The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-12 00:00:00

\FI ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. T WO FPACWELL NIGHTS of the Season. PLAYHOUSE PRICES. It is resPectfullY announced that Two Farewell Nights will be given, viz.. THIS EVENING, (By Desire) Vitt be repeated a grand romantic Opera, composed by H.R.H. the Doke of Saxe-Coburg, entitled CASILDA. o v oids, Madame Charton ; Donna Anna, Madame De la Grange; Alfonso, Signor Calzolari ; Gomez, Signor Busint ; Don Luigi, Signor De BaSSißi To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, composed by M. Gosselin, the Poem by M. St. Georges, the Music by M. Nadand, entitled ZELLE ; on, l'Amour et la Magic. ay Madlle. Caroline Rosati, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux Alletrii24 Louise Fleury; MM. Di Mattis and Durand. On SATURDAY next, Will be presented Rossini's Onera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Itosiaa, liadlle De la Grange ; E Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Gar. doni ; Figaro, signor De Bassiui; Basilio, Signor Susini ; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Lesson Scene Madlle. De la Grange will introduce Rode's celebrated variations. After which the last act of LA SONNAMBULA. .imina, Madime Charton ; Lisa, Madlle. Feller ; Count Rodolpho, Signor De Bassino ; Elvina, Signor Gardoni. Prices : Pit, 55.; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, 75.; Boxes, Two Pair, 21s. ; One Pair and Pit Tier, One Guinea and a Half; Grand Tier, Two Guineas ; Box Seats, 50 . , 60, and 7s. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bom a/ice, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO DROME, Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-gardens. Is now OPEN for the Season The most popular place of amusement in London. On account of the great popularity which has attended Mr. Barr, the celebrated Falconer, in the introduction of his highly-trained Hawks and Peregrine Falcons, and from the numerous applications made to Mr. Batty for a continuance of the same, he begs to an nounce that the Royal sport will be repeated every evening during the present week, with an important change in the various enter tainments of the Hippodrome. THIS DAY, a Grand Balloon Ascent in the Royal Eippod rome Balkan, at Six o'clock precisely. Doors open at Halt-past Five, the Entertainments commencing at Six o'clock precisely. A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance. Ad m issi on —R e served Seats, 3e.; First Class, 28.; Second ditto, Is. ; Third ditto, 6d. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE PROPHETE. _ Fidel. Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Madame ilastellan; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Taglialico ; Serjeant, Signor Soldi ; Peasants, Signori Rommi and Rache ; Cr:OM, Signor Stigelli ; ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. 31 a thiesen, Signor Polonini The incidental Ballet and Skating Scene will be danced by Madlle. Robert and M. Alexandre, M. Rnault, M. Flusse ; Madlles. Rolemberg and Leblond, and comprise the celebrated Quadrille des Patineurs. The performances commence at Eight o'clock librarians precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be open Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre. liichis from Eleven till Five o'clock; and of the princiPal b a d (for and the m asics ellers. PIETRO IL GRANDE. On SATURDAY next, Will be Pro-laced ilirst time) anew grand historical Opera, entitled PIETRO IL GRANDE . Composed expressly for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent - garden, by Jullicn. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Solo Lessee and Manazer, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a ne w Drama, entitled THE WR/Tr . THE WALL. Augustu s Trotter, Esq, Mr. Wright ; Tobias, Dir. 0. Smith; Richard Oliver, Mr. Emery ; Bob Smithers, Mr. P. Bedfor d; Lady Elton, Mrs. L. Murray ; Margrette, Miss E. Chaplin ; Carlotta Smithiml, Miss Woolgar. With a devilish new Extravaganza, called- 3IEPIIISTOPHET.r Characters by Mr. Honey. Miss and mi ss —S. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. ”001 gar, -------- 77 k s,TbEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tinder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. rho moat successful and popular Theatre in London. The Last Week of the renowned artistes, the Messrs. Slegrist, from the ch a mps Elysees, Paris, whose surprising and unrivalled perform ances on La Perch, created during the last season, in Paris, a sen sation totally unprecedented in that metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, a grand Spectacle, written expressly for the Am phitheatre, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled PETER TILE GREAT, in whieh Mr. Ryder, from the Princess's, will appear. To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, intro ducing the most numerous equestrian company in Europe. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. Mr. Batty begs leave to announce to bis patrons and the public in general, that he is now training Six Elephants to run in the Arena as Horses. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOITNT ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid and interesting Menagerie--Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un rivalled Military Band—Varloas Amusing Novelties—Concluding at Desk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhioltion by Messrs. Sonthby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereinds receiving the Armour of Achilles. The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in cluding three elephants, two giraffs, fear ostriches, two camels, 80. Doors open from Nine a.m. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at Half-past Six. Fireworks at Half-past Nine. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLLNG. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning 15 min. after 11 Evening 49 rain. after To-Moasow—Morning 0 min. after 0 j Evening 17 min. after 12 TRF, WEATHER.--Sus °F ITCH, AUGUST 12. THER3IOIMTER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 59 this day, at noon, BAROBERTER, 29 , 12. WIND S.W.—Rain during the night and all the morning. with every appearance of its continuance. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following place 3 at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The atationa are arranged in order of latitude. Pramours—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. EfLayngo.R—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. Sourif.txrroi—Wind S., storm—heavy rain. FOLKUSTONE—WirId S., fresh breeze—overcast. TuNsr..lDG—Wind E., hard wind—rain. GREENWICH—Wind S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. &moon—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. Svrispom—Wind S., gentle breeie—rain. CH.CIiESTER—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. emaniirocz—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. YAILMOUTH—W kid S., strong breeze—heavy rain. ammo:mom—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from 013 following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'cicek Ll"limit—Wind S.. gentle breeze—beavy rain. ul,2,Low—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy- MULLINGAB—WInd S., calm—partially cloudy. PTArsiourn—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. P )0 LE—Wind W., gentle breeze —cloudless. LArroAsma—Wind W., calm —rain. sqAp— ttlind S : S.E, gentle breeze—cloudy. Haerroc - x—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, 4- g e 4 •74: - • A a- • 7 4 3 ; , ;; ,_ r • n,... , ` • , sys•••ot- 111-14-rr*r(ollA cz-N, THURSD LONDON, AY. AUGUST 12, 1852. -- Per angusta ad angusta was the phr ase of the first S REF FINGTON. Throug h grandeur to diulties - seems, on the contrary, to be the phrase, i n One Th e Course par. titular at least, of L ouis NAPOLEON. sued by the PRINCE PRESID ENT of th e French vit.:- public in reference to the unfortunate, but glori ous, prisoner of the Chateau d'Amboise would appear, at any rate, to admit of that construction. It will be re membered with what honourable earnestness the cause of ABD•EL-KADER was pleaded some months since by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. Reference was repeatedly made to the circumstance in these co lumns by ourselves, and with very peculiar satisfac tion we observed the development of a correspondence which we believed at the time to be inevitably condu cive to the EMIR'S liberation. Insomuch was this ap parently the necessary deduction from the communi cations exchanged between the English nobleman and the French PREsiDENT, that the freedom of ABD-EL -IC-hann came at last to be regarded by ourselves, and s e feel p ersua d e d b y very many other dispassionate eotators likewise, as a question only of time, or, in 4TerevZ::, as firmly, and b e y on d t h e possibility the .., assured. The me mora bl e letter of oys Prince on Louis NAPOLEON, dat e d f rom the the 13th of last moat exprou terms vmonth sines --- seemed, ind ee d, —now nearly a s Septemb er , in the -wel to warr an t us i n arriving at this conclusion . In that d ocument his Highness appeared to give a formal promise that the illustrious captive should be released. LoNDoNDERRY to Supplicated by Lord grout this is misfortune, the Chieftain and his oompaei _arouesty to the Arab PRINCE replied that when h ' : found it to good he desired, it wrs simply because perform Perform the be impossible. His words wer e —ii .i . be fait pas tout le Lien que je desire, c' es t 9u ' e rB que je ne as." His intentions, he added, were in no je • ne l pen _ changed towards the EMIR. " I haVe wa y found Ottoman Porte," said he , " very well disposed th e to afford him a rco:pticn, hut I have also e ncounter e d for the moment two very considerable obst ac l es--th,, one is i n th e di sco very of a vast conspiracy in Alg er i a having its centre at Memos, and the other is in the absolute resistance of the Council of Ministers, wh o dread lest the I f . n 1852 _tora.,tOri of ABD-EL-KADER may cause a r ising itrit.lo ,, '' " Prince, when ''lla. Nevertheless, said the • should have elapsed , t hat libera tion might b e more readi l y “ AT eannzo i ns lorsque 1 85 effected. "Neanmoins"— these were hi s w0rd 5...... sera passé le cho se sera l u 8 facile." Encourag ed by this assurance the p l u s " T marquis or , IJ ONDONDERBY appears to have waited in implicit confidence. Like young Lovvz in the h a ll o 1 bovie7er, he locked ' " FR P 4 V: ;7 ' '~'~l -~:.~ .. , ~, `=: \ !''~► ✓:' Th:. u a i7N- 7, forward, only to watch the dawn of disappointment. A week and a month—and nearly a year passed away —to borrow the phraseology of the song, and still no sign of the liberation. Disheartened by this lapse of time the Noble Marquis seems at last, from the cor respondence published elsewhere in our impres sion of this evening, to have given utterance to his anxiety in a letter addressed to the PRINCE PRESIDENT on the 3d of May —a letter of solemn and fervent reminder. In it, he exclaimed to Louis NAPOLEON--" Away with all chimeras of difficulties, delicacies, and consequences —your decrees are final. Announce " Le PRESIDENT le veld," and ABD-EL - KADER'S prison doors fly open !" He called to the recollection of the PRINCE the manner in which he had avowed his wish sooner or later to place the EMIR in freedom, because he believed that the honour of France was involved in the question of his liberation —when the PRESIDENT had written—"Je vela, tot ou lard, mettre l'Emir en liberte parceque je crois que l'honneur d e l a F rance y est enga gee." Lord Lots- DONDERRY closed his appeal of the 33 of May, as if in corroboration of the justice of the sentiment, by observing that ABD-EL-KADER once released from incarceretion " the unsullied honour of France, and the desire ct its powerful ruler (the chosen of eight millions) will be accomplished." Upwards of three months elapse after the transmission of this letter to Paris, without one line, however brief, of acknow ledgment ! Under these circumstances it is, that the last communication in the correspondence, under date the 9th of this present August, is forwarded to the Elysie by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. It is natural, of course, that the Noble Lord should have penned this let ter unde r feelings of more than ordinary irritation. Whether that irritation was justified or not the public can decid© at a glance. Something better been n n e t x h p i s e e profoundted last y a e n a and inflexible silence must hate g L r i o n r d of L 011 O N D E the blunder assuredlyof such the p leasa mere nt by yarecognisingßitthY anticipations is calculated to engender a sense of in dignation. resoßpenvdncieewineg, the whol e o f thi s A DD - EL -K ADER cor respondence, is impossible not to appreciate the generosity of the motive actuating the Mar quis of LONDONDERRY in his spontaneous interposition in favour of the forlorn and otherwise almost forgotten prisoner of the Chateau D'Amboise. Equally manifest, at the same time, we conceive it; to be that the position of the Prince Louis NAPOLEON has up to this moment been one of enormous anxiety and of equally enormous responsibility. Perhaps he may be able to say now, as he did in the September of 1851, " Lorsque je ne fait pas tout le lien gue je desire, c' est cue JE NE LE PEUT PAS"—and be able to say this, too, with truth in the August of 1852. But at least he need not have left it to mere conjec ture. Beyond this he might have inisted that as yet his promise in the letter of September 13, 1851, has not been actually broken—because his words were, as already quoted, " Neanmoins lor.sque 1852 SERA PASSE la chose sera plus facile." At any rate some thing more than silence, we conceive, was due to the generosity and humanity of the Marquis of LON DONDERRY. The lawyers are likely to have a golden harvest out of the new Parliament. It is alleged that bribery has never before been carried to such an extent. Each party accuses its opponent of " bribery and cor ruption." Eminent counsel are reported to be at a premium, on account of the demand for their services before Election Committees and Parliamentary Corn missions. Solicitors entering into the long vacation do not wholly abandon " business" —no, they carry a bribery case with them, by way of nest egg, out of which some legal lulus natures is to emanate, in the fulness of time, its genus distinguishable by the length of its bill ! In short, Members of Parliament may expect to have long sittings in election inquiries, while a splendid vista of briefs, retainers, fees, and refreshers, opens to gladden the eyes and fill the bags and purses of gentlemen learned in the law. Corrupt practices at elections have long been com plained of. The Legislature have been continually trying to prevent and punish them by Acts of Parlia ment. The more certain and ready mode of preven tion—namely, Vote by Ballot—has not been counte nanced by Parliament. Every remedy, except the right one, has been tried, and the result has been precisely what might have been anticipated—the continuance, if not the actual increase, of that " bri bery and corruption," which is a disgrace to the country and the age. The Act (15 and 16 Viet., cap. 57), which was paged during the last session, " to provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence of corrupt prac tices at elections for Members to serve in Parliament," provides the machinery for ascertaining where, by whom, and under what circumstances, bribery and corruption may have been committed at any election. On a joi n t Add ress from both Hou ses o f P arliament, the Crow n ma y appoint Commissioner s o f i nquiry who shall i nves ti ga te the matter in th e most searching ' manner, and report thereon to the QUEEN for Parlia ment. The costs of such inquiry (th a t i s, the ex penpsaeisdobfythte e h Com nisineTrshe witnesses are to g i ve Commissioners, witnesses, &c.) are t o be their testimony cn oath, and — to insure f u ll di sc l o sure from the participators in the alleged o ff ence or Treasury. offences—persons implicated in corrupt practices, who may be examined and make a full disclosure, are to be indemnified by a certificate from the Commis sioners. Mr. MORGAN, the bribery bricklayer at Derby, who bad been sent thither (he says) by Mr. FRAIL, the barber of Shrewsbury, and correspondent of "W. B." of the Carlton Club, had heard something of this indemnification clause, no doubt, for on his apprehe ns i on h e told the police sergeant that he meant "to tell the truth"— that is, to save himself by " splitting" on his em ployers. So said virtuous M ORGAN, c hi cken-hearted in the moment of detection ; but that he will be forth coming to "make a full dis c l osure " b efore the Com missioners, or an Election Committee, is what we certainly do not calculate upon. There is every pro spect, to use a familiar phrase, that "he will make himself scarce," and his bail (the two Shrewsbury beer vendors, one of ;them, we are told, a relation of FRAIL) will probably have their forfeited recogni z_anees made g oo d by th e b oun t y o f th e C arlton Club. Neither do we cherish the shadow of a hope that FRAIL himself, close shaver as he is, will appear before any CL7I councillo r X or i. from emmissio ner or C omm i ttee. The Carlton Club, of France, a ba rer.ubhoaves profession,chosenthe andirfriend and conthe modern OLIVER Lt DIARLE, like his Gallic proto pe, will su b mit to r from his native counanything— even en f orce d ex il e pride,and such an a sacrifice and ornament" y' at oi and, and °f whic h bs be is provided h .ided his employ e r s de. compensate him f or i t. `°h suitably' a l b i l e y ' m Under the new system, the and delay Commission need not b e ineuincurredi : t a h expense of a at , we supp ose , will be reserved for wholesale cases, Such a s th e St. Albans' affair, where the borough, on cony" • lotion was disfranchished. A. set of very searching ' questions bas been drawn up, which may be put to Petitioners and sitting Members by Election Committees of the House of Common s . Nay, even if th ere be no peti tionif there have been no any voter may petition), the same question s may he put to the sitting member. These questions are most searching, and may be put upon oath. Th ey go int o th e w h o l e ma tt e r of direct and indirect a gency —agreements as t o expenses — as to amounts disbursed, under the name of expenses—as to further amounts demanded, and for what—as to the sitting Member's belief, knowledge, or expectation of further sums to be demanded or paid —as to the particular of every separate item of payment—as to promises made by or for the sitting Member—as to exercise of influence to obtain any place or favour from the Government for any elector, or any of his relations--as to applica tions to exercise such influence—as to a promise, by himself or others, to pay money on account of the elec tion after th e t r i a l of the petition was over. Here is one of the questions : "Do you believe, suppose, con jecture, or suspect that any one, and who, gave or promised any money orother any valuable thing to person connected with the election . borough with a vie w to secur e your 9 " This is close questioning, and the remaioinqueries are equally str i ngent. The partie s dh o - z in any Way, at an have acted for th e s itti ng Member, election may be severally exa mined iu the absenc e of the sitting Member, who is then liable to be examined touchin their disclosur es ~, g befo.' be and they can onmannieg e , Public,heuse THE SUN, LONDON, and attorneys' bills may likewise be sifted, and the whole evidence given upon oath. Yet, inquisitive and searching as the inquiry must be under this new system, bribery is said to have been greater at the recent elections than at any for mer time. There is an anomaly in this very curious, but demanding a closer examination than we can give it now. Having mentioned Mr. FRAIL in the course of these remarks—when " bribery and corruption" are on the lapis, one naturally thinks of the tonsorial cor respondent of "W. B." —we may add that the report runs that in the preli m i nary i nvestigation into t h e practices at the Derby election a number of letters from "W. B." to FRAIL have turned up, seriously involving both of the " polite letter writers." We can scarcely think that the cunning of the Sal o pi an b ar b er cou ld h ave per mitted such documents to pass out of his hands. Though he was so silly as to permit one letter from his Carlton Club correspondent to be found in the pocket of the " safe and good man" MORGAN, the bricklayer, we must be content, we fear, to await with due patience the Parliamentary investigation which must take place, particularly as, to this hour, "W. B." has not denied that he wrote to FRAIL touching the Derby election. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Intelligence by the French mail had not reached us up to three o'clock, but we learn the following items by telegraph, dated from Paris yesterday, 5 P.M. The Moniteur announces that negotiations con tinue, and with a prospect of success, fora treaty of commerce between Belgium and France. Decrees in the Illonitdur announce several promo tions in the Legion of Honour, and decorations of the new military medal, as also several nominations of Mayors. The Socialist candidate, M. SAIN, has been elected to the Municipal Council at St. Etienne, and M. JULES FAYRE to Lycns and St. Etienne. The screw-ship of the line the Austerlitz, 100 guns, will be launched at Cherbourg on the 15th instant, as also the frigate La Resolue. Government securities were firmer at the Bourse to-day than yesterday. Railway shares are lower. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 104 f. 50c., and closed at 104 f. 70c. for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed at 74f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,362 f. 50c. ; the New Austrian Loan, 95. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AuG. 11. Grand Junction of France, 458 —Luxembourg, 414 — Namur and Liege, 6 1 / 2 —Northern of France, 251,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 18—Paris and Lyons, 18 s—Paris and Rouen, 33—Paris and Strasbourg, 2458—Sambre and Meuse, 7-- Western of France, 9%. AMERICAN NEWS. SOU THAMPTOST, TRURSDA.Y MORNING. The United States Mail Steam -packet Humboldt, Captain J. D. Lines, has arrived off Cowes and landed her mails. Sh e l e f t N ew Y o rk on the 31 st July, and brings three days later news. News from th e B ay o f St. Lawrence states that more upon m American all United te fishing States an anchorage d u t y o f Gd . per ton had been demanded by the British been seized by th e English cruisers. Four teen ships of war (English) wer e cruising on the grounds, four more being fitted out at St. Ai i llg fishing vessels. Twosloops h a d John's. A part of the Japan expedition had been ordered to the scene of the dispute, and the Mi ss i s . sippi, Commodore Perry, was coaling for that object at New York. The Herald states that the President was displeased with Mr. Secretary Webster' s course on the subject, and notwithstanding the thr ea t en i ng aspect of affairs, it was hoped an amicable arrangement would shortly be come to. Stock 'market and cotton firm ; breadstuffs and freights dull. Exchange on London, 1101. The Humboldt has 450,000 dolls. in specie for llavre.—Times. THE QUEEN IN BELGIUM. (BY SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, ANTWERP, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Queen has arrived. She cast anchor at a quarter past seven o'clock thin evening. The King of the Belgians arrived from Laecken at forty-five minutes past seven, went on board the yacht, and dined there. The Queen will leave to-morrow morning for Brussels. COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the parish of Liverpool, con sisting of Mr. Richard Johnson, Mr. Charles Will mer, and Mr. Charles Hart (Vestry Clerk) had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Sir John Pakington arrived in town yesterday from his seat, 'Westwood Park. Dispatches were received from the Governor o the Cape of Good Hope yesterday, at the Colonial. office. Dispatches were also received from the Go• vernors of Sierra Leone and Van Diemen's Land. —_— THE LATE COUNT D'ORSAY. Le Duo et Ia Duchesse de Gramont, lo Due et la Duchesse de Guiche, le Due et h Duchesse do Losparre, le Comte et Ia Corntesie Alfred de Gramont, le Mar• quis et la Marquise du Prat, Mademoiselle L‘antine de Gramont, ne pouvant corire a tons les nonabreux amis du Comte d'Orsay, leur beau hire, iii.‘re et oncle, viennent d'avoir lo malheur de perdre; les prient de considerer cette triste nouvelle comme un souvenir de In famine pour la sympathio et l'affection que la socii"_,•6 Anglaise a tonjours temoigre celui qui laisse autour de lui de si inetracables regrets.-4 Aoilt, 1852. OLYMPIC THEATRE. An entertainment termed a Romantic Melo dramatic Spectacle was produced last evening, under the title of The Forest of Terror; or, the Devil's Diggings. It was beautifully put upon the stsge, and Mr. Flexmore, as the Imp Rubezahl, was inde fatigable in his rapid feats of grotesque agility. Madile. Auriol, as the Spirit of the Golden Lake, displayed her choregraphic talents with great effect, dancing with exceeding finish and aplomb, and wrs greatly applauded. Here we must stop, for the piece itself is trashy and wearisome, as its qualified recep tion by the audience sufficiently demonstrated. When copiously cut down it may answer to fill up an hour. The house was extremely well attended, and the preceding pieces, Sink or Swim and The Loan of a Lover, very satisfactorily performed. In the lattrr, Mr. W. Marren, jun., p l aye d remarkably well, and Miss Harriet Gordon acted and sang most-agreeably. Her talents are a decided acquisition to the establish ment. - ----- THE CABINET THEATRE.—The members of the Amicable Dramatic Amateurs gave their second performance here last evening. The pieces selected were She Stoops to Conquer and The Honeymoon. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The iron railings which have been in course of erection for some months past in front of the British Museum are at length put up, though the ornamenting them is not yet completed, and will take yet five or six weeks to accomplish. The porter's lodge, the last remnant of the old building, is cleared away, and not a vestige remains of that celebrated structure. ft is intended to form an ornamental garden and shrubbery on the exten sive area within the enclosure, with a dwarf wall, on which will be placed an iron railing, a part of which is already raised. Several alterations have taken place in the arrange ment of the sculpture and other antiquities in this national institution. The Assyrisn relics, which from the d ar k neqs of the apartm en t could scmely be distinguished, have been, removed to a gallery which extends the whole width of the Museum, adjoining the Lycean Gallery. The light will here be distributed from the roof, which will be almost en tirely composed of glass, on an iron framework. These arrangements are not yet finished, and the public will not be adir.itted to them for some time. mtheemubeegrsistrAe PROVIDENT WORKING MEN.—A quiet, unassuming little society has been in existence for the last two years amongst the journeymen compositors of Loudon, called a the remark `.` Widow and Orphan Fund, to which the members con of London would con tribute a small weekly sum; and we understand the do well to establis d• com mittee h 35, up to the present time, had the gratification of 14 Perang no less than 5801. to the families of deceased At the time of enrolment, Mr. John Tidd Pratt, great railways of the rti!:11 Friendly Societies, is stated to have made "he hoped the example of the printers extended to the not be lost upon other trades, who would and orphan f h similar stzieties." At that time widow funds Were being established on a few of the some assistance, in the ' Eh metropolis, and are now, we believe, in ton tu t t y l o s f them. We learn that, although mittee of the fun ' el wish the compositors' self - supporting, it has received srrat ape of donations , and the com plly to acknowledge the receipt, this week, of Si. from Mr. ac m ' of New -street-square, .kindness from benevolent of support . Weight with those possessed must hepin hand to acknowledgedan infant so- City. This and other of munificent gentlemen, ill m e s a u d r e e l t y e hay ie el i a t s e lupgolitan printers are, literally spoht3bhj ,se that tnt the f ed w me sheei metropolitan v e which 0 to be ' highly especially when it is Bak ing, public servants, devoting their short lives, • - night labour ort lives, by night labour and otherwise, to the dissemination of intelligence to the world. c p c e i r e n a t s i y le d , wet considered SECRETARYSWAP OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Captain Coddington, C.E.., has retired from the secretaryship of the Caledonian Railway. The Captain was appointed to this important oh 'ice four years ago, on an engagement for 10 years, receiving I or the first two a salary of 1,8001. per an num, and for the residue of the term 2,0004 per annum. 'W e understand he is to receive a solatium of 6,000/. for retiring at this period.-, North British Mail. Lady Ernes tine Edgcumbe, the only daughter or the Earl and Co: autess of Mount Edgcumbe, had the misfor tune last week 1 .0 fall on the slope of the terrace at Cowie and broke her s% nu just Om the mist, , II UItS DA Y THE SHARE MAttKETS. is re XTISR RAILWAYS. Railways. Nominal Pricea. Business done to-dap. Aberdeen 100/. p a id I Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 331. 65.8 d., 28/.pd, Ditto, Chest. & Birk. 501. & 25/. Cons., all pd., Ditto, ditto ... 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian _lOO/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.)100/. p Do (181. E. &11.)all pd. East. Counties 20/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E, U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New guar., all pd E. & \V. India Docks and Bir. June., all po] E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p l Edinb. & Glas. 1001. pi Edin.,Per.& Dun. 10(/. Glas. & S. - West., 100. p Great Northn., 100/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 1002. p Do. B Stock, 100/.pd Gt. S. & W. Ireld., al p Great Westn., 100/ pd Lane. & Carlisle, al pd Do.Thirds,lll.l3.4 pd Lane. & York., 10U. pd Do., Quart fthsers _ail pd Do., Fi Do.,W.Rid. Cu. p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby &Sthjt. all p Loud. & Blackw, all pd Lon.,Brig.& S, (t.lOO p Lon. &N. , 100/. p Do. Quarters..2s/. pd Do. Fifths .....12/. pd Do. 10/01 &B. (c) lip Lon. & 100/. p Do. New 501, 42% pd Do. New 40/. , .34/. pd Lon. & all pd Man. Bux. & Mat, all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Slanch. & Lincoln Union ...... 41.25. pd 1 Midland.... .. .. 100/. pd Do. Bir. h De:by 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Eh. all pd Newmarket ~,,,,all pd Newport, Abirgaven., and Hereford.„l2/ pd Newry olkrf & Ennirk. 7% p No lpd Do. New 20/ 30 0 5/. p North. Coun.lh. 3 %Pd North British „25/. pd Nth. Devon, N).1,13/.p Do., No. 2 pd Do., % A, pd Do., i B, guar. 51. pcll North Stafford. 17% p North-Westere...all pd N. & S.-W. Juno. B'A p Oxf.,Wor., &Wol., all p Scottish Centril 100/. p Scottish 111idld, 100/. p Shrew. & Bir. k, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester ) S d D DD : N r o o o ol 'o p r A H° . Union :ay. l ee c sl\strC s aaa % D ill 11l fully pppd p pd. up at per rent..,. South Devon ..... all pd South -Eastern 'LOW. pd South Wa1e5.....a1l pd South Yorkshro and River Dan...... 15/. pd Do. Do. ....5/. pd Stirl. & Duniert. all p Stock. & Har.li/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 26/. pd Thames Havet Dock and Railway -.19/. pd Vale of Neath 171. pd Waterfcl. & Kik. all pd Waterfd. & Lin. all pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London _all pd Yk., New. & B. 1004 Do. & New, Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pore. 9/. p. York & N. Mid.loo/.pd PREFE Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/p Ches. & Holy-lid. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all )d E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. dl Do. (510 7 per ct. ali p Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ez.., sp. c., No. 1 all xi Do. No. 2 all -Ki Do. New 6p. c. Stk.lo Eastern Union Scrp, Guar. 6 per ct....a 11 p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all pl East Lancashire, 6 i,e r ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East tiz. West Yorkshirel Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 514 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con Hu Gt. North. 5 p. a all pd 'I 5 pc. red. sc. an Great South. & We s t . (Ireland) Bths all Di i Gt. West. (Berks & Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pci Gt.W. fixed 4% 10Cf. p Do. Do. ...801., d Lancashire and shire, F. 201. pd Do. 6 v. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 131. pd Do. Do. No. 2 1 71. pd Do. Do. No. 3 a. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...10y. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1E52 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c - 00 L p Lon. & N.-W. (( ov . & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 1: % pd Ln. & S. W. C 0.34. 51. p Lon. & En. % Sh all p Man., Sheff., & Qr. Sh., No. 1_ all pd Do. New, IC2 all pd Do. 6/. .3/. pd Mid Con. 6 p c S. 1001. Do. Con. Bris. Iz Bir., 6 per cent.... 130/. pd Do. Erewash Va. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference...s/. p Norfolk Exton all pd Do. Gr. 5% p tt. all p Do. Wavny. 2L p North British 100/. pd North Stafford...all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15L 6 per cent... 12% pd Ditto ditto ... Si. pd Shrew!. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon ...... all pd Do. New I pd St.-Est. p C. 101. pd Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & 6 per cent. ,31. pd York, New. & Be:. all p Do. Do .• .5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd LIMOS ZEB.SE: 25 to 27 6y B -63' 11 - 111,4 9 —8% d. 19 -20 101 103 38% 383/, 19% 20% 15% 16% 8 6 d. N -7% 4 - 4LI 2% 8 - 3fi 104 -10% 6% - 71% - 5 17% 1734 59 -61 64 -66 22 -24 78 -79 43 -45 118 - 120 43 -44 95% - 95 3 /, 86 -90 10% - 11% p 78% - 79 4 5 / s —4% dia. 3 y i 23/ die. 15 --16 8 1 i 106 - 107 124 1 4 -125 30m - 31 414 - 4 3 / 4 p V, - 1 7 / 8 P 89 1 4 -90 1 4 - 414 5 4 14% 15 1 ,i 2y B —3% 29 , 4 30% 3 2 1 ,f, dis. 711,4-72 41 —43 ••• - ••• 46 -48 31 —2 3 % dl3. 2 —2% 42 -41 9% —9% dis. 2 2 5 / B dis. 29% 30% 7 6 3 % dis., 2% 2% % dis. 15% 4 7 / B dis. x.d 4 p. 22% 22% 71 —73 51 —53 9 —9% 6 —6% Ij 1y die. 19 1 / 2 20% 9 3 / i 10% 14% 15% 3 23i4 d. -- dis. 19 —2O GS —7O 36 3 % 37% 1 -1% p 162 164 1%- 2 1 4 13 -14 5 , /, -6% 21% - 22 1 4 9% - 10 69% —70% 7 3 4 —7% dis. 2% 2% dis. 47 , 4 48 1 ,i ZENCE SU 'lO6 - 108 98 - 102 19% - 193/4 —6% 2/s 1% 2 p 15 / a Iy a p 14 1 ,i 14% 15% - 16 15% 16 14% 14ys 8j- 9 -- 1 p 'Adis. 3i p 4 -iihp 13 -14 1034 --11 'A 13 -13 - 1 p 143 150 x.d "'. ••• 1 22 - - 22 % % 6 6% 1 3 /, -2% 102% - 107% P/ 8 - 2% p 1 %- 2%p 10 3 % -11% 18 -18% 15% - 16% % p ••• '''' ••• 20 ..- 21 Ya 35 dia. 103 105 5 —5% %- % p AT rxxxx) 25 yz 6% 6 101 37% 37 38 18% 19 18%1SX 63 60 76 76 78% 42% 43 117 119 43 1 ,E [91% Sy s 94 91 1 ,E 92% X 29% 28% 29 12 % % % x.d 22 21% 22% 70 51 50 19% 934 15 69 70 12% % 73 / 4 'A 47 45% 47% Pm Pm 14% 15' 14 % 12% 148 x.d 5% 1 07% 100 105 azzay.ssts. . . Leasing Nominal ------___ Railways. Companies. Prim. Business to-day ' Bdf. &Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ... .... Bir.& Oxf.,gua. ill Gt. West" 30 -- iy Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Du1., 1 guar all pd Do. ...... SO% 31% Do. without, all p Do. ...... 29% 30% Buckinghash. all p Lon. &N.W 19% 19% Clydsdale Jc., all plealedonian 53 —55 E. Lin., pa. 6 per. cent. all pd Gt. Northn. 150 152 Gloucest. & Dean Forest all pd,Gt. Westm. 33 —34 HartlepL Dk. & 'Yk.New.l ... ... Railw. ...all pd I , & Berw. J Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 113 115 Do. Halves.,all p Do. .....56% 57% Do. Quarts., all pi Do. 09 Leeds &Brdf., all p Midland Lon. & Grenw., alliS. Eastern 13% 14% Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. Middlesbr' & Rel car, 6p. c., a ll p Stktn &Dar ... ... N.& E., s p. c., all E. Countie s 64 — 66 Do. 6 1 1 ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 n.c. all pd Do. ... Prestn. & Viyre, f L.&N.W I ell paidl &La. &Y J "• IMO Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. -' ••• P Read., Guildf., and Reigate ... all pd S. Eastern 25% —26 Boy. & Hit., 6% p Gt. Northn 152 154 Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ... ... S. Staffdah., 9% p MrM•Clean 913 l i die. Wear Val. 6 p c., all Stclit& Dar 62 .-.- 83 Wilts 1.?:590i. ail p rit.Westm) 04 1 A !-105% EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1852, POIVEXGAT. Railways, Nomini 1 Priem Business done to-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian all pd Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...141. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do 1% pd Do. (Canal) ...2t. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New Pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l6/.pd, Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 11/. pd Paris & Lyons 10/. pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd.i Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd' Paris & Stras. pd Rouen & Havre...all pd! Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & QKebec (A) 4/. pdl Tours & Nantes 17/. pdi West Flanders all pd West. of France 6/. pd Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 15/. p Australasian 21. pd Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty .. all pd Lon. & Cal. GM Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mexi. & S. Amer 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip ll. pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 % South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba I paid Mazatian:and sailed for Bremen. JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 36/. pd Do. New lOl. pd Nat. of Ireland 224 p Orient. Bk. Corp all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2 1,1 pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd MIS Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd Da. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace spd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...sol. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p QUARTER TO THREE. ConsOs ‘, Ditto Account. Sept. 8 ... 98i 4 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5........... 99 1 / 8 8 3 / 4 993; 5 3 par Cent. Consols Anne. 9B V:. Yi 3 / 4 New 3 1 .,E per Cent. Anns r.ong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 6 15-16 Iniia Stock 279% 280 Do. Bonds, 1000/ ... 92 89 p Ditto under Consols for Account 9 83'8 78 Exch ,, oner Bills. ikd. March. June. 1,0001. .... 500/. Small ['RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.— Ditto, Scrip ...... ...... . 2',2%5 p Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent.,.. 75 76 l'eruvian Bonds, 8149, 6 per Cent.... Do. Deferred 3 Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent....... Ditto Account Ditto, New Deferred 21% Dividenda on the above payabk . lititch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild 63 , /,% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 12—It hag blown very fresh all night with heavy rain. Wind at noun S.W., fresh brtez:3 and squally with rain. DARTMOUTH, AUG. 11.—It blew a heavy gale at S.E. this morning, with a high sea. The ship rode it out without damage. FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.—From 1 A,M. to 5 ADS. it blew a violent gale from the eastward. Now, 10 A.M., fresh breezes from the nerthward.—The Elena, from Odessa, which put in here Bth just. leaky, has been surveyed, and will discharge. Arrd. Lieutenant Patterson, Bahia for Antwerp. Off port, Courier, Akyab, and sailed for the Clyde; Java Packet, ditto for Rotterdam; Emma, DEAL, AUG. 11,—It commenced blowing heavily at 11 A.m., and at noon increased to a hard gale from the southward. Most of the outward-bound are riding with two anchors down—Amwell, Pacific, Colombo, Green wich, Buenos Ayres. At 6 A.M. the Royal squadron weighed and proceeded; the outward-bound remain. Put back, Mary Rowe, for Buenos Ayres, with loss of anchor and chain, and proceeded for Margate Roads. PLYMOUTH, AUG, 11.—Wind N.E. It has blown a heavy gale all night and greater part of the day from the N.E.—Arrd. Bess, St. Christopher's. LONDONDERRY.--Sld. Brutus, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—It commenced Mowing hard at 3 A.M. to-day, from S.S,E. to S.W., whicll increased by noon to a heavy gale, and has continued since with tremendous squalls. 6 P.M. The gale continues with every appearance of a dirty night. RAMSGATE, AUG. 11.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W., strong. Arrd. Prince Regent, London to Portsmouth, making water. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 10.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Liffey, Barbadoes; Canada, Quebec. Off port, Johanna and Emily, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 11.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Thames, St. Stephens, New Brunswick, and not from Quebec. as before reported ; Dundonald, Bombay ; Pearl, Rio Grand ; C. Tucker, New York ; Gipsy, Maranham ; Evangelist, Buenos Ayres ; Eclipse, Wilmington ; John Stuart, New York ; Jane, Quebec. Sld. Zellab, Val paraiso ; Wanderer, Demerara ; Ariel, Hayti ; Martha, La Guayra ; City of Manchester, Philadelphia ; At lantic, New York ; Robert M‘Wilham, Quebec ; Bark hill, Newfoundland. BELFAST, AUG, 10.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Chieftain, Miramichi. SHIELDS.—SId. Lady Knight, New Yolk. STOCKTON, AUG. 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Osprey, Mir amichi. HOLYHEAD, AUG. 11.—The Shamrock steamer has repaired her boilers, and has left for Newry. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEVTGATE AND 20EADENEALL. The general demand was in a sluggish state to-day, but we have very little alteration to notice in prices.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10J; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. UAY MARIETS. SMITHFIELD.— Old Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4l 4s; New ditto, 2/ 153 to 31 14s; Old Clover, 41 Os to 510 s; New ditto, 3110$ to 418.:; and Straw, 1/8s to 1/ 13s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 123 to 4/ 6s; New ditto, 2/ 183 to 31 153; Old Clover, 41 Os to 51 Oa; New ditto, 3/ los to 418 s; and Straw, 11 9s to 11 14s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.-01c1 Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4145; New ditto, 21 15s to 31 14s; Old Clover, 41 )s to 51 ss; New ditto, 31 10s to 4l 10s; and Straw, 118 s to 1113 s per load. Trade dull, at birely stationary prices. =EAT martiosTs. SOUTHALL, AIR: 11.—We had a fair demand for each kind of fat stock, end last week's prices were well supported.—Beef, from 2s 81 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. RONFORD, AUG. 11.—Prime Beasts and Calves moved off freely on somewhat higher terme. In other kinds of stock very little was doing.—beef, from 2s 10d to 35 lOd; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 10.1; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. "ummox, AUG. 11.—Our market is steady, and prices are well supported.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d tc 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3. to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, AUG. 11.—The general demand is steady, as follows:—Beef, trona 3s to 4s; Mutton 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 4d to ss; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs. CHICHESTER, AUG 11.—The trade is firm, and the quotations have au upward tendency.—Beef, from 33 to 4 s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81b s. CORN AVERAGES GNERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For theE Week ended Aug. 5, 1852, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. IBARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. .. PRICE I 39s 7d 27s 3d 1203 Od I 293 7(11 33s 8d 30s 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 14 01 Is Od is Od is Od is Od QUANTITIES OP GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 74,114 ; Barley, 1,460; Oats, 7,777 ; Rye, 86 ; Beane, 1,933; Peas, 223 quarters. PEAS. Is Od SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. W. BURCHELL BAIL V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY, This was an inquiry to assess damages in an action brought on a policy of insurance granted by the Roy al Exchange Insurance Company. The plaintiff now car ries on business as a butcher in Tottenham Court-yard, but, in 1848, was a farmer at Dagenham Hill Farm, near Hemel Hempstead. Plaintiff insured his stock for 8001., and a fire having occurred on the premises, the stock of wheat, oats, &c., was completely consumed. A family dispute arose, in consequence of which proceedings were taken in the Court of Chancery, which prevented the plaintiff from clearly and satisfactorily making out his claim on the company, who at first con sidered that the plaintiff had made fraudulent represen tations as to the value of the property destroyed, and so pleaded on an action brought against them; but, after consideration, obtained a Judge's order to withdraw the plea, and leave the plaintiff, on the present inquiry, to prove the value of the stock. The evidence adduced was on mere conjecture, and was totally devoid of interest, but the case was likely to take up the whole of the day, as a great number of witnesses were to be called on either side. the arsenal rs ena shipping tc at P The regattas of Havre have, on account of t he bad state of the weather, been postponed to the 15th. M. Fould, Minister of State, has just placed at the dis p osal of the Mayor of Havre, Sevres porcelain to the value of 500 f.. to form one of the prizes for the bo at race for amate urs at the regatta. The Electric Telegraph is com p lete to Exeter , y reraai o tl u wt t, and hav e th e ra h There are six wires — two for the use of the rai lway compa erm intelligence of the in port those . As the electric telegrap h has been instrumental i n facili tating two for commercial and other intelligence, a n d two for the Admiralty, who wil l thus be enable d to communicate trunk time lines in the w m i e t a h n s t h o e f a g s r :e a r t t L a lg of thefGreen h Greenwich og townstating the sit onuaatdeodpotinor near United Kingdom, we expect, ere lon t ow ns connected with the lines of to hear that a ll th e Bristol, and Exeter, and South le Great Western, Devon adopt Greenwich time. At present Raiways, will also there a nomaly in the west of En g l an d in exists such an the most inteligent perso ns i n th the time question, th a t Bath, Bristol, Exeter, and PI e large towns—s uc h as "national" or Greenwich time Plymouth, are desir ous th a t th e should be the only time used. ROW A COAT WAS court in New Orl e a ns . a IDENTIFIED. --At the justice novel way. A case. was recently decided in a most co at was in The dispute, and the e v id ence was both Irish, and " full of gift" claimants; both parties were than " give up beat.r, ,ready to spend all they had rather I mined, and th e C o affair had been carefully exa urt was "in a quandary," not knowing who had the b est before his claim to the garment. However, a mo mentth Honour was to sum up his evidence Patrick Power, one of for nettling e claimants, made the following proposition g the affair • " .—Timothy Maguire," said Patrick, "now you coat say that i s me own. ,belongs to yer elf intirely ; I say it ow, mind ye, Timothy, the both iv us will take the coat an ' l ook i t all over ; the man that finds his name on • it sha ll be the owner. Will ye stick to that , bar gain?"' asked Patrick. "To be sure,' said Timothy, to whom the coat was given, and who vainly searched every part for his name, and then passed it over to Patrick, boast ingly saying, "And now let us ,see if you can be findin' the likes iv yer own name uppn the garment." " Then howid on a bit," said Patrick, as 'he drew his knife and opened a corner in the collar, and taking therefrom two very small peas, he exclaimed, as he held them out in his hand, " There, d'ye see that?" " Yes; but what iv that?" said Timothy. "A mighty dale it has to do with it ; it is my name to be sure—pea for Patrick, and pea for Power, be jabers !" So Patrick got the coat—he did. F A THER GAVAZZI IN NORTH WALES.--This cele brated Italian orator has, during the week, been engaged in lecturing to highly-respecable and overflowing auditories in Denbigh and Holywell. On Frida y last a meeting was held in the Town-hall, Denbigli7Dr. Cumming in the chair._ and on Tuesday at St. Winifred's Chapel, Hoi __ was" The " subject on both occasions Inquisition—AncientYwell. The Modern." The horrors of the Inquisition were fully and and the speaker, first in Italian, and then in exposed ; English, de claimed in a most powerful manner again st the the Romish system . The Re v. Agitator was ent corruptionsusasticall of h app l au d e d throughout. y MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLE GE.--fit a the council recently held at th e II a meeting J a mes Adey Ogle, M.D., Regius anover-square Room?, Oxford, and H. Wentworth Acla Profess or o f M e di c i ne , rian, Oxford, were ;mud nd, M.D., Radcliffe Libra the college. 111 0usly elected • vice-presidents of i 14 =l6 x p 2% dis. xd 6 7 p 1% - 15/8 P i ii - 1 p •-• 4/ 8 9 x.d 2 1 4 x.d 6 1 / 4 25 25% 13% 13% 87 / 8 - 9%-P 53 -55 32% - 33% 21 5 / 8 - 24 7 / 8 13% - 13 3 / 4 , 6% - 7 ••• ... dis. 33i 4 3 —By4 p [adras, 2 prem. MINES. %- % p 34 - % p % - 1 p 74 - 9's dis. dis. dia. ••• ••• 3 1 4 .. 33% par 40 —4l x.d 3fi— p ••• ••• % % die. %dia. p —1% p l i die. P j % % dis. 4 5 3 / 8 y die, 34 P xP dis. par 11 1 4 12 1 4 %dis. par 13% 13% 254 2 7 4 Vie.— par P '-STOOK SAN; 5614 57 59 1 4 61 14 1 % 15 1 4 29 —3O 18% - 14 31 -33 43 - 44% 18% 20 38 —39 46% 47% 16/ 8 17% 44 45 3 x.d 5 —6% 1 17%-18 icELL.aNmou, 2 —2% 50 —5l 5 -SYB 28 ;4 :I - ii % - 84 -86 35% - 36% 80% - 81% 18 3 / 4 3 'A 54 7 13% 'Rs. 19 x.d x.d 4% gy4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday w ere estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, and in American the tendency in prices is upwards. The sales in cluded 200 Pernara and Maranbam at 61d. to 7d., 1,000 Egyptian at bid. to Ho., 600 Surat at 3 d. to 4id and 30 Sea Islands at ls. sid. to 23. —The Railway Share Market was heavy, and prices lower. The continental mails have been retarded a little by the boisterous weather. The state of affairs in our Australian colonies, conse quent on the discovery of gold, and the ten dency to lawlessness which that has excited, must occupy considerable attention among all par ties here connected with them, and unquestionably the most recent advice' from Port Philip inspire the apprehension that a perseverance in the system of transportation will severely test the loyal of our countrymen at the antipodes. In sending last year to England a special and able delegate, Mr. J. C. King, the inhabitants of Victoria offered the strongest test of their sincerity, having sub seribed a very large amount to forward the object in view. Strange to relate, however, the very circumstance upon which their delegate relied, as a forcible argu ment against transportation, viz , the discovery of gold, confirmed Esrl Grey in his previous obstinate and one-sided view. His Lordship contended that labour would be scarcer than ever, and therefore that even con victs would be acceptable, w hil e he slurred over the danger arising from the introduction of bad characters, and the check which would be given to free immigration thereby. The colonists, moreover, conceive themselves insulted by the assertion of the late Secretary, that the expires are generally very little inferior to the bounty emigrants, although the criminal statistics of the colony show that these are, for the most part, the renewed perpetrators of various and grave offences, to say nothing of their contaminat:ng influence upon all around them. It is true Van Diemen's Land or any colony asking for the introduction of convicts, principally obtains them, but it i s also true that tickets of leave and conditional par dons are so freely granted to the numerous hardened prisoners who from practice are perfect in hypocrisy, that the neighbouring settlements get over-run with them, and may yet do as the Cape of Good Hope colonists did, resist their landing vi et amis. At a large public meeting held in Melbourne to take into con sideration Mr. King's dispatches, the probable necessity of such an extreme course was mooted, although the speakers were manifestly averse to anything like dis loyalty. The question now is, whether Sir John Pakington will be more conciliatory, and adopt a dif ferent policy. It is reported in American circles that Mr. Thomas Baring, of the firm of Baring Brothers and Co., is about to proceed to the United States, charged with a special mission from our Government, to endeavour to arrange the fishery dispute. This appointment would give much satisfaction on the other side of the Atlantic, where the antecedents of Lord Ashburton and family, as well as business connexions, would ensure Mr. Baring a cordial reception. It is certain that this gen- tleman was not present yesterday at the meeting in aid of the sufferers by the Montreal fire, and that recently he bas had several interviews with Mr. Lawrence, the American Ambassador here. After official hours yesterday there was a great deal of excitement with regard to Consols and Shares, the quotations of which fluctuated very much, and this morning the market presents a heavy appearance, at tributable in part to the damp weather and the probable damage done to the growing crops. Consols have been 981 /1 at one time, then 981 I, and are now quoted 981 1 for Transfer, and 981 I for September, after being 984 i. Owing to the fluctuation which has prevailed, and the loss which speculators for a rise have sustained, one or two failures have occurred, the settlement of theaccount being now in pro. greet.. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102 to 1. Indian Stock is at 2791 to 280. Exchequer. bills are 745. to 775. premium. The gold from Aus tralia by the Agricola and Tasmania amounts to over . 48,0001. Foreign Securities are dull. Mexican, are firm, how ever, at 241 to 251. Spanish Deferred about 21i to j, and the Three per Cents. 481 to i i . Peruvian Deferred are heavy at 57. Brazilian Scrip is 21 i preen. The last week s railway receipts ascertained up t o thi s ' day are in round figures as under :- 1852. 1851. Great Western .£21,295 £26,646 North-Western 56,259 70,230 South-Western 16,055 18,457 Brighton 16,571 17,652 Midland 23,938 22,876 South-Eastern 19,503 20,877 North Stafford 5,413 Caledonian 8,918 5,482 9,088 Great Northern 14,149 Lancashire red Yorkshire York and North M idland 10,183 Newcastle and Berwick 16,500 Railway Shar es have again been very d e p resse d, b u t are now higher t h a n below officially quoted. National Patent Steam Fuel Shares are in demand at 11 premium; the company requiring no deed to be signed until a dividend is de c l are d . m u ing shares Ivo iigter. . 10 9 7 4 10% 17 16% 17% Pm 77 75 1 4 77 9 8% 9%8 8 105 123 122 124 123 ao 87 85% 86 85 88 29 . 8% 29% 29 [69% 69% 68% 70% 67% 66% 68 6 1 A 24378 i LITERATURE. l e A PIL GI i'l ITAG E to the LAND o f ''''A. FA THERS. By the Rev. Moses Margliov yvve4:triilir asks of 2 Vols. Bentleu . hit The relation of - * his travels and adventures la , n fa tt i e h u er t l n an b d e , m w e -r t it lN te i n th, b a v ed a en C n h se ri ci s u ti e e n u ti l; r i a s ela,io , ° : always ot. testable to those who take an interest in Pi e , But the present work, coming froao": masterly pen of Moses Margoliouth, is doubly a t h l a c a d ti t y s e c . rib T in h g e a w n o d rk ex c p o r n e s s i e s i t n s g of a series of letters ril lP i, by t i h n e ci a d u e t n ,h t o s r th to at y c a a r m io e us ufn'rhdiieesnrds during his Oil i e r ; the ' contents of the letters vary acc s o eh r n d ita i i n ala g ebns t e o trs are written—for instance to the bishop be sP ea " of religion, to the statesman ' of l • • tbs t the Jews, and to his other friends, according to boo character, of general matters. Throughout the w opi j work the writer shows goad practical knowledge/04 many curious revelations are to be found, aln o po.itics, to his which we learn that the celebrated Dido vvh° l / 10 . 1 Carthage was the niece or the infamous Jezebel I. , 0 Mr. Margoliouth contends from this cause the Pl! d i o curse that caused the destruction of Tyre 110 d S ' fell also upon Carthage. gilA REPORT of the MORTALITY of Cl l ° l- I , in ENGLAND in 1848 1849. Claire and 9 1 71 , 0 i Graham, ur T ah h l a i B s u4) r f t p h o ne r n t d o fltBh4e, Registrar mortalityh.eG has e nbeereoanif. cfhluotrlveic.rsoabli:tadn 1. n .. 6 bg li fs g reb ill o; cal details ifnoar o re f yi the bly dem tory of the Asiatic cholera, its course and rp og tisti , the dates of its reaching different places, Wit h sta beei in the various districts of the United difference nns i mortality from cholera 1 m and dilirr pil xiogob_ro.t.breitotii, extraord• districts • ' 0 1 0° from the ventilano b 0 want of proper sewerage and tainted eeffect produced by the use of Waters whi c .,. of by the sewers an insulin. of towns, as der t° which, • withawadl water, etrw:n ebn e district uty t , out of , ne ii age of five deed years, only 40 die, and in another ( i ). Is e, u but, 1: t e l rBe4 of 9 but slight,. and confined chiefly to the when the town of Hull was scantily' 17;0 the m 0t .. 1 ; ii , 50 5; poor& - , 00 w th h e en riv th er e gHreuatle,r into whic h w o h f ich 00.9 b) only t h e town Was the sewers of the town were fed/ inhabitants, the distrin; o f t s he pp supplied by the new water-works, whi ch r lm av o a s g t e a a n w y h o m th h e i r t a , 'or to th e "•/ tha° of the tmowadneinth e Ee tn .re p ii i s ictihe _. :A:tis, f es ta i, i ne:o : 0 o epidemic was mess 0 t ng an • („nt tbot , t in he a Sept. 6, 1849, 1,130 persons died of cholera e°°- nrCO P .4 fdioe from out a p o f u tn r r t e h a ettseholaseau:trh:;eciribtilil II dibitrleffer:. ci :it ....1:11:10lii a ri sing //VS By Ai INSTINCT AND REASON DO- - r , FROM ELECTRO-BIOLOGY• 4 Sglee, F.R.S. Reve and Benham. t ha t being Mr. Smee informs us in his preface/ back ft prevented by indisposition some time w t a- i • abjel prosecuting the study of the more importe°' - d o °', o h n . which he was engaged, he, at the sligg e ;,43 o ' Is friends, resolved to demonstrate the he ts e ; ',b sr°, e ectro-biology on the various matters viii" 0 biolet o e comprised within the range a electro' t r h esearch. In this interesting and abstrtiss ° Oa which embraces has shown himself fully equal t° the u w ich embraces every form of life, w hether 4;60 vegetable. Mr. Since, in his comparison nAijii.eiatie° an r d Reason, describes the similarity end O le ' between the human species and the, animal, veg e , r( li' this eL r c ota; and mineral productions. In fact, in nary volume subjects the most dissimilar a'''' o va pared and the result of the comparison ° ll l WO / upon by the author. The bock is illustrate ta, ~,,„ frog many well drawn plates and diagrams. "-LP-patio piece as .A piece represents the inhabitants of the varo ° • ch re clil l iy in their native costume. All the chapters 8i: relates • i sections, and the subject to which Ow • to he found in the contents. _, 1 , 7 lit EVERY MAN 1115 OWN BUT -4E dDe Cyrus Redding, author of the "IlistorY ;dilioll' seription of Modern Wines." Second William Tegg. ~ ig eat ° This clever and useful little volume 3 ues"l, ri t i le t°, everybody who buys wine, and desires the I— i e goo° be good. The author considers that 10 W e :,," 00 old days of three-bottle men" have passed avi d "' w itii quantity decreases quality should increase ; IT A, he the laudible desire of bringing about this ebJe k v cop , has presented the public with this work, vvbic`tiop tains explicit and valuable directions as to b°' speaking decanting, serving, and drinking w ine ' In cr e' e' of the baneful effects of bdwloe gr. Ite ding 1 :, mar ks, that "at public Inners, where withs;,o sevenths f 0 - tavern wine reat boards are ront4 large com i pan.es, where g in dividual is Oro/ vori the his guard by speeches, toasts, and clap-traP 4) &1 4 kinds, it " is far better, if it a gree with him, to or k bran" decanter of weak cold punch, or of very wee- -- , 0 00 and water, and pass the wine-bottle as l'', head, round. Many would this fearfu l ° f e a hal / . decanterof h way escarp halflia b° ache. A s erry and water,he so Hit can be b • o tained, or even lemonade, may . 5 gOl Alt t u,ed. It is at public dinners that bad Win e p i berrY off, just as bad champagne andgenuine o"re sort 0 0 0 pass unnoticed at balls and places of po,, a „,,,, t oo 0 where dancing and exercise, or the beat or ''';', I V may make any liquid grateful to the pslate•l 6 to 0 11 prove vat , work is well written, and must 1111411- those who prefer drinking good wine to he 7 1 . 11 • 01110 E 0 PATR Y IN 1851. .Edil td 71 d`¢ ° Rutherford ,b Rutherford Russell, OLD. James Mgg' burgh. big dell e • In this work Mr. Russell has certain], .003 best to support the doubtful theory of honice ° P 004 opposition to the established medical praeticeaespoti°, although we by no means approve of the tog h i s monopoly of a medical university in reflo il l ed ii „,. i• acertificate to a student, because "he ant s _ c °-fi l i c ogit t hi," tl int e n tion of devoting himself to the study qi it oiw pa iy," yet we consider that the author 1)0' 4 1 tregi J ' unwarrantable harshness the eatabliSbe'- WU' upon r 9 s eri- 0 meat of physic. The book consists 0' a aireopa t II letters, - wer in support 0 be with comments thereon,and tli doubtless will received by all its advocates. _.....--a: If the extraordina ry E ru Ll s A an ky a . ncient rao e n n r y e ff tli f tb r or e , which we have already referred speak el°qu lc-" -el ti ll Ireland of the past—dead Ireland, so to e ll a otter i / f el in the north, illustrates no lass forcibly 0 1 ,,,, pr 0 , 30 the Ireland of to-day—living Ireland. . 3 " 4 ° ,. 'is , ci t tl i o il that has been made there within a few Y,, e- oor Pl ', - f' marvellous: within less than a century tu e ,; 05 iter ° , l : has increased from 8,549 to 110,000. Nuele,r",,rog;ir taut buildings have bern erected and are I %.lcO r io improvements in the town arc being made ill e l we 18 ' , 0 ; don: the docks are full of vessels, the streets 13 0 Ibli of ° otl activity. The cotton-trade is at the betwixt - a lit 6 , andbu t it laidw o would b e e usefulto view. n n ut g lidy s , w p.r e no r e le vce i t 4 . 6l :go r e e fi g e e op t : rt..s i f , rating centre: let its inhabitants endeavour '. OW / to execute their mission. As it happens that t rto 03 ,, , e f e 0 Association for the Advancement of Science 11 '; reiu i g herewi l will be o hohhia n , awli years nsvi d t uct te h i otn t e mhb o oeea l oe s pn s i e ntyeu t e o. o i it for next themselves.month, many There t)f i :—. " ll-°- r t e b d e 7 : 0 9 5 vveT6eeooti e rho x yy r areoot e iyao 3 i rnbans: t . o e tarn weds architect who has esi chcbpktai orpsswreeht.nibihatcrsfiaewvoapnooddeitg.mon:;:stbo(ncherc' fie.ero.seoeteduilcupn:abnir:hruaesutrganiti.tollrbrdefoluheefar,i Charles st : TeL e ooothahrn ensdesnne Ireland.ay ve o ewc t i :0 f se W i E i ar t h yg sl fl ki , old 1 l_ i : 11,1 °° : i i e I d ; o i for municipal Corinthian lust i size, aSned°tAccehece trim t i su . i n t 2r °:°: . 1 1 e° ic °li r ia ? : ol ; : s on, the c ll f i e j O b ld' architecturally, Founds in Belfast, and require great care: even tble tr e- e of are found to sink bodily several inches. me t e ; for hydraulic lime, as we understand, preree ts o rted 1 0 01 concrete, and piling is therefore usually r e : t ofor e 6003 e large edifices. It is a brick county, and he t r o wecer• Th ero good tions are fortune pearltoy cervenartnyeitseiridnola go; improvement bas been made • in this 1 7 c r i o tiop n e L vi it: seems to be at present but little real apP-e ti pped, -„ JO but the School of Design, and other eg e ,, - ,ped, '" operation, will have their effect, it may b e '-' time.—Builder. san Exodus. We wish e einj-the irisll f-•- f t,.,e le bra d egress could be completed by call ed Ate G OOD 11IDDANCE.— The .gratiOn ° tha t O A heading the expedition.—punch. hbs lll3 S t i... ti r BRACELETS FOR THE SEASON.--- A fl. ne igbbt 5 m a h g o o o o o d d a , Ol f i l s a n h d v e y e r didggg anelderly curio 'tofthe neigli in the neighbouring pew, by the display'of a ° 7l so e ° 'l, - aoiynr not otoehthne,etxbae he : id : e l :. a nl treohct not d r ae t e a pini i avt n rt br tem e.s oe et dte hin i churchasb t i gu rl airt:ol:teedpue. r tr 0 i p i efr dotal 5 g r 1 l e r 011 1: 1 :o : e l l: and interestin i n dee.• - 0 0 t.- e so beautiful, and ele a d c id ou t l h d ese th o e r y na b m e lad's wrist that g nt boor s could 0 tensely ' excited. tension of ' What 92 y them—what might be their value— ues t , have got t . y, and it required to discover that of spec' were c1,,0 Ow ornaments was be thought, but not spoken, answered . (010 ~,i t° end much less ttra,co,-- Oh novelty, • • a h atiog ecti nse ) guyed all his discrirni tbe Pa r r v assisted by a pair gentleman was also talk ofyour the bracelets were—aye , what w er . 2 s l,9 „. 0 topaz— your d' d •ur aluet°•Y ,eforta our lemon —3 o goosebert ies !-Inrerness Ad ( c w cr h tz i 's e e h r. even for Stafford, iss'anddim. Your y • boa - • ‘.oh-i-noor—let these and all such Aye 0 0 ale thi fgre e air and r ray he wiped for e .hey 0 , blushing reader ?—they were a doublestriog ° their brilliancy a . We regret to hear that Mr. Urquhar t t lut e seriously ill. ' a t be a n , Tag 2 'loons, &c.—The twelfth approacbeg, 01300, influx of strangers into Inverness and its neigh ba h l , 1/ " en route for'shooting quarters, is at present considers/loos! the w est r ' cis od correspondent sends the following from shire :—" We are happy to announce that the sbePhetir wil d other pedestrians who are in the habit of traversing m ore ore or a" Ts- I T 8 and romantic hills state that the young birds merous and stronger on the wing than informer Ycea Steep -e hills of Torridon were brought into celebrity by . 51r " o nd 19 / from Ireland, who bad the shooting here lust Yes' r• .I,„self t° his many acts of kindness and generosity endeared 1', 1 7 0 . the all. The rivers and lak es here afford excellent SP° r " angler."—lnverness Courier. In of UNION BANK or AUSTRALIA.--The ..." - A a r eso' r the Union Bank of Australia was held yeb terday , iii!"* te ad 0 ' l o ti on was passed for giving the directors 3,0001.ir ia services 2,0001. per annum as the remuneration for the commencing from Ist July in the present year. etrObU r g The postal service between Paris and w, lea ve w ill soon be definitively organkcd. t h e mail train no, F a ris every evening at half-past seven, and &girl at „ --- bluff, at 25 1414114Q1 put ciglit oat xorsioSt a