imperial cortege. PRUSSIA. News from Berlin is up to the 12th instant. The cholera continues to spread, but hitherto with slow progression. The number of cases have reached 27 since the first eruption on the 31st ult. It is re marked here as elsewhere, that the disease first com mences to exhibit itself amongst boatmen or persons residing close to the water. In the meantime the population of Berlin continues to increase rapidly, the statistics of the week from the 29th July to 4th August giving an increase of 55 births over deaths, which is at the rate of 2,900 per annum on a popula tion of 400,000 souls. The KING started this morning for Magdeburg. The QUEEN departed nearly at the same time to visit her MAJESTY'S twin-sister, the Princess JOHN of Saxony, at Dresden. M. BUNSEN attended the KING, and will probably proceed direct from Cologne to London. EVENING, AtTGUST 16, 1048. HUNGARY. The Hungarian Prime Minister, Count 13ATIIYANY, and the Bann of CROATIA, who are entrusted with full powers by the Hungarian and Croatian Diets respec tively, were expected in Vienna in the course of a few days. HANOVER. The Hanoverian Gazette announces that the con• stitution of that kingdom is signed, and will be pub• lished in a few days. RUSSIA. On the 2d instant there were 92 fresh cases ol cholera, 119 cures, .51 deaths, and 1,707 patients still under treatment in St. Petersburgh. An Imperial ukase, under date of the 31st of July, orders the recruiting of seven men per 1,000 inha bitants in the Governments of the eastern moiety of the empire. The EMPEROR was expected at Warsaw, but his journey has been portponed, probably in consequence of the ravages of the cholera in St. Petersburgh. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Hanoverian Itiorgenzeitung of the 11th says —" We learn from a good source that the armistice with Denmark is so far advanced that General WRANGEL has notified to the Central Power at Frankfort that for the present he will not require a further supply of troops." COPENHAGEN, AUG .—The Berlingsche Zeitung of the 9th states, that three neutral vessels have ar rived at Flensburg, but that the Greenland ships which were returning to Flensburg have been ordered to Sonderburg, and adds, for the future no vessel, without exception, will be permitted to enter the harbours of the Duchies of Schleswig•llolstein. Three persons have effected their escape from Odensee. The Ber/ixgaehe Zeitung demands an explanation from the Ministry of 'War relative to General HEDE• MANN'S withdrawal from the commander-in-chief; enters into the necessity of an energetic army of the people, and recommends the Minister of War to re pose the same confidence in the people, as they have in his integrity, judgment, and power of action. A North American schooner has arrived from New York. The war steamer Huln and the frigate Bel lona have sailed northwards. At Elsinore, a new Russian ship of the line, and a schooner from Arch angel, arrived on the 7th. FEHMARN, AUG. 10.—At this moment (three o'clock, r.m.) two Danish men-of-war are steering towards this place. Probably, this may be owing to the present heavy gale. RENDsBuaG, AUG. 11.—The first battalion of Schleswig-llolstein troops,which arrived here yester day, have been joined this morning by the second and third battalion (the lath and 18th had arrived pre viously) to form the garrison here. The Hanover troops, as well as the recruits which compose the 7th and 8:11 battalion of infantry, and the 2d Jager corps, had also arrived, and are now to go to Husam and Eckernforde to be further disciplined. Our Government has restored to Hanover the two cannons kept here, which had been taken from the Hanoverian troops by the Danes in 1813. Two 24-pounder howitzers and sixty horses arrived here from Hanover on the Dth, and were sent over to the north yesterday. ALTONA, AUG. 11.—The Frankfort and Weimar troops arrived here last night, and are quartered in this city, where at least they will find a little repose. For several days past larger or smaller transports of sick and wounded have arrived here, while re serves, powder-waggons, train-horses, cannon, &c., are constantly passing through to the north. THE ARMISTICE WITH DENMARK. The Weser Zeitumg contains the following com munication from Frankfort, dated August 8 :—" The mission of General VON BELOW to - Vienna has been successful. Since the arrival of the REG ENT o f th e EMPIRE, uninterrupted communications h ave b een carried on between the Central Power and Prussia (CAMPHAUSEN and BELOW)" According to all accounts since yesterday, it may now be regarded as a fact that the REGENT of the EMPIRE has been authorised to conclude an armistice, and we may, therefore, expect a satisfactory termina tion ere long, as it can scarcely be doubted that Denmark will accept the modifications which have been sanctioned by the English Ambassador. The main point, if we are not mistaken, is that while, according to the former conditions, the fede ral troops shall quit the Duchies, at least 4,000 men shall remain there, and that Denmark is to garrison Alsen with 3,000. On the other hand the condition, which has been such a stumbling stone, namely, that the Provisional Government shall abdicate within fourteen days after the armistice h as b een en f orce d, —lXantb urg h B orsen h a ll e, Aug. 12. ST. JAG DE C UBA.—According to a si n laEl o lN ffi hToß c l i Ed a r l ß.°oT n o o ld t N ification from the Havannah, dated March 15, this year a mercantile depOt was to be formed at St. Jag() de Cuba, on the same basis as that at the Havannah, and opened in the beginning of A pr il. The happiest results are expected to at tend this measure, which will greatly facilitate the trade with St. Jago de Cuba, and has been welcomed with satisfaction by the commercial public of every place.—aamburgh Borsenholle, Aug. 12. ITALY. L 01118 AIM Y. Notwithstanding the daring announcement con tained in some of our Contemporaries, to the effect that Milan had been fired in eight different quarters by the populace—half of the city destroyed in the conflagration — and 50,000 persons rendered destitute and houseless—the last accounts received from Lom bardy breathe not a syllable of the catastrophe, and are, indeed, rather consolatory than otherwise. King CHARLES ALBERT still kept his head-quar ters at Vigevano. CABALA. and GIOBERTI had ar rived in the camp, where they laid before his MA JESTY the resignation of the whole of the Turin Cabinet. MERL°, the Vice-President of the Cham ber of Deputies, and the Count Da REVEL, had been intrusted with the responsibility of forming a new administration. .... On the 9th instant the Austrians are said to have entered Brescia, which had capitulated on the preced ing evening. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the Orth an nounces that a courier had just passed, bearing dis patches from CHARLES ALBERT to the Venetians, ad vising them to resist, notwithstanding the capitulation of Milan, which was an inexorable necessity, but that the war continues. The Risorgimento of Turin, of the 10th, states that on the Bth an armistice of three days was signed between RADETZXY and CHARLES ALBERT for ex changing prisoners. The National Savoisien of the 10th inst. announces that the Polish General, RomAßno, has been ap pointed Lieutenant-General in the Piedmontese army, and that he is to take the command of the corps of reserve and' of the volunteers. The Chevalier ERCOLE RIcoTTr, who had been dispatched to recon noitre the Austrian army, had been made prisoner by them. ROME. The Patria of the 7th inst. gives the following ac counts dated Bologna, the Gth " The proclamation of the Pope has produced a general feeling i❑ his favour. Since this morning all the bells have been ringing; the gate towards Ferrara is closed, and the Civic Guard is under arms. The Prolegate has published the following proclamation:— " ' The topographical conditions of the country, the refusal of the troops to continue a defence deemed im ! practicable, and the concentration on a point more de fensible, have determined me to send to the head quarters of Marshal Welden a deputation composed of Dr. Brunetti and the lawyer Martinelli, with the fol lowing protest against the violation of the Pontifical territory by the entry of the Austrian troops into that Province. This is but an act of superior force, which cannot in any way injure the plenitude and immunity of the rights of the Holy See over that province. In the name of the reigning Sovereign Pontiff we will main tain safe and entire the rights and titles, whatever they be, an% particularly the Civic Guard, instituted by the Sovereign on the 30th of July, 1847; we make full re- serve for indemnities justified by the fact itself, either directly or on account of its consequences. The Civi c Guard will continue to occupy their posts, ready t o maintain order with the dignity required by circum stances. (Signed) " The Prolegate, BIANCFIETTI. " Bologna, August 6.' " A Tuscan Cabinet courier arrived at the Prole gate's office, Bologna, on the 6th, bearing a British protest against any invasion of the Pontifical terri tory. He soon set out again for Ferrara, and the head-quarters of Marshal WELDEN. The entry of the Austrians into Fi rrara - is con firmed. They have disarmed the National Guard and the Papal troops. The following day they marched to Bologna, which they would have reached by the Bth. The Austrian commander has issued a proclamation, in which he declares that the Austrian army has entered the Roman States for the purpose of re-establishing the authority of the POPE in a conservative sense, and according to the treaty of Vienna. The French Ambassador had offered his mediation, but had not received an answer up to the day of the date of his dispatch. TUSCANY. Intelligence up to the 6th instant has arrived from Florence. The Bishop of MULTEPULCIANO (Tuscany) issued a pastoral letter to his diocese on the Ski instant, calling upon the people to take up arms in obedience to their SOVEREIGN and the distress of their country. GUERRAZZI, the ultra-democrat, had no chance of attaining Ministerial power ; and as Baron BETTING RICCASOLI, Mayor of Florence, persisted in refusing to organize a Cabinet, the GRAND DUKE insisted that the Ministers who had resigned, among whom are some of the most esteemed statesmen, as Counts RIDOLFI and BALDOSSARONI, should remain at the head of affairs. The Ministers having declared that they would not take power unless they could calcu late on the sincere support of the representatives of the nation, the two Chambers held an extraordinary Sitting in the night of the 6th, and passed by accla mation a vote of confidence in the Ridolfi Cabinet. That Cabinet accordingly withdrew its resignation, and the GRAND DUKE published the following pro clamation on the 6th : " Tuscans ! if the force of arms alone could com pletely preserve us from the dangers which threaten us so nearly, it would undoubtedly be a generous resolu tion to place all hope of salvation in arms alone. But at present we should not have the certainty of being able to resist, alone and ill prepared, a conquering enemy, who has already invaded the territory of two neighbouring states, without fearing the obstacles which may check him. All hope, however, is not lost, and victory may again come to crown the confederated arms. " The forces of Italy are not exhausted in consequence of the reverses sustained. The encouragements of Eu rope, which animated her in such a glorious enterprise, have not abandoned her. As for ourselves, we do not despair of the destinies of Italy, and we are decided to persevere in the cause which has already made us asso ciate our arms to those of the King Charles Albert, from which, notwithstanding'our reverses, we can never sepa rate. But we must now have time to repair the losses sustained, and to save the country from an unforeseen danger. "In thus acting, we have in nowise thaintention of compromising honour, but to maintain intact our forces for better chances. The means are offered us in the spontaneous mediation of England and France; this me diation gives us the confidence that the frontiers of our state will not be violated it• interior order be maintained, and if the measures which the Government must and desires to take, and which it has already taken, for de fence, be executed without agitation. My Government, strong by the vote of the National Assemblies, has be lieved it right for the common welfare to accept the amicable offers of the said two powers. " Tuscans! The moment is solemn; a single act of imprudence might envelop the country in fatal calami ties, the consequences of which could not be forgotten during . our whole lives. Let us be united by the ties of concord to sustain the severe trials which the times im pose on us. I repeat to you I shall al ways be with you to sustain a national cause, and to maintain the institu tions which have consolidated public liberty among us. On your part you promise me to labour in an efficacious manner to sustain and maintain the majesty of the laws, in order that the regeneration of Italy may not be ex• posed anew to extreme perils. " The destinies of the country are in our hands. I will see that honour receives no injury ; but, for our part, let us save what after honour we have most dear. To the arms of the citizens I confide the guardianship of order ; let them recal to mind that in courageously resisting whoever may endeavour to excite disturbances, they will combat the enemies of the country ; for who ever desires disturbances desfres the foreigner, and with him all the evils of a provoked invasion. " Given at Florence, the 6th August, 1848. " LEOPOLD. (Counter-signed) " Count RIDOLFI, President of the Council of Ministers." THE DEATH OF MR. GEORGE STEPHENSON. It is with much -concern that we announce the decease of Mr. George Stephenson, the celebrated engineer. He died at his establishment in Derbyshire, on Saturday last, aged 67. Few men have obtained, or deserved, a higher reputation. Be rose from the humblest life from the elasticity of his native talent overcoming the obsta cles of narrow circumstances and even confined educa tion. In his profession he was as happy and ingenious in his discoveries as generous in imparting the benefit of them to them to the world; In the history of railway enterprise and movement the name of George Stephen son will live. The following Biography is from the Post•o/lce Railway Directory, for 1848 " Stephenson, George, Civil Engineer, father of Robert Stephenson, Esq., Civil Engineer. The father of the railway engineers, whose improvements of the locomotive have greatly contributed to the progress of the system. Director of the Norfolk Railway, and late chairman of the Dunstable Railway; was a Director of the York and North-Midland Railway; Engineer of the Whitehaven Junction Railway, and Manchester and Buxton Railway; constructed the London and Birming ham Railway, York and North-Midland Railway, and many other works, but of late years has resigned his chief civil engineering business to his son. An exten sive locomotive manufacturer at Newcastle, and has supplied great numbers of locomotives both here and on the continent. Justly prides himself on having, by in• dustry and genius, raised himself from a humble sta tion. Was a coal viewer, 'took an interest in the deve lopment of the railway system, engaged in the great Liverpool and Manchester 'contest, and produced the best locomotive ; from that moment took the lead in railway engineering. Knight of Leopold of Belgium (for railway services); F.R.S. Has been employed in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Spain. A large colliery owner, particularly at Clay Cross tf 24, Great George-street, Westminster, Newcastle.upon-Tyne, Tapton-house, Derbyshire." We also copy the following account of his worthy son and successor:— " Stephenson, Robert, Civil Engineer, F.R.S., M.P. for Whitby; born 1303 ; only son of George Stephen son, Esq., Civil Engineer • married the daughter of John Sanderson, Esq.; a celebrated railway engineer and locomotive manufacturer, the leader in the narrow guage interest; educated at Newcastle and Edinburgh; Engi neer of the London and North-Western Railway, South- Eastern Railway, West London Railway, Leeds and Bradford Railway, Midland Railway, Trent Valley Railway, Norfolk Railway, Aylesbury Railway, Eastern Counties Railway, Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway, Londonderry and Coleraine Rail way, Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway, Whitehaven and Furness Railway, York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Great North of England Railway, Bucking hamshire Railway, Dunstable Railway, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Chester and Holyhead Railway, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Railway, North Staffordshire Railway, Shrews bury and Birmingham Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, Reading. Guildford, and Reigate Railway, Newmarket Railway, East and West India Dock Railway, Cork and Bandon Railway, York and Newcastle Railway, ,infield and Edmonton Railway, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way, Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway, Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, and numerous foreign and projected lines i Chairman of the Pontop and South South Shields Railway ; a Commissioner for the Health of Towns; Knight of the order of Leopold. Is the in ventor of improvements in the locomotive engine, and of the continuous tube of beam bridge proposed for the Chester and Holyhead Railway. Constructed the Lon don and Birmingham Railway and Branches, Black wall Railway, Norfolk Railway, Aylesbury Railway, Dunstable Railway, Chester and Birkenhead Railway, Bedford Railway, Northern and Eastern Railway, and has now under his care, in progress, the Chester and Holyhead Railway, Lowestoft Railway, North Stafford shire, Buckinghamshire, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, &c.; 24, Great George-street, Westminster ; 34, Gloucester-aquare, Hyde-park; 2, Walbrook. An omnibus is now ru nning, n we are informed, be tween the Ealing station on the Great Western and the Kingston station on the South Western Railways, pass. l o g through Hampton Court, Teddington, Twickenham, Richmond, and Brentford. Persons desirous of travelling on either of the above lines, living in the forenamed localities, or travellers passing from one line to the other, can now, by adopting this conveyance, avoid the delay, inconvenience, and expense of coming to London. OPENING OF THE MALDON, WITITAN., AND BRAIN TREE RAILWAY.—This line of railway, the property of the Eastern Counties Company, was opened yesterday for public use. It crosses the main line, or rather branches from it on each side at Witham, the portion to Maldon being about six miles in length, and the branch to Braintree eight miles. The works are now very heavy. At present it will be only worked for good. traffic, in order that the road might be properly consoli dated for passenger trains. FATAL ACCIDENT. —Last night, at a luarter-past ten o'clock, an accident occurred, attended with loss of life, to a man connected with Bartholomew's Hospital. It appears that the deceased, who was rather in liquor, was proceeding to the City in a Clapham omnibus, which on passing through the Elephant and Castle toll gate came in contact with a Brixton omnibus coming in the contrary direction. The deceased was thrown from the roof, and he was carried into the surgery of Mr. Thomas, London-road, whose assistant, with Mr. Fair brother, a neighbouring surgeon, did all in his power; but the deceased was past human assistance; he died in a very few minutes from the time of his fall. MONEY MARLET.—The premium on gold at Paris is' 1 1 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3k 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.42; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.321, it follows that gold is 0.38 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 per mark, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.9 k; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.8, it follows that gold is 0.0 per cent. dearer in Ham . , urgk than ia London. 31.01!1;EY and COMMERCIAL WS. CITY, QUARTKI? TO HREE. In the Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday the sales were 4,000 bales at about previous rates. Shares were flat. The prospect of fine weather has a favourable effect in the City, and if it could be insured would exercise even an important influence, so much do our men of business look to it. The great question now, how ever, is whether the potato disease has so far extended as to be incureable where it has made its appearance. On this head our accounts are not of a decisive character, but of the injury done there can be no question. The accounts from France respecting the harvest are favourable, but there is a less ample yield than was ex • pected. From the commercial towns of France we have better advices, but there is no improvement yet in the advices from other parts of the continent. The New York and Canada letters and papers are not of very great interest, but the pressure in the money market continued, concurrently with a very dull trade in the United States, as is usual at this season of the year. The crops of grain and cotton are so abundant, and prices rule so moderate in America, that we may expect fair supplies, although the rate of exchange is already more in favour of the New York merchant, being reduced to 109 i and 109. That Europe cannot suffer without America being affected we may judge by the following extract:— " The whole of Europe is in a terrible condition, and our only hope is, that Great Britain may escape the blast which has swept from one end of the Continent to the other with such devastating effect. If England escape, we shall continue to find extensive markets for our products, and our prosperity will be partially pre served. Our markets on the Continent have almost become extinct, so that the worst in that particular has already been realised; but, every week or month, con sumption in that section of the world is restricted or limited—so much the more injurious must be the revo lution causing such a state of things. With the excep tion of Great Britain, our European export trade has been literally annihilated; but unfortunately, our import trade with these countries has not met with a similar fate, but on the contrary, has rather increased than other wise. Importers and speculators in this country have taken advantage of the financial embarrassments growing out of the revolution, which the manufacturers of France and Europe generally have laboured under, and have par chased of them for cash goods at one half their cost, and have filled our markets. A portion of the specie which has been shipped from this port within the last four months went abroad for this purpose, and while our exports had become reduced to the lowest limit, and ex change drawn upon previous shipments of produce, was coming back protested, millions of dollars of gold and silver were going forward to purchase goods which could not be obtained on the usual credit. In this way, our whole foreign trade has become deranged, and we have thus far borne the brunt of the commercial revulsions and political revolutions in Europe." The increase in the tonnage of vessels arrived at Quebec 'up to July 27 this year, is 162 tons, as compared with the corresponding period of 1847. The Funds have been very steady to-day, but are re pressed by the uncertainty respecting continental affairs. Consols have been 861 to 861 for transfer, and 86} to 8411 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 325. to 355. premium. Bank Stock is worth 197 to 199. The speculators are rather anxious about to-morrow, when it is expected that the Bank may possibly advance the rate of discount. We do not by any means, how ever, regard this at present as a matter of certainty. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five- per Cents, are 11f to 12 ; the Three per Cents. 214 to 22 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 171 to 181 ; Brazilian 70 to 72 ; and Mexican 16f to 16i. Dutch Two-and- a-Half per Cents, have been 44i. Railway Shares continue rather flat. This is settling day in the market. _ ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 19 7 1,E 199 199 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 804% 861 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. 86% %% 86 New 3 1 % per Cent. Ann 5...... B7 87 1 ,E $7 Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 8 15.16 % B% India Stock - 240 242 India Bonds, 1,000/. ..... Ditto under 1,0001..........« 25 p Consols for Account 86 1 4 ihl‘ Exchequer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. & 2d.' 1,000/. March 25 28 24p 1,000/. June ..... 32 31 p 5001. March Small, March •. Small, June PRICES 05' FOREIGN FUNDS. 25 p 86 ONE O'CLOCN. CLOSING PRICES. 86 16% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 16%% ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 21% 21% Ditto, Account — 22 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4 4 14 44 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 70 71 71 PRICES OF DAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ...... Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 3 / 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast Si County Down 16 - - Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... .” 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds . ..... 25 Buckinghamshire... 14/. 4r. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8 3 i ...... Do. New 10/. Pref 2%...... 2% 3 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 - Chester and Holyhead... 47% 26 • 21 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth - Dublin and Belfast June. 30 - Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 25/., L. & • E. and L. and D...... 25 .....„ Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ..... Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 14;06 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 ..6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters Do. New 23 — Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U . Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 • Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%. .... ............... Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... , ...... ..... Ditto, ditto .. •... .......... Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent. East Lancashire ........ . 25 Ditto, New .....„ .. ......... .... Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 29i...... East Lincolnshire ....•• 23 - ••• Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . 39 82 Ditto, Half Sh ares ... 15 . .. .... • •••••• Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%........ Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, New........."" 6 1 ,4 — Ditto, New p0rt......... 13 -• •• ......... Ditto, ditto, New..,,.. VA — Exeter,Yeovil, & D orc h . 2% Ditto, New ...- ....... 2% ..... Glasgow, Due nd Carlisle .. ..........Si.- 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New ... ..... .... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 15 5% 3 / 4 Do., Londo n an d York 2% .. .. . ...... great South. and West. (Ireland) ... 42% ss js 25% Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 Ditto, New, 301 3O — Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. Great Western 9O ... .. 83 84 82% Ditto, % Shares 5O Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171....... 13 ... Huddersfield and Manch. 28 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, IA Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 — Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Fifths... Quarter Shares... 17% D 714 Do. Sixteenths 64 ............ .. ••• ... D D o o . . N Th ew ir , d G s u (R a. e 6 g p .) e . i .. c .. t. . 1 2 3 % ..... _— Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto % (late Hud derstield and Sheff.) 38 _ _ Do.(Wakefield,Ponte . tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (Preston Sz Wyre) 25 ......... Do. IA Shares (A)... ........... Leeds and Bradford 5O ...... """""""• "'Lekds, Dewsbury, &c 5O ............... Do., Half Shares ...... 22 t/ 2 .... Do.. (blue) Scrip...... Leeds and Thirsk 50 ... .......... Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per CL Liverpool, Crosby an d ....... Southport ........... . 31 i2...... Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 / i ...... London &Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 4 1 4 Do. Extension......,, London, Brighto n , and ..... South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 50 ..... 28% Do. Guarant.s per ct.., 9 ......... Do. Pref. C on . 5 per ct. 50 .• ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. London and Greenwich 12/1584d..•`. .. ; . . ••■•• I Ditto, Preference... 18117 5 2 d... 24 p alp alp 34 p 24p 24% 2% London and N. Western 100 .....115 116% x.d 1151tx.d Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 ....... Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. Do. 40/.6hares(L. M.) 20 — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 Do. 101. (:1. & 1',.) B. 9 ...... Do. 10 7 . (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... Lott,;. &S. vii , btern , ),, \ ...• 50/. . Do. New 40/. B4 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto Ditto. Thirds Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ... 11. 13s. 4d... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil -- Londonderry &Coleraine 27% . —••••• Londonderry and Ennis kiilPn Lowestoft (4 per ct.) .... Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 3 Man ••nester.Buxton.and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo --- •.. ••• ........ ..... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% —........— ... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 35 Ditto ditto . ......... 11 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 12%. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 17 LA .— Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — -• Manchest. 13c Southampt. 2 1 4 . ..... - Midland ... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do., do., $Ol. Shares... 20 ... .. 12% l 2 l /4 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per eL ...100 ....AIWA ............ 116 g Ditto,Brist.& Glocstr. 38 - Ditto, ditto .. .. 144 18s — .,.. .,.. ..... Ditto,Leieest.& Swan- ...... nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastieand Carlisle 100 ...... -- .« ...N . ...... Do. Quarters 25 .... Newmarket ........ . .. 20 ..... ...„ . ..... Do. Extension .........2L 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 .....• -- Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 20 - as a. =Ns Norfolk ............ ..... ....100 Do. New 201. - Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed Mi t pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 .„... ...• --. , North British ........... 25 •.... 2014 2056 Ditto, Halves .. ...... 12 1 - - Ditto, Extension O% „..• ...... ..... ... —• Ditto, Thirds .... .. North & South -Western 2 ...... North Staffordshire 12%..... 9MN . B4 North Wales . North-Western . B% .... ...... Oxford, Worce s t er , an d Wolverhampton ...... 45 - •••••••••••• el ..". Reading, Guildford, and Reigate - 7%. Royston and Hitchin • Scottish Centr a l Scottish Midland.. ..• ••••....... Ditto, New Sheffield, Motherly 17%... & Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 74 — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... Shrewsbury and Bins... ...... •••••••• Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 •• Shrewsburyand Ilerefd. 2 Shrewsbury & •••••• Ch (Nor. ester W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 •••••• ....«.......• Ditto Oswestr- .ry •••••• 16 Ditto New ......... 1 •. Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 ••••••... I,i South Devon"- ........... 50 Do. Preference ...,U. 1 Av..- - - ...... 25 South Staffordshire 5% ...... —.. ...... .••••••• South Eastern Do., No. I Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... .....• 25 ...... .. ... Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 ..... 67i 6% South Wales .. . ••••.... 28 ...... ... ... ..... ... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. CoaL ... 6 ...... Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ••• •...•...••• .... Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17% — Vale of Neath ... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 15%. Waterford and Limerick 45 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin• Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 42 3 4...... .... Do. do. d o . ... 25 ...-, Do. do. do. ... 7% — ... ..... ..... --- West Cornwall ''West London .. Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 - ..... •••••••••• -- r Do. Do. 2d Class 20 — W hitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9y...... • Wilts, Somerseit,& Wey mouth: ........ ......... 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ......... .. 25 Do. Original New and Berwick .. Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 ...- 8 ••••-• •••........ ..... Do. G.N.E.Preferenc e 8 63 York and North Midland 50 ..,.... Ditto, Preference ...... 10 •.. ...- Do. East and West hid- ing Extension u2s ...... 284. 204 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. % Boulogne and Amiens 20 6%,A 6 Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon 55. ..... . Demerara ..."... ....... 12 1 , t Dendre Valley... ......... 4 ...... Direct Bombay and Madras ........»........ ss. . ..0 Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 East Indian .... ...... 3 1 4 ••• Great India n P en i nsular es • die. % Italian and Austrian.... 5 • Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg.... Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and :Liege .20 ..... Northern of France...... 10'"" Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Paris and L yons ... 11 ••• •• •.. ••••• Paris and Orleans .20 ..... Paris and Rouen ........ 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 ••• ••• ...... Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ......... Sambre and M euse 2O ..... 2% Strasbourg and Basle... 14 Tours and Nant e5 ........ Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 90 West Flanders B3/4..... --- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ...- British North American 50 - ... Colonial 25 ••• . tr. M.N. Commercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0 c k...... 10 ...... 14% O4 London & Westminster. 20 .... ... National Prop. England. 35 ...... Ditto, New 000000 BO 0... 10 WO National of Ireland 2 2%....... ••• ... Provincial of Irel an d ... 25 Ditto New... ..... .... 10 Union of Australia Ditt0,New• •• •••.......... .... ~ 2%...,... ..... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAi r j LoNskox, AUG. 16.—Wind E.N.1., light breve), "'- cloudy. OHE DOVER, AuG. 15.—Stephani, Rancken, 1 11011111# zas, for Hamburgh; Charlott e , ___ Cuba, for Bremen c ,. / PORTSMOUTH, Auc. S.S.E. to S. " m e.' Sld. Alfred, Henning, Calcutta; Delia, Ade'', 0 1 , e " ty Cowie, 3fr A opi u xT a o, .Na 15 . — Wind - S.W.—Acr d. — Aa wd W g. i o d Q so u nS i Slj ec Tt. ; Florence, ditto. r- 1 8 4. 7 - I;e— s n i itr d a . gre A rt c 7i. j :oll6 PLYMOUTH, Auc. 15.—Sid. Hooghby, Adelaide, 6°°°l Australia; Artemisia, Moreton Bay. 14th0 FALMOUTH, AUG. 15.—Wind Mary M`Wrinnie, Campbell, Quebec. Sid. Pith, 80 M rietta and Rebecca, Heysen, Newport and St. Tbooll s o f LIVERPOOL, AUG. 15.—The William Wnlis°%bs Newcastle, from Restigouche, was totally lost on e d, Magdalen Isl an d s 1 0t h ult.; crew and materials erigia• Sld. 15th, Boletto, Paggard, Rio Ja ne iro ; Psrl"- et ditto; Fram, Demerara; Sandback, ditto ; Brandr i e l, New Orleans; Araminta, Charleston; Horatio, 'IL,. foundland; Priscilla, Johnston, Lisbon and Perna Off port, Victoria. on HARWICH, AUG. 15.—The brig reported to ow' shore on the Gunfl eeet S an d, proves to b e the —by Whitmore, of Lynn. from Dantzig to London, ab e o d. become a total wreck; crew and part of materials CROMER, AUG. 15.—The Galena, Dimsdide. , Ig r o d Seaharn to London struck on the Shinnydam Shoal , " of sustained so much damage that she sunk soon al e " are saved. DEAL, AUG. 14, A. N .—Wi n d N.W. t o N.N. us. Of. uoc. N. to N.N.E.—A rr d. 15th, Radford, Downie, *4 lob, for Maldon. Ar r d. f rom t h e Ri ver an d stifled, ow Baboo, Barker, Adelaide, South Australia; L ad j e donf naghten, llibbert, China; Elisa Sharp. Long , *jai' Slains Castle, D awson , B a hi a; Ci cero , Richardsenl_ rvai o, dad; Brothers, Flar e , H avanna b ; Acme, Sou,3,r..ebee; Quebec; Empire, D av i s , Q ue b ec; Eli o , Halerovrt Horatio, Parker, Quebec. ai rn p6oll, GLOUCESTER, Auc. 14.—Arrd. Britannia , St. John's, New Brunswick; Juno, M'Lesn, rtgeWr chant, NEWPORT, Auc. 15.—A rr d. Economist, A I Quebec. Std. 14th, Ann Clark, Pictou. PADSTOW, AUG. 14.—Sid. Marchioness of Abernori:/° Quebec; Eagle, Quebec. ouebec; CARDIFF, AUG. 14 . — Std. Maria, Williams, n- Tmci a• DUBLIN, AUG. 12.—Std. Wanderer, Hinds KINSALE, Aye. 13.—Marion, Meyler, Queue' OPENING OF THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY EZYSI; PION.—The branch of the Blackwall Railway to th f Eastern Counties line will be op 4/14' ened in the course oot October. With the exception of the great bri d l e - the Commercial-road, the works are shoot OPP 14% 14 5 j 82 1 4 47 181,4 -- 7% - 41/2 r , i