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

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TWO FAREWELL NIGHTS of the Season. PLAYHOUSE PRICES. It is respectfully announced that Two Farewell Nights will be given, viz.. THIS EVENDTG, (By Desire) Will be repeated a grand romantic Opera, composed by H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe -Coburg, entitled CASILDA. Casilda, Madame Charton ; Donna Anna, Madame De la Grange ; Alfonso, Signor Calzolari ; Gomez, Signor busini ; Don Luigi, Signor Pe BasSini To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, /proposed by M. Gosselin, the Poem by M. St. Georges. the Music by M. Nadaad, entitled ZELIE ; on, l'Amonr et la Magic. Madlle. Caroline P.osati, Mdlles. Rosa, :11seer, Lamoureux, Amegrini, Louise Fleury ; MM. Di Matta and Durand. On SATITRDAY next, Will be presented Rossini's Onera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rohm Madlle De d'Almaviva, Signor Gar dont ; Figaro, Signor De Bassini ; Basilic), Signor Susini ; Bartolo, signor Labiache. In the Lesson Scene Madlle. De la Grange will introduce Rode's Celebrated variations. After which the last act of LA. SONNAMBULA. Amine, Madame Charton ; Lisa, Dladlle. Feller ; Count Rode]pko, Signor De Bassino ; Elvina, Signor Gardoni. Prices —Pit, 55.; Gallery, 2i. 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, 55., 65., and 7s. App.qcations for Boxes, Stalls, ard Tickets to be made at the Box otlce,,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 Ws highly-trained Hawks and Peregrine Falcons, and from th e numerous applications made to Mr. Batty for a continuance of the same, he begs to an nounce that the Royal Sport will be rep eated 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 Bippodrome Balloon, at Six o'clock precisely. Doors open at Half-past Five, the Entertainments commencing at Six o'clock precisely. A splendid Brass Band will ba mattaendance. Admission—Reserved Seats, 3s. ; First C, 25.; Secoad ditto, Is.; Third ditto, 6d. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE PROPHETE. Fides ame Grist ; Bertha, Madame Castellan ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliafico ; Serjeant, Signor p eoa ants, Signori Rommi and Bache ; Gioni, Signor Stigelli; Sold' ; iesen, s i gno r Polonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. ath The incidental Ballet and Skating Scene will be d a nced by Madlle. Robert and M. Alexandre, M. Ruault, Flusse ; M Rolemberg and L ebiond, and c omprise the celebrat ed Q uadrille des Pat i n eurs. adiles. Th e performances commence at Eight o'clock Boxes,pre be hciselY sul (for the Ticket for the Stalls, e Pit maY Night or s Sestion), at the Box-office or of t the Theatre, whick le °per! f ro m Eleven till Five o'cloek ; and of the principa l librarians and muslcsellers, PIETRO IL GRANDE. On SATURDAY next, will be produced (first time) a new grand historical Opera, entitled Composed PIETRO IL GRANDE. expressly for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent -garden, by Y. Jullien. ----------... --------- THEATRE LOYAL. Hb-T2l'kitl"L Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, ON t O t N a Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE WRITING THE WALL. Augustus Trotter, Esq, Mr. Wright; Tobias, Mr. O. Smith; Richard Oliver, Mr. Emery ; Bob Smith s rs , BedfOrd; Lady Elton, Mrs. L. Murray M•irgrette, M Chaplin ; Smithimi, Miss Woolgar. With a devilish nevv Extravaganza, called 3IEPHISTOPIIELEs Ch arac ters by Mr. Honey' Miss Fitzwilliam. and Miss _ Wool . gar. • T o c onclude wit h SLASLIER AND CRASHER. ___------------- ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Prince Albert, esty and his Royal Bighnesa Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The moat successful and popular Theatre in London. Week of the renowned artistes, the Me ssr s. S7egrist, from The Last the Cham ps Elysees, Paris, whose surprising and unrivalled perform ances on La Perch, created e ming the last season, in Paris, a sen sation totally unprecedented in that metropolis. THlci EVENING, Will be produced, a grand Spectacle, Nvritten expressly for the Am phitheatre, by E. halm,ll, Esq., entitled PETER THE GREAT, in which Mr. Ryder, f , om the Princess's, w 1 1 appear. To be lollowen by Batty's inimitable Scenes of the Arena, intro ducing the most nun:wrens (quest - fan company in Europe. To conclude w, th a Lang •iable farce. Tictets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. Mr. Batty begs leave to announce to his patrons and the public in general, that he i 3 now training Six E'ephants to run in the Arena al Horses. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS —Splendid and Interesting Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties —Concluding at Disk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Scuthby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges or Vulcan and leis Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Moint Erna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Serelads receiving the Armour of Achilles. The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in giraffs, four ostriches, two camels , eluding three elephants , tw o lions, &c. Doors open from Nine A .If. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at Half-past Six. Fireworks at Half-past Nine, ADSSI MION - , ONE SHILLING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY —llornin; 1a rein. after 11 Evening 49 min. after 11 To-Xoanow—Morrang 0 min. atter 0 1 Evening 17 rain. after 12 TilE WEATEEB..—Suzx OFFICE, AUGUST 12 THERISOMETEE, IN THE &arm. 65 ,—hio;hebt since noon yesterday. 53—Lowest this morning and during the night. 59 —this day. at noon. BAROMMIR, 29.4?. WIND S.W.—Rain daring the night and all, the morning, with every appearance of its continuance. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Banta of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning•—The stations art arranged in order of latitude. PLrnotrru—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. S.E., strong-breeze—overcast. Sourx.a.zr.rora—Wind S., stor n—heavy rain. For.KFAToffE—Wind S., fresh breeze—overcast. Timaa.cDG - e—Wind E., hard wind—rain. GRE E,N W ICH—Wind S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. .STROOD—Wind S., strong breeze—rair. Swispo ll —Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. CmcfrEsTna—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. ( ;AMBRIDGE—Wind S.E, gentle breeze—rain. Ysamouru—Wind S., strong breeze—heavy rain. DautigtoTox—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock Lutx.„wind S.. gentle breeze--beavy rain. fle.r.Low—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—cloudy. Pituramlosat—',‘in ,, S., calm —partially cloudy. pi,„ ourra _wi nu W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. PJota.—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. L iNcesritn—Wind W., calm—rain. SqAP-- Ind S. S.E., gentle breeze —cloudy. 01.4T-rocm—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. 11 ? ~,,,, .i ~.,-L .,r , \ ....., 4 .....'<, 4 ,_ . ,. 1 . : 17: 1. '. •••.. - .7'-. 4 '; ::'l.„-,-/- , -;-:.44 - =:.!c:;:,_ , 12)3 * Al 5:, . i_7'., ----,--- '4/ N'i ( 1- ' , - , 1 , ''. Ss \-` v , ...1.-, 6,4:, „ . .7 . -,.--4,..,,-'4'; 7 , F; ( -- , c.-, A t evil , x a - ,-. ',.., ',e• -- t .:,7 _- ' .L , ,, 9 {z:,',.;,,;4 , -- A ~,;‘." ~ !ire ritAL.' , ,,l;• .: --1 - 12 -, --.,* ; ' r : - : .. 'l'4 Dililii'; '''.. ' - -;•^- - ':.',.. , ' ''''‘,; - ,,,-i ~ - 2 ' '4 .; 6 ,-. k:\ r it t) .l,... 4 l :teniti i 'r il ~,'-' , t, i,...' 57*. LONDON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1852 Per angusta ad angusta was the phrase of th e fi rst I SKEFFINGTON. Through grandeur to difficulties— seems, on the contrary, to be the phrase, in one par. ticular at least, of LOUIS .NAPOLL'ON. The course pur • sued by the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the French Re public in reference to the unfortunate, but glorious, prisoner of the Chateau d'.Amboise would appal', at any rote, to admit of that construction. It will be re membered with what honourable earnestness the cause of ABD•EL-KAUER was pleaded some months since by the Marquis of LONDUNDERRY. 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 necessar y deduction fro m the communi cations exchanged between the English nobleman and the French p e R t E I SIDENT, that the freedom of ABD-EL KADER camst to be regarded by ourselves, and we feel penuad:d by very many other dispassionate spectators lik ew i se, as a question only of ti me , or , i n other words, a s firm, assured ?, and beyond the p oss ibilit y of evasion The memorable letter o f the P N rince Loris ltl e t r il Leox, dated from th e Elysee on th e . n ow nearly a twelvem on th (! f. lest Se p tem ber , to zco—secmed, in the .most express term s indeed, a! - . thi; conclusion. proroisuenth9natt the hi illustrious In that document us in arriving Highness e e d to give a formal t ypes. berele this ased amnesty o t .g aPPiittedehb:ernaLord L eB o p :s tl D V o f" "ip s E hou ßlt l Y d to grant Arabt he Chieftein an d his companions in misfortune, P RINC E replied t hat when he did not perform the the good he desired, it vv23 simply because he found it to be impossible. His words were— ,, 0 / • rs que ;e _ _ e ' t • fait pas tout le Bien (me je desire , c es que de ne 14 .- 1 a - peat Pas-'' His intentions, he added, were i n no way changed towards the EMIR . "I have found the Ottoman Porte," said he, " very well disposed t o afford him a reception, but I have also encountered for the moment two very consilerable obstacles—the one ia in the discovery of a vast conspir ac y in Al g eria, having its cent re at Mecca, and the other is in the absolute resistance of the Council of Ministers, who dread lest the lib,rati. • on A of ...LID-EL-KADER may cause a rising in Algeria." Nevertheless, said the Prince, when 1852 should have elapsed, that libera tion might be more readily effected. "Neannwins" — these were his words—,, Ne aninoins lorsque 1852 sera passe le chose sera phis f acil ~ e. Encouraged by this assurance the Marn • i uis of A,T appears to have waited in implicit co ONDONDERRT confidence. Like young Lona, in the ballad, however he looked 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 vent," and ABD-EL KADER'S prison doors fly open !" He called to the recollection of the PRINCE the manner in which be 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 wiz) tot ou tard, mettre l'Emir en liberti parceque je crois que l'honneur de la France y est engagee." Lord Lon- M DONDERRY closed his app ea l of the 3i of May, as if in corroboration of the justice of the sentiment, by observing that ABD--EL-KiDElt once released from incarceration " the unsullied honour of France, and the desire of 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 Elysee by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. It is natural, of course, that the Noble Lord should have p en ned this letter under feelin g s of more than ordinary irritation. Whether that irritation was justified or not the public can d ec id e at a glance. Something better than thi s pro f oun d an d inflexible silence must have been expected last year by Lord LONDONDERRY—and assuredly the mere chagrin of recognising the blunder of such pleasant anticipations is calculated to engender a sense of in dignation. Reviewing the whole of this ABD-EL..KADER cor respondence, it 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, "Lorsgue je ne fait pas tout Zs bien que je desire, c'est que JE NE LE PEITT 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 insisted 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 lorsque 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 Lori- 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 Com 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 lusus nature is to emanate, in the fulness of time, it 3 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 gleiden 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 rec.'ly mode of preven tion—namely, Tote by Ballot—hes 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 W2S passed during the last session, " to provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence of corrupt prac tices at elections for Membeis 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 joint Address from both Houses of Parliament, the Crown may appoint Commissioners of inquiry, who shall investigate the matter in the most searching manner, and report thereon to the QUEEN for Parlia ment. The costs of such inquiry (that is, the ex penses of the Commissioners, witnesses, Esc.) are to be paid by the Treasury. The witnesses are to give their testimony on oath, and—to insure full disclo sure from the participators in the alleged offence or offences—persons implicated in corrupt practices, who may be examined and make a full disclosure, are to be indemnified by a certificate from th e Commis sioners. Mr. MORGAN, the bribery bricklayer at Derby, who had 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 apprehension he 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 MORGAN, chicken-hearted in the moment of detection ; but that he will be forth coming to " make a full disclosure" before the Com missioners, or an Election Committee, is what we certainly do not calculate upon. There is every pro spect, t o use a fam i l i ar p h rase , th a t " h e w i ll make himself scarce," and his bail (the two Shrewsbury FRAIL) will beer vendors, one of them, we are told, a relation of Neither zances made probably have their forfeited no° • gni . good by the bounty of the Carlton Club. do vie cheri s h th e s h a d ow o f a hope that any Commissioner FRAIL himself ,i France, Committee.e o shayerasheis , The will Carlton appear c l before uh, like Louis XI. of have chosen their fri en d a and councillor f rom barber -ohs profession, and the modern ()Lives LE DzeuLe like his Gallic proto type, will submit to anyt h ing even enforced exile from his nativeornament country, o f which he i s 4, t h e l i fe, pride, and — provided his employers de mand such a sacrifice at his hands im for it. , and suitably comPensat -. 13 Under the new system, the delay and expense of a need not be incurred :—that, Commission we Bun d for wholesale cases, such ap3el will be reserve a.s the St. • where the borough, on Albans' affair, conviction, was set of very searching • disfranchished. A- questions has been drawn up, w hich may be put to p e ti t i oners aud sitting Members by Election Committees of th e House of Commons. Nay,even if there be no peti tion by a candidate, if there have Leen no contest (es slue questions may b 3 - any voter ma y petition), the ~ ft!hese questions are put to the s itti ng Member. ... most searching, an d may be put upon oath. They go into the whole matter of direct and indirect agency —agreements as to expanses—C3 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—es 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 • fl in uence—es to a promise, by himself or others, to pay money on account o f th e elec tion after th e trial of the petition was over. Here • one of the questions • "DOb • you believe, suppose, con jecture, or suspect • that coy one, and who, or promis e d any money or other valuable thin gave ta any perso n connected with g the borough with a view to secure your election ?" This i 3 close questionin g and the remaining (I . ,eri ' es are equally stringent. The parties who have acted for the sitting Member, i n any way, at an election may be severally exa mined in the absence of the sitt ing Member, who is then liable to be examined touching their disclosures before he and they can communicate. Publie.house 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 thi s very curious, but demanding a closer examination than we can give it now. Having mentioned Mr. FRAIL in the course of thee, remarks —when " bribery and corruption" are on the tapis, one Naturally thinks of the tonsorial cor respondent of "W. B." —we may add that the repot: runs that in the preliminary investigation into the practices at the Derby election a number of lettels 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 Salopian barber could have per mitted such d ocuments to pass out of h i s b an d s . Though he w as so s ill y 134 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 es, 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'de*, but we learn the following items by telegraph, dated from Pars yesterday, 5 P.M. The Moniteur announces that negotiations con tinue, and with a pre-p2ct of success, for a treaty of commerce E3tween Belgium and France. De :tees in the Moniteur announce severe' promo tions in the Legion of Honour, end decorations of the new militery medal, as also several nominations of Mayors. The Sccislist candidate, M. SAIN, has been elected to the Municipal Council at St. Etienne, and M. JULES FAYED to Lyons and St. Etienne. The screw-ship of the line the Austerlitz, 100 guns, will be hunched at Cherbourg on the 15th instant, es also the frigate La Resolue. Government secui:ties were firmer at the Bourse to-day than yesterday. Railway shares ere lower. The Four-rnd-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. cloud at 74f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,362 f. 50c. ; the New Austrirn Loan, 95. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 11. Grand Junction of France, 45/8 —Luxembourg, 41A — Namur and Liege, 6%—Northern of France, 254—Or1een3 and Bordeaux, 18—Paris and Lyons,lB7/B—Paris and Rouen, 33—Paris and Strasbourg, 2.o B —Sambre and Meuse, 7 Western of France, 9%. THE SUN, AMERICAN NE wS• SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States Mail Steam-packet Humboldt, Captain J. D. Lines, has arrived off Cowes and landed her mails. She left New York on the 31st July, and brings three days later news. News from the Bay of St. Lawrence states tbat an anchorage duty of 6d. per ton had been demanded by the British upon all United States fishing vessels. Two more American fishing sloops bad been seized by the English cruisers. Four teen ships of war (English) were cruising on the grounds, four more being fitted out at St. John's. A part of the Japan expedition had been ordered to the scene of the dispute, and the Missis sippi, Commodore Perry, wis 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 threatening aspect of affairs, it was hoped an amicable arrangement would shortly be come to. Stock market and cotton firm ; breadstuffa and freights dull. Exchange on London, 1106. The Humboldt has 450,000 dolls. in specie for Havre.—Times. THE QUEEN IN BELGIUM. (BY SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ANTWERP, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Queen has arrived. She cast enchor at a quarter past seven o'cic3k this 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 leaye to-morrow morning for Brussels. COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the p?t;sh of Liverpool, con sisting of Mr. Richard Johnson, Mr. Charles Will mer, and Mr. Charles t (Vestry Clerk) had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office._ _ . Sir John Pakington ari:ved in town yesterday from his seat, Westwoci Park. Dispatches were received from the Governor of the Cap of Good Hop? 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. L 3 Duo et la Duchess° de Glamont, le Due et la Duchesse de Guiche, le Duc et la Duchesse de Lssparre, le Comte et la . Comtesse AlCtcl de Gramont, le Mar quis et la Marquise du Pray, Maiemoiselle Leantine de Gramont, ne pouvant ectire bus les nombreux amis du Comte d'Orsay, leur beau itere, tiere et oncle, qu'ils viennent d'avoir le melheur de r - _ , rdre; les prient de considerer cette trust') nouvelle comma un souvenir de is famille pour la sympathie et l'aff , ction qua l a A ng laise a ton,iours temo!grae a eelni qui lain° autour de lui de ei ineffacables regrets.-4 Aoitt, 1852. OLYMPIC THEATRE. An entertainment termed a Romentic Melo dramatic Sp9ctacle was prcduced last evening, under the title of The Forest of Terror; or, the Devil's Diggings. It was beautifully put upon the stige, and Mr. Flexmore, as the Imp Rubezabl, was inde fatigable in his rapid feats of grote sque ag ili ty. Madlle. Auriol, as the Spirit of the G o ld en L a k e, displayed her choregi'aphic talents with gre a t e ff ect , dancing with exceeding finish and aplomb, and wrs greatly applauds 1. Here we must st o p, f or t h e p i ece itself is treshy and wearisome, es its qualified recep tion by the audience sufficiently demonstrated. Wh en copiously cut down it may answer to fill up an hour. The house was extremely well attended, an d th e preceding pieces) Sink or Swim and Th e L oan o f a Lover, very satisfac' )rily performed. In the latter, Mr. W. Farrel), jun., played remark a bl y we ll , 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. It 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 pact of which is already raised. Several alterations have taken place in the arrange.. ment of the sculpture end other antiquities in this national institution. The Assyrian relies ' which from the darkne- 3 of the apartment could screcelybe 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 en iron framework. These arrangements are not yet finished, and the public will not be ex l i D et E v NT ha W s b O e lt e K n lN in G Al admitted to them for some time. unassumingu t i h e e t, last tw o years Pnov little amongst til - . " Widow and d iourneymen compositors of London, called a tribute a existence E — A f for Orphan Puncl," to which the members con smallieehas, weakly sum; and we understand the com aisp„sing n u o P l t e o the present time, had the gratification of member?. , . 93 than 5801. to the families of deceased At the time the Registrar of Friendly of enrolment, Mr. John Tidd Pratt, the remark, that "he hoped Societies, is stated to have mo d e of London would not b hoped the example of the printers do well to establish sime i lost upon other trades, who would and orphan funds swore i ! i r.cezieties." At that time widow great railways of the metropolis, established on a few of the extended to the majority of i t tlis, and are now, we believe, the compositors' iund is 5e4.11. We learn that, although some assistance, in the shape :fupiohing, it has received mittee of the fund wish gratmully to acknodonations , wledgeSi.Wm.Scott, of the receipt, City. This, and other acts of kintl o t f e New -street-square, gentlemen, will surely have its weight wisthf"mbenevolent of munificent means to lend a helping those . possessed which must be handto an infant so ciety, the object of .acknowledged to be highly ' iseworthy, and deserving of support, especiallywhen ' pra metropolitan it is considered that the printers are, literally speak lie, public servants, devoting their sh ort lives, by night labour and otherwis e, to the (insemination of intelligence to the world. SECRETARYSHIP OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-- Captain•. C.E hat retired from the secretaryship of Codclingoon, 'The Captain was appointed P of the Caledonian Railway. to this important office four years ago, on an engagement for 10 years, receiving for the first two a salary of 1,8001. per an num, and for the residue of the term 2,C's:o/, per annum. W e understand he is to receive a solatium of 6,00/. for retiring at tbia period.—North British Nail. Lady Ernestine Edgcu mbe, the only daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, had the misfor tune I .a.st week to fall on the slope of the terrace at Cotele, and broke her armjust above the wrist. LONDON, THURSDAY THE SHARE MAAKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. BIZZTISE 31837.1iVAY8. Business done to-day. Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Aberdeen...... North raw r tdl Newport, onerdnt British. ~ .. .. . A . .4 00 1 . paid June. . ....... 8% pd Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 33/. 65.8 d., 28L pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 18 1 / 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian -100/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pa Dub. & Belf. Jet. 451. pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee,Perth, & Aber deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd, East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.)100/. p Do (18/. 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., ail pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas.,loo/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 100/. Glas. & S.-West.,looLp Great Northn.,loo/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 100 L p Do. B Stock, 100/. pd Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/, pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 1 4 p a::: e Ss:: &B. Leeds Northern, all pd Lond. & Blackw., all P hi L DD i v oo . .C . iQ r o s ü b i . Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo • Lon. & N.West.,looL p : . P ( 2 .3 5 . :/. :: Do. Fifths ..•_ . 12/. pd lip Lou. & S.-West. 100 L p Do. New 50/., 42', pa Do. New 40/. 34/:pd Lon. & Enni,lll , a'l pd Man. Max. & Mat. all Man. S bet. S.; Li.n.,100/IP Do. Manch. &Lincoln Union ...... 4/.25. pd . b . e . .:, ••1001.,vi .e . p p d d . , Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh. all pd Newmarket ..... all pd and Hereford l2/ pd Newry & Earisk. 7% p Norfolk .... ... 100/. pd Do. New 2 . 0/. S. 15/. p North. Coun.Un. ' 'pd Nth. Devon, No 1,134 Do., No. 2 6% r 1 Do., % B, guar 5/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North - Western...all pd Oxf.,Wor., &Wol.. all p Scottish Central 100/. p N S DD( D h . Shrew. N r oo Bl e ..o . w , rH S O. I/ is. W. Min.) Bir. ee '. s a As d June. tnieridyfnA. Scottish Midld., 100/. p Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. p Shrop. Union 6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. ..• South Devon all pd South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 151. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd Stirl. & Duncerm. all p Stock. & liar. 18/28.3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pd Vale of Neath...l7L pd Waterfd. & Silk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13/. pd Wes;:. London ...all pd I k New. &Ber. 100Lp Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. York & N. Mid.looLpd PREP Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. alll Brig. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd 1 Caledonian, 10/. 100/p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. An .(3l 108)6 pc. all Do. 5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. 71178) 7p.c. 2 p Eastern Cuu sties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....p 1 1 p Do. 101. Del). Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con. 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. C. all pd Do. 5 pc. rcd. ec. all p Great South. & West, (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Besks & H. Ex. 5 per cent. )...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. P Do. Do. -80/. pd Lancashire and York. shire, F. 20L ••• 61 . Pd 6 p• c• Stk. 100/. p Do. • • Leeds Northern, 6 pe, l .....) ChestaaaaaBlillill:ll ppppdpd: cent. No. 1 1 : , 3 ,/. pd Do. Do. Ne. 3 51- pd Do. Qrs., 1848 9/. pd London & Bri'7oogLuaprd 5 per cent. • 10e'' Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. c, 182 r Do. Do. No. 2 ld 1. pd Do. Con. 5 P Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. 1:1 Nunet.) 5 P• C. 13 % P d 3ds• Si . p Ln. & S.W. Ca• • , , Lon. & En. ,2 Sh. al l 1, I (Coy. & Lon. & N.-W. No. 1••• all 1 3( ' Qr. Sh., ll d Do. New, 10 1 . ••• 9 P 3/. pd Do. 6/. ......... Mid • Con. 6 pc-. St. 100/. Do. Con. B1: 9 . & Bi r . , t .100 L pp 6 per cer ... , ~ Man., Sheff., & Liner. Do. Erewash Warmingf!ll Do. Leic. &S Do. Preference ... 01 P Noriolk Exten all Pd Do. G:. 5 % n ',:. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 21. P North British ICOL PI North Stafibrd all ?i, Oxf. Wor. & Wol., lo ci 8 per C. Guar. 100/.. P 6 per cent.... 12 qt P , Ditto ditty ... 3 1 . 1 ) . Shrews. & Bir. NG. Shrews. & Chea (. . W . a all pd Min.) 8 per e , South Devon all pc! . Do. New ......... 1 1 4. Pc l St.-Est. 4% pc. 10/. p d Sth. York. 4p c gd• all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 n c until July 1,180 6 / • all P Waterford & Kilkenny , 6 per cent. .York, New. & 3/. pd • all p Do. Do ... -a Pd York & N. Midland 13. and S. Perch. 10/. Pd . 'awns znasZ: •• • I.m. ... ••• 153 4 16 14 % = 14% 8%.... 9 % 1 p x.d % di& ... % p ••• -...... 4 -4% p 13 -- 14 10% ..... 11 137/ i - 13 Ili 4 71 - 1 % p 148 —• 150 x.d 1 !- % p 22 22% 6 -6% 1 %- 2% 102 1 4 - 107% 1% -2 p. - p 10% lA% 18 18% 15% 16% ,cCe• P 20 -21 N s 3i dis. 103 105 5 —5% U-- 3 / 4 P 10%% AT rIZED 3ZElffTaill. Leasing Nominal Prices. Busintss Railways. C o mpanies. to-day. ...........___ ••• ••• Bdr & Bite , all p Lon.Bz l C. 30 —3l Bir.& 0xf.,g ,, -,, all Gt. Westl i • ~,,L _3O Do. without, all p Do. ...... ' ''' Bir.Wolv. & Dud., . 30% 31 % guar all pd Do. ..... 29% 30% Do. without,all p Do. .... 19% 19% Buckinghash, ell Lon. &N.W E. Lin., gna. 6 per, 150 --152 Clydsdale Jc, all p Caledonian 53 — 55 cent. r'l pd Gt. Northn.l Gloucest. & Dean Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. l 33 —34 32 % 33% Hartlep!. Dk. & % Yk.New• . .. •.. 1 Railw. ...all pd I &Deny. 1 1 . 13 _ 115 Do. Halves., all p Do. ...... Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N. ~ 5614 —571 i ' 26 % 27J4 111 Do. Quarts., all p, Do. ...... Leeds& Brdf..allnlfidlard ... 109 , 133% 14% Lon. & Grenw., al! S. Easter.. _ .b 34 26% Do. Pref all p , Do. ...... i 211 D p i d o e . d r F l c c . s e s o n p r t . : c & .. Lowestoft., gua. 4 19 %i 20% Do. 6p. et., all p Do. ...... ••• -- car, 6p. c., all p Scktn&Dar ••• .....-- W 6 N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 64 Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. ...... ~.. --- —. ....... 41" Presto. &Wyre, f L.&N.W I —... ..• all paid I & La. SLY j . Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. ...... ••• -- " P Read., Guildf., and 26% Reigate 154 Do. ...... ... Y. & Hit., 6 y Gt. Northn. 152 -- 4 p 1 151 -- 153 Do. Shop. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole , 5 I). c., 18.11.6p , 1Lan. & Yks ... -- "* z ~ S. Staffdsh., 9% p Mr.lli•Cllean -- ~5 '''"' Wear Val. 6 p c., all StcktSL Dar 32 -- QP,'",„ , , Wi'La &Som. ail p l (irt.W 10434 "" kv°3 104 1 ci "11l 11l eppdddo r f 0 l k .....;'.....'i T. . . . , 25 z 27 6h-6% 11 - 11% 9 8 1 4 d. 19 -20 101 37% 37 38 38% 1918%19% 118% 8 6 -d. 1 86 6% 6 % % 101 - 103 3 8U - 38% 19% - 20% 15% - 16% 6i - 71,4, 4 - 4y, 2N, - 3;i 10% -10'4 6 % -7% 4 3 / 4 - 5 17 3 / 4 -173 A 59 -61 64 -66 2: -24 78 -79 43 -45 118 -120 43 -44 95 3 / 4 - 95 3 / 4 f 6 -90 , 10 3 / 4 --- 11 3 / 4 p 781 - 79 4 5 4. 4 3 / 8 die. 3% 2 3 4 die. 15 —l6 8 7f- 83 8 106 - 107 124% - 125 30% - 31 4% -4 3 A p 1 5 4 3 - 1 7 / 8 p 89% - 93% - 5 - 4 14% --15 2% -3% 29% - 30% 8 2 1 4 die. 71% 72 41 —43 ... - ••• 46 -48 33 —2% di,. 2 -2% 42 -44 8 dia. 2 7 4 2 5 /g die. 29% 80% 7 —6% dia. ••• ••• 2% —2% 3 / 4 dis. 4 7 / B dis. z.(l ••• ••- 3% 4 p. 22% 22% 71 — 73 51 —5 3 9 31 ,4 6 — 6% 1% —1% dis. 19% 20% 9% 10% 14% 15 % 3 2%d. 10 9 7 / 8 10X % dis. 19 —2O 68 —7O 36% 87% 1 -1% p 17..16%17%16% 162 - 164 1 1 / 4 -2% 13 -14 5 3 %_ 6% 21 1 / 4 - 22 1 / 4 3% - 10 -701,4 734 7X die. 2% —2% dis. 47% 48% 'CE s: 'lO6 - 108 98 - 102 19% - 19% 6% -6% 2:74 - 134- 2 p 1 5 / 8 ..... 1 7 1f i p 14y '... 14% 15 % -- 16 ".' ••• 63 60 21 76% 76 75% 42% 43 117 119 43% 94 91% 92% % [91%3% 2% pm 77 75% 77 76% 9 8% 9%a BYa 15 Ys 8 105:104 [2% 123 122 124 123 30 1 . 834 87 85% 86 85 88 2% % 129% 29 28% 29% 29 [69% 3 4 8% 9% 69% 68% 70% 8 1i % 29% 28% 29 123f 3 % f' s z.d i 22 21 3 A 22% I D A 70 51 50 8%9 b% 6% 19 %3' 9 3 / _ _ 6 19 673 66% 68 % 25 % 69 70 12% % I 7% • ;4746; 47% 46% 19% 14% 15% 14 12% 13 148 x.d 5% 107% 101 5 100 EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1852, FOIZEIGN. Nomini 1 Prices. Railw4vs. ii =ia Cent. France (0.V.) all Char!. & Erquel all pd, Demerara all pdl Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian all pdl Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p 1 Grnd. June. of Fra, 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg —l 4 /. pd 638 6 5 4 Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 4% Do. 1% pd 1 ;8 Do. (Canal) ...2c. pd y s 1;8 Maria Antonia 27i pd 8 9 x.d Do. New 8% pd 21,4 8 1 ,¢ x.d Namur & Liege all pd 6y, —6% North. of France,l6l.pd 25 25% Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p 13 % 13 3 / 4 Orleans & Bor 11/. pd p Paris & Lyons 10/. pd 8 78 9;8 p Do. Bonds ... 1z pd. Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pdl Rouen & Havre...all pd Sambre & Meuge all pd St. Andrew's & Qaebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd i dis. West Flanders all pd! 3 3 / 4 4 West. of France 6/. pdl 3 —3% p Madras, 2 % prem. MINES. Agua Fria all pd, i 8 'A P Anglo-Californian, all p 3s P Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Malta 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 It. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...40/. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p Genere all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Ba.den, all p Great Polgeoth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty ... pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p New Graneda all r d Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip l/. pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 4 South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba L paid ZOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 20/. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 201. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 1 / p Orient. Bk. Corp all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd 3 4 P 2%8 2 dis. xd 7 p PA —l 5 /s p A— 1 p 53 -55 32% - 33 1 24 - 24%8 13/ -133/ 6 3 / 4 - 7 3/. ...... 11/ p Yi , - 34 1 / 1 dis.l a d;s. ••• , 3% -• 33/4, ;die. par 40 —4l x.d ifi 'dap •• ••• % dis. —',Adis. %di.. ~ i 3 p I% 13 8 p % di& h — ii P 1 ,4 dis. 4 5 • die. % 3 A p p dis. par 11% —12% 4dis. par 13% 13% —2/ %die.— par p -STOCH 138 N: 56% - 57 59% - 61 14% 29 -30 18 1 4 - 15 31 -33 43 - 4414 Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32 IA pd Copper Miners of Eng land . all pd De. Preference, 7 pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/, p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. _l5/. pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. 18% 20 38 —39 46% 47% 16% 17% 44 45% 6 x.d 17% —lB CELL.A.NEOUI 2 -2% 50 -51 5 - 53/8 ii LA :: ii % 2 -2% 84 -86 Business dens to-day. 4 %A 34 24 7 / 8 13 , 4 IN 19% 24% 83 4, 9% 3 ii % % 1 13% "Kli. 19 xd 82% x.d 473 k x.d . 4% 374 4 35% - 36 80% - 81% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 baler, 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 Perugia and Maranham at 6d. to 7d , 1,000 Egyptian at bid. to 100., 600 Surat at 34d. to 4d., and 30 Sea Islands at ls. 50. to 2s.—The Railway Share Market was heavy, and prices lower. The continental mails have been retarded a little by the boist3rous 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 advices 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 scribed 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 Earl 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, while 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 contaminating iniuence upon all srJund them. It is true Van Diemen's Land or any colony asking for the introduction of convicts, principally obtains them, but it is also true that ti c kets 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 armis. 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. Thomes 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 has had several interviews with Mr. Lawrence, the American Ambassador here. After official hours yesterday there wr 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 apfearance, at tributable in part to the damp weather end the probable damage done to the growing crops. Consols have been 981 1 at one time, then 981 2, and are now quoted 981 -g for Transfer, and 981 2 for September, after being 982 8. Owing to the fluctuation which has prevailed, and the loss which speculators for a rise have sustained, one or two failures have occurred, the eettlement of the vcount being now in pro gres,.,. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102 to 1. Indian Stock is at 2791 to 280. Exchequer bills are 745. to 77e. premium. The gold from Aus tralia by the Agricola and Tasmania amounts to over 48,0001, Foreign Securities aro dull. Mexican, are flrm, how ever, at 241 to 251. Spanish Delerrel about 211 t ) 1, r'id the Three per Cent- 484 to 2.. Peruvian Defeta are heavy at 57. Brezilien Strip is 211 prem. The last week's rag way receipts rseartained up to this day ere 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 17,65 2 Midland 23,938 22 ,876 South.Esstern 19,503 20,877 North Stsfford 5,413 5,482 Caledonian 8 918 9,088 Great Northern 12,370 Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland 10,183 Newcastle and Berwick 16,500 Railway Shares have again ken very depressed, but Shares are now higher tha n below officially N at i ona l Patent Steam Fuel are in demand at Premium; the company requiring no deed to be signed until a dividend is declared, !dining §betres are filittot, Consols QUARTER TO THREE. 981. Ditto Account. Sept 8 ... ... 98 g ONE CLO , lr a 4 PRICES OF BRITIstI FUNDS O'CLCOK. PRICE?, Bank Stock — 223 3 oar Can+ Redner 1 Anne. 3 p n• Cent. Conso'. Annuitici... New 3 1 4 per Cert. Anns —.. . Long A 718. t 3 exi-71 - iJrn.lB6o 6 15-16 6 15 16 Ditto, 30 yea - , - .3, Oc . 10, 1859 — 6 11-16 India St - „, , ck India E3lle',l,Clo/. ...... ...... .” Ditto under 1,03(1. .. .. 89 p 89 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. PA d, March. June* 1,0001. .. 500/. Sin4ll, ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLC - JK. PP CE S. brazilian BOtEIF, 5 per Cent, — Ditto Scrip Buenos Ayres Bo ids, 6 per Cent 75 76 76 Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 pe- Cent — 83 FirKi.9.r. 5 per Cent 0816 ... — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Fe 'ac ian Bonds, 1819, 6 per Cent — Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent — 58 1 / 4 Spanish 5 per Cant. 18:1 — Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. New Deterred 21 % 3 /4 21 3 /, Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded —2% per cent. Dividends on Lae above nayable in London. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent. 12 Guild 63 t 4 34, 63 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 yo% 97% LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 12—It btu blown very fresh all night with heavy rain. Wind at noon S.W., fresh breezy and squally with rain. DARTMOUTH, AUG. 11.--It blew a heavy gale at S.E. this morning, with a high sea. The ships rode it out without damage. FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.-FrOm 1 A.M. to 5 A M. it blew a violent gale from the eastward. Now, 10 A.M., fresh breezes from the northward.—The Elena, from Odessa, which put in here Bth inst. leaky, has been surveyed, and will discharge. Arrd. Lieutenant Petterson, Bahia for Antwerp. Off port, Courier, Akyab, and sailed for the Clyde; Java Pa3ket, ditto for Rotterdam; Emma, Mazatlan, and sailed for Bremen. 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, Pecific, Colombo, Green wich, Buenos Ayres. At 6 A. 31. the Royal squadron weighed and prcceedd; the outward-bound remain. Put back, Mary Rowe, for Buenos Ayres, with loss of anchor and chain, end proceeded for Margate Roads. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N.E. It has blown a heavy gale all night and greater part or the day from the N.E.—Arrd. Bess, St. Christopher's. LONDONDERRY.—SId. Brutus, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—P, commenced Mowing hard at 3 A.m, to-day, from S.S.E. to S.W., which 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, Al7O. 11.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W., Ftr , lng. Arrd. Prince Regent, London to Portsmouth, t ❑g water. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 10.—Wind variable.—Arre 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 reportcl ; Dandonald, Bombay ; Pearl, Rio Grand ; C. Tucker, New York ; Gipsy, Maranham ; Evangelist, Buenos Ayres ; Eclipse, Wilmington ; John Stuart, New York ; Jace, Quebec. Sld. Zellah, Val paraiso ; Wanderer, Demerara, ; A.iel, Hayti ; Marthr, La Guayra ; City of Manchr3ter, Philadelphia ; At • !antic, New York ; Rat7:rt M'Wilham, Quebec ; Burk hill, Newfoundland. BELFAST, AIIGT - 10.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Chieftain, Miramichi. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWG.ILTEI AND 3611ADENIZEALL. 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 bibs by the carcase. HAY TVIATLHETS. S NITHFIELD.— Old Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 41 4s; Now ditto, 2/ 15s to 31 14s; Old Clover, 4/ Os to 5/ Os; New ditto, 31103 to 4/ 8 ; and Straw, 118 a toll 13s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CIIMBERLAND.—OId Meadow flay, 31 12s to 41 6s; New ditto, 2/ 18s to 31 15s; Old Clover, 41 Os to 51 Os; New ditto, 3/ 103 to 418 s; and Straw, 1/ 93 to 11 14s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 l2s to 4145; New ditto, 2/ 15s to 31 14s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5l ss; New ditto, 31 103 to 4/ 103; and Straw, 118 s to 1113 s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. MEAT MARXISTS. SOUTHALL, AUG 11.—We had a fair demand for each kind of fat stc2k, end last week's prices were well supported.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton. 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8c1; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RONFORD, Ana. 11.—Prime Beasts and Calves moved off freely on somewhat higher terms. In other kinds of stock very little was doing.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 23 to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 103; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs. HAILSHAM, AUG. 11.—Oor market is steady, and prices are well support:A.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, AUG. 11.—The general demand is steady, as follows:—Beer, from 3s to 4s; Mutton 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 43 4d to ss; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, AnG 11.—The trade is firm, and the quotations have an upward tendency.—Beef, from 3s to 4e; Mutton, 3s 41 to 432 d; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Blbs. 11Gmainan, AUG. 11.—The Shamrock steamer has repaired her boilers, and hes left for Newry. CORN AVERAGES GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended An,. 5, 1852, mrle up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. •° PRI CE I 39 s 7d 27s 3d 20s Od 29s 7d 33s 8d 30s 6d WHEAT. 1 lx Oil Ql Wheat, 74 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. IBARLEY. I OATS. 1 RYE. 1 BEANS. I YEAS. Is Od Is Od is Od is Od is Od UANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. 4,114; Barley, 1,460; Oats, 7,777; Rye, 86; Beane. 1,933; Peas, 223 quarters. erlitrb bition. READING RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) Handicap Plate. of 20 sovs. Prestige Hambletonian The Reading Stakes. Pug Orrcck ... Bridget ... ' ... Innkeepers' Plat?. Waterfall ... ... 1 ... 2 ••• 1 ... 2 ... walked over SHERIFFS' COURT._(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. W. BURCHELL ) BAIL V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY. This was ariinquTry — to — a7ssess damages in an action brought on a policy of insurance granted by the Royal Exchange Insurance Company. The plaintiff now car ries on business as a bu'e,ner in Tot"mham Court-yard, but, in 1848, was a farmer at Dagenham Hill Farm, near Hemel Hempstead. Plaintiff insured his stock for 800/, and a fire having cccurrc I on the premises, the steel( of wheat, oats, &c., wee completely consumed. A family dispute arose, in consequence of which proceedings were taken in the Court of Chancery, w hi ch prevented the plaintiff f:om clearly End satisfactorily making out his claim on th e com pany , who at first n the them; present ese but, i n t q uir3, con sidered that the plaintiff had ma de fraudulent n represen tations as to the va l ue of the property destroyed, and so pleaded on an action broullit againston consideration, ()Mottled a Judge's ord er to withdraw after the pier, and leave the plaintiff, to prove the value of the ate ;k. The evidence adduced was on mere conj • ecture, and was totally devoid of in' :rest' butthe crse was lik e ly t o take up the whole of the day, el a witnesses were to bo called on either sid g e reat number of The Electric Telegiaph is comp'ete to Exeter. There Pre eix wires—two for the use of the railway compa nies, two "or commercial and other inHligence, and two for the Admiralty, W h o will thus be ena bl e d to communicate with the great naval arsenal at Plymouth, and have the means of asceitainieg the sl'ipping intelli ,, ence of the port. As the electric tele.;ranh has been inste.nnental in facili tating the adoption oF Greenwich or railway time in those towns situated on or ner Cie (:)'•er great trunk lines in the Unit.':d Kingdom, we exp: e : long, 1) hear that all the towos c , vnected w:th the lines of the Great Western, 'List - A, rid Exetc-, and Souca Devon Raiways, will also adopt Greenwich time. At it the .e ex is such aq anomaly in the wr t Er7l- id in the time question, that the meat inteligent pi ins in '}e larva towns—such Bath, Br lst o l . Exeter, rid Ply mouth. r , &shoes "national" or Gree nw i c h rime should be t' ‘e only time teatused. __...,„.....,... How A C OAT WAS IDENTIFIED.—At the justice couirt in New Orlon - a C 290 wes recently decided in a most novel way. A c - iat was in &spill), end the evidence wrs direct and positive for both chin - nts ; both pai ti: - 9 were big], and " full of gif, - ," ready to snend all they had rather then " give up beat," The affair had been careiully exa mined, and the Cmrt was " in a quandary," not knowing who had the best claim to the garment. However, a mo ment before his Honour was to sum up his evidence Patrick Power, one of the claimants, made the following promyiition for Battling the affair :—" Timothy Maguire," said Patrick, "now you say that coat belongs to yerself intirely ; 1 say it is me own. Now , min d ye, Timothy, the both V iv us will trke the coat en' lcok it all over; the man that finds his name on it shall be the owner. Will :ye stick to that bar gain?" asked Patiick : "To be sure,'' you can bTeimfiontdbiny: theto whom the coat was g,ven, and who vainly searched eveiy ea u s po h n e threewgab garment." knife Dart for his name, and then pc s ' it over to Patrick, boast- 1' drew ri i n n a g r i y sa3 ,ing, "And now let t 9 sea if " Then howld ife tw and op y ened a o c l ivi o n k rn e a s e b r i i t n ' Y e ' '' t r h l ownl e P co an l t l aaJurc, Patrick, and taking therefrom peas , he exclaimed, as he held them out in his ho o n v d e' " There, 1 d'ye see that?" " Yes; but what ivitthat ?" said Timothy ,, A mighty dee it has to do with it; sur e—pea for Patrick, and pea fc l p is my name to e Pitzick g9t 1+ .Q cot —la did. 9er2 De jaberir be, LITERATURE , A PI L: Bentley. e . n ll ;1 4 ey. G E to the LAND of MY FA 7'HERS. By the Rev. Moses Marg olioutk. 2 v 0 The relation of his travels and adventures in his fatherland, written by a Christian Israelite, is not often to be met with, and consequently is always ac ceptable to those who take an interest in Eastera travels. But the present work, coming from the mesterly pen of Moses Margoliouth, is doubly attrac tive. The work consists of a series of letters written by the author to various friends during his travels, describing and expressing his sentiments concerning the incidents that came under his observation; the contents of the letters vary according to whom they are written—for instance, to the bishop he speaks of religion, to the statesman of politics, to his brother of the Jews, and to his other friends, according to their character, of general matters. Throughout the whole. work the writer shows goad practical kno wled g e, and many curious revelations are to be found, among which we learn that the celebrated Did o who buil! Carthage was the niece of the infamous Jezebel ; so Mr. Margoliouth cont3nds from this cause theDiYi d ne idon curse that caused the destruction of Tyre and S fell also upon Carthage. -- - REPORT of the MORTALITY of CHO L ERA in ENGLAND in 1848 1849. C/otres This report of the mortality of cholera in Eng l , B l ) . in 1848 and 1849 has been furnished by 0 . Graham, the Registrar •General. It contains tory of the Asiatic cholera, its course and progryti: the dates of its reaching different places, with 6tltiB ces cal details of the mortality from cholera and diarrLi in the various districts of the United Kingdom. in varto extraordinary difference in the mortality districts forcibly demonstrates the evil effects aristl and Sons. d from the want of proper sewerae and ventilation, and the effect produced by the use of waters wh ich ~aog tainted by the sewers of towns, as an in Stail tias which, in one district, out of 1,000 children under,' n age of five years, only 40 die, and in another one , 11 : 32 : dred and twenty die out of the same number. when the town of Hull was scantily 531 PP 08 with water, but from a pure source, the mortalitY ' v s; but slight, and confined c hi e fly t o the poorer Oslo but, in 1849, when th e grea t er par t o f the tow bated ted supplied'by the new water- wor k s , which distrib i u - f the waters of the ri ver H u ll, into which o ne ' b ':,, i .° ty the sewers of the t own were emptied, t o the lAri on of the inhabitant s , th e ep id em i c was more fatal t f of , in almost any oth e r t own i n E ng l an d. As 8 P rcw 00 the ravages which it ma d e there is the f ac t that , Sept. 6, 1849, 1,130 persons died of cholera al°ne' INSTINCT AND REASON .D.ep u 4 1 17 e d FROM ELECTRO-BIOLOGY. fig ' r Smee,F.R.S. Rave and Benham. being Mr. Smee informs us in his preface, that fO O2 prevented by indisposition some time hac k ; jots prosecuting the study of the more important sulv o f go tion of on which he was engaged, he, at the ellg his friends, resolved to demonstrate the beariogatio electro-biology on the various matters whi ch jog comprised within the range of electro-biologoce research. In this interesting and abstruse seie the author has shown himself fully which embraces every form of life, w hether r l oot or vegetable. Mr. Smee, in his comparison of 9T e ren ce" dill table, and Reason, describes the similarity and between the human sceci' and the animal, vege ta di. est raor_ . and mineral productions. In fact, in this nary volume subjects the most dissimilar are eer ed pared and the result of the comparison comm e ° o upon by the author. The book is illustrated vrtis. many well drawn plates and diagrams. T he n ation s equal to the t . 8 0 701 piece represents the inhabitants of the various o al de d in their native costume. All the chapters arl relates is into sections, and the subject to which each to be found in the contents. EVERY JIAN BIS OWN BUTLE R ' d le g - Cyrus Redding, author of the "History ali j . ijog . scription of Modern Wines." Second -Dui" William Tegg. a for This clever and useful little volume i 3 designe-, t everybody who buys wine, and desires the art i , c ,; e no - d ° be good. The author considers that as the "Is — , old days of three-bottle men" have passed oval, gas quantity decreases quality should increase; an d, Wi l l , the laudible desire of bringing about th is object, has presented the public with this work, which con, tains explicit and valuable directions as to b t „ t k ii i ng c ; decanting, serving, and drinking wine. I° 61----n e : marks, that "at public dinners, of the baneful effects of bad wine gr . sevenths of tavern wine great hazards are run, :... large companies, where the individual is thrown 11,, his guard by speeches , tonstg, and Clap -trap of 01 _ 1 kinds, it is far better, if it agree with him, to order; round. Many would this decanter of weak cold punch, or of very weak bri ll ' / and water, and pass the ' 1 it come s Wi th sit; old' !f t ! can be obtained, or even lemonade, Wherßeeddiag F ache. t A decanter ma y be sub. ituted. It is at public dinners that bad wine is g_,, off, just as bad champagne and genuine gooseberr; re srt , pass unnoticed at balls and places of public where da nc i ng a nd exercise, or the heat of the ron,°:; may m a k e an y liquid grateful to the palate." - 1 a work is well written, and must prove valuable to 11 those who prefer drinking good wine to bad. I, IIOIIIOE OPATIIY IN 1851. Edited , vg Rutherford Russell, 111. D. James Hoggf ,din' burgh. In this work Mr. Russell has certainly done best to support the doubtful theory of home3opatby. opposition to the established medical practice. -I"i° although we by no means approve of the monopoly of a medical university in refusing a certificate to a student, because " he annl n i „ w orn intention of devoting himself to the study with dealt pathy," yet we consider that the author has treat' unwarrantable harshness upon the established cent of . physic. The book consists of series of letters, extracts, &c., &c., in support of hointeeP a sl with comments thereon, and will be e ll received by all its advocates. despotnt BELFAST. „ If the extraordinary ruins and ancient mo nu men t which we have already r e ferr e d s p ea k e l oquent ly °f 4"t Iceland of the past—de a d I re l an d, so to speak in the north, illustrates no less forcibly and flatteringo the Ireland of to-day—li , :ug Ireland. The Pr 4r ,, e ito that has been mado there within a few years is i t1 ,, 0 0 marvellous: within less than a century the pop has increased from 8,549 to 110,000. Numerous l'''r p ° 6l : tant buildings have be n erected and are in Pr°g,r;ec improvements in the town are being made in every 01 0 0 Lion: the docks are full of vessels, the streets alive this; activity. The cotton-trade is at the bottom of all Out o at but it would be useful if all the springs were solig,, eo e• and laid bare to view. Belfast should prove a r e i F; 3o fly rating centre: let its inhabitants endeavour efflfif,tiiti to execute their mission. As it happens that the to eo Assr2iation for the Advancement of S'Jience are waders here on the Ist of next month, many of our re doing will be led to see it fcr themselves. There i 5 m ere he las t here than in any other part c f I re l an d. Within t o i . to six years the town council have spent from A u ci o es: 60,000/. in opening new streets and vvidening 01 edio gs quays have been formed, and all the necessary br u t se is for municipal purposes built. The new Cour t ' ° nes I I lust now compler 2 d : it is • Scotch ston e, ,/ .it built of Corinthian portico of large size, and cost 20,0r:o'r• contains a shire-hall, court of record, and crircuna,, The architect was Mr. Charles Lan on, the coull ovi v, veyor, who has had the go( fortune to create the bad her ° 5 architecturally. Foundations are nearly everywbuilditigi in Belfast, and require great care: even thtl p wan t O f a, are found to sink bodily severa l i n ches. ilg e fo r hydraulic lime, C 3 we understand, prevents to y concrete, and piling is therefore usually res °r iore ° ali o large edifices. It is a brick county, and her et %yer, it c)rrt very bad bricks have been used: recently, 11° .. t , T he r r t ° improvement has been me to in this rest'' of 0f .., 9 1 1 1 :emus to be at present but little real appree . Do" but the E:ihoot of Design, and other ag enele d, " c 3 operation, will have their effect, it may be h o p e 'i92o.—Builder. he A GOOD RIDDANCE.—The em,gralion O ft ~ a t celC is called an Exodus. We wish its resembl an ce fl a L t P a i j oiers bratcd egm's could be completed by their fa cet ° heading the expedition. Punch, Sab b°9 BRACELETS FOR THE SEASON.--It- few;Ara- ,1 13 r, ago a " lady gay" entered a certain church in the rLeseriouo hood of Invergordon, end not a little disturbed hoe on° mood, if she did not excite the envc, of a group erring in the neighbouring pew, by the display of °cue d so riw ie and intercAing in the bracelet department. ' D eice r 00 the so beautiful, and elegmt did these oinaments aPP" wei lady's wrist, that the curioeity of the neighboni3, sbs tersely excited. What could they be_iebere "„ o tior s have got them—what might be their vioue—were (1,7, ii0 et thouge, butspoken, red much lct:s ersNver-l• d r° " en t eit se i tl o et n 3d, b o ya f na a dp n ri e itr ld oi e7 Buri crgeed::, em l ahni sw , ds; sac i rsiem i a n t a t rtaincgt e aticrurs to discover that the bracelet ( s wh lv i Lel:: of your iapaz— Yeur diamond—your arne eneetol even yove Koh-i-necr—let thetee end all such " i ce uPt nale their ray, end dim their brilliancy: do y . ou g or „,, f ere cerhe—heawyeip, carat f l o t r w th etr e be, P t.shfr_e y r e it .e hd jr-i end blushing reader ?—they were a double string 'la go os eberries;—lricernefs Aciveri<ser, for a nd th e l s i r ta e fi r b e r g d, re is t s t e O liou l l e y a r iii t : hat Mr. ITrqubPrt, late AL F. TETE MOORS, &C.—Tile tweli.h rpproacb. L,,rhood, influx of strengere into Inverness and its negeuri,e. cn rote for shooting (11mq:ere is at present cors k ! e coitt'si o, dent rends the tiillowing 'rom the Ns' o erd 3 tt e . other ore vo ld shire: f are re— Th and romantic bit's s t ate tha t the y ovn g birds e e \ s ‘ t r i e j ? e n e s e happ y whor e t to i n t he announce habi that t t i!ahveesrshienpgh n re steePl e hills cf Torlidon were brought into c dehrity year,l) ~n d by from Ireland, who bad the shooting here last _, m ' s of to merot's end stronger on the wing than informer his many acts of kindness and generosity endeared the !Le of angler."—l , n il gle r r r . raeeting The rivers and ere afford excellent spore UNION BANS OF AUSTRALIA.-- e nd a r e tend ^ 0001. 193 • ]titian was passed for giving the directors 0, serve es annum as the remuneration for their the Union Bank of Australia was held yesterday', , 2,0001. per commencing from Ist July in the present year. 'trrisbu r lea ve w sconill he postal service n s i e ti r v v e i l c y e or b g e an t w ise e d e . n I r h a e r m is ai a l Paris every evening at half-past seven, and &rive D ar ; B,t 25 Pljautit; aught aest saorailig• ntrdiou 4tral. I