The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-21 00:00:00

MR. BENTLEY HAS JUST PUBLISHED, The Hon. MISS SIDNEY'S NEW WORK, In 3 vols. post Bvo.. SADNESS AND GLADNESS. " A production of a cultivated, tasteful, and well -disciplined mind."—Morning Chronicle. " The story is rich in interesting situations."—John Bull. " This work contains a great variety of incidents, and many very lively sketches."—Britannia. - Richard Bentley, New Burlington-stmet. WA TERL 00-BRID GE RAILWAY STATION. The WINDSOR BRANCH LINE of the SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY will be OPENED from the above Station to Datchet TO-MORROW. The only Carriage entrance to the Station is at the Surrey end of Waterloo-bridge. Toll--Cab 2d., empty ld„ Foot-passengers one Half-penny. Trusty Porters, with trucks and barrows, are in attendance at the Waterloo-bridge Steam-boat Pier, to take any luggage to the Rail way Station. - -AL _IL 14 Elt MAJESTY'S THEATR E. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on TUESDAY EVENING, Aug. 22, and the FAREWELL NIGHT on THURSDAY, Aug. 24, when 'Madlle. JENNY LIND wilt appear in one of her favourite characters. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, Mdlle. Cerito, &c. &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRIC. }Mlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Wormed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO MORROW EVENING, Aug. 22, when Mdlie. JENNY LIND will appear as LUCIA, in Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, lidlle. Jenny Lind ; Egardo, Signor Gardoni ; Bidebeat, Signor Bouche ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. After the Opera, the Second Tableau of the Ballet of ALMA. To conclude with Selections from the admired Ballet of ONDINE, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit, and Mdlle. C. Rosati ; M. Dor, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Frig List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as asual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. trader the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction •f Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. After which MONSIEUR JACQUES. To coclude with THE WANDERING TRIBE. M anawer and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. AArLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacie. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded en Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GOD/PA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damon. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, FR WEDNESDAY IDAY , THURSDAY, and View of Rome.—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers includes Messrs. Ciotti, Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Griesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, Use beautiful 31 enagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most mag nificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby Gates open at Ten A.m., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. On Wednesday next, the Boys of the Greenwich Hospital School, accompanied by their Band, will pay their Annual Visit to these Gardens. A.dmission, as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, AUGUST 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 67 ; k.oon, 63 BAROMETER, 29.97. WIND S.W.; fine clear moraing ; afternoon, sunshine and oloudy; evening, passing showers. AUGUST 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 66; Noon, 65. BASIONIOER, 29.60.—The Barometer began to sink las night, and went down 37 points this morning. WIND S.W., squllly; with rain from six till eleven, when sunshine burst forth with promise of fine weather; clear sky. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 13 rain. after 6 I Evening .. 37 min. after 6 r bitning :Thum LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1848. Prior to the invasion of Mexico by the armies of the United States, the possession of the island of Quadra or Vancouver was of inestimable importance to England. As a harbour of refuge situated in the very centre of the western coast of North America— as a coaling station for our war-steamers in the northern regions of the Pacific—as an entrepot for all those commodities which are essential for the pros perity of our mercantile and for the absolute safety of our scientific expeditions—Vancouver's Island was even then a possession of almost incalculable impor tance. The mere circumstance of this island being enumerated by Lord ASH BURTON among those por tions of ground which England insisted upon retain ing when the territories of the Oregon were divided, shows that at the time of the negotiation of that treaty Quadra was considered by the British Government as a spot eminently worthy of retention. Since the seizure of California by the United States the value of Vancouver's Island has increased a thousand-fold. For the Republic of Washington has now so far advanced to the southward that its commerce, already flourishing on the shores of the Atlantic from its mercantile arrangements with Europe, is beginning to direct its energies across the Pacific to the fruitful regions of Asia and the Eastern Archi pelago. Ultimately the riches of the Orient must flow from that direction to pervade the populous nations of the new world, and, as we observed on Saturday, whenever that time arrives the straits of Juan de Fuca must inevitably and by ne cessity become the principal channel through which the costly and prolific productions of Hindustan, China, and the islands surrounding Japan and Borneo must travel. This is no merely idle speculation ; it is not the anticipation of a vision which may be rea lised in a dozen centuries ; it i 3 a deduction drawn from facts patent to the whole world, and facts too which are already beginning that great line of policy for the furtherance of which Vancouver's Island will be an invaluable instrument. We are rejoiced to find that our distinguished con temporary the Times has followed out in its im pression of this morning the views which we advo cat( d on the evening of Saturday ; and we are grati fied to observe that is coincides with ourselves in reprobating the precipitation with which this most important possession is about to be juggled over into the possession of the Hudson's Bay Company. We have already remarked upon the suspicious character of the antecedents to this insane act of transference ; and now, in addition to what has been already observed by ourselves, we cannot but express some astonishment at the rather odd coincidence of Mr. CHARLES BULLER being among the most prominent supporters of the scheme of the Colonial Secretary. Has the Right Hon. Member for Liskeard drawn his calculations from the traditional opinions preserved in his late office as Judge-Advocate-General, or has he culled them from the reminiscences of his secre taryship under Lord Dußuaat ? Has he imbibed his enthusiasm for the cause of the Hud son's Bay Company from the prosecution of his peculiar duties as Chief Commissioner of the Poor-law Board is England, or has he borrowed his inspiration from th remembrance of his toils and travels in attendance upon the Government of Ca nada ? Without some explanation of this retrospective character it does strike us as being a rather anoma lous and bewildering circumstance to see the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the representative of the borough of Liskeard, walking down to the House of Commons from his offices in Somerset House to make a long speech in depreciation of Vancouver's Island, and in furtherance of the spoliative ambition of the directors of the Hudson's Bay Comp any . As to the facilities afforded by th e i s l and of : Qua dra or Vancouver for the purposes of coloni zat i on we will grant, for the sake of argument, th a t t h ere are none whatever , t hat emigration to that possessio n is for a thousand reasons altogether impracticable. Look, ing at the matter even in this light, we maintain that the island is still of too vast importance to sign away for eleven years, or for a single twelvemonth, simply because such a transference would be a convenience to a small but grasping body of mercantile monopolists. If Quadra were a rock as barren as the rock of Malta it would be still, from its situation, most worthy of preservation among the more valuable possessions of the United Kingdom. As a military post, as a dockyard, as a rallying point for our fleet in the Pacific—it would still present to us a hundred reasons for its preservation. In the event of the Pacific becoming another Mediterranean Vancouver's Island would, as our contemporary the Times, has happily remarked, become a second Tyne. Not only this—it would be the Lima of the Northern Continent of America — the terrestrial Valetta of the New World—the Gibral tar of the American dominions of Great Britain. But in addition to all this, we insist upon it that the maintenance of our national authority at Van couver's Island will tend greatly to promote the now ripening system of colonization, and to civilize a vast quarter of the globe, which must otherwise lapse into barbarity. Under the almost irresponsible rule of the Hudson's Bay Company, the condition of the inhabitants of Quadra would be ex actly the reverse, for the great policy of that com pany is nothing less than the atrocious system of the game-laws carried out upon a scale of gigantic mag nitude. Instead of being solicitous to promote set tlements, to multiply colonists, and to cultivate the soil, the Hudson's Bay Company is only anxious to abandon the woods and the forests to the wildness and exuberance of nature, to multiply the number of wild beasts, and to allow continents, penin sulas, islands, the isthmus, the valley, and the mountain to become one dense maze of boughs and underwood, peopled only by the bear and the jackal, and pervious only to the footsteps of their stipendiary huntsmen. Against the ad vance of this desolating system of mono poly, our voice shall continue to be raised, until the necessity of a modification is so far recog nised by the Government, that for the purpose of in suring emolument to a few individuals, the nation shall no longer be tricked out of possessions so im portant and invaluable as that of the island of Van couver. Although every man is not a farmer, the attention of all reflective minds is directed at this important season of the agricultural year to the condition of the atmosphere and the fluctuations of the barometer. Bread is sweet to every man's lip, although every man may not be dependent for his income on the proceeds of the corn harvest. It is for this reason that the present deplorable changes in the weather are becoming each moment of more and more con sideration with the indiscriminate masses of the people. From a communication published in another column, and addressed to us by our Cowes' correspondent, it will be observed that the indecision of a few hours among some of the agriculturists in that vicinity, proved destructive to a considerable por tion of the surrounding crop of wheat. Our readers will be distressed to perceive, moreover, that this cala mitous indecision originated in a frivolous punctilio of morality—one of those scruples of religion which belong rather to the Pharisees of Judea than to the Christians of England. The corn, be it ob observed, was already reaped, the stalks were bound together in sheaves, the sheaves were propped against each other in stooks—it only wanted carting and carrying homeward to the barns for the final labours of the flail, the winnow, and the millstone. Yesterday (Sunday) was a brilliant day of sunshine ; but one of those days in which the sink ing vibrations of the quicksilver in the barometer de clare the beauty to be evanescent. Well, the far mers hesitated they had qualms of conscience as to the possible desecration of the Sab bath they debated among themselves the propriety of a delay—they doubted whether their labourers would aid them in the " ungodly" work of harvesting—they regarded their half-reaped fields as ALEXANDER gazed upon the courtesan— " They sigh'd and look'd, And sigh'd and look'd, And sigh'd and look'd, And sigh'd again I" Before their hesitation had ceased the rain settled the question off-hand, descending upon the country in torrents, and rotting the ripe grains in the ungar nered husks. What miserable folly is this ! What de licate distinctions of morality ! If a man broke his leg in Tavistock- square on a Sunday, according to this system, no one would be justified in carrying him off to King's College Hospital. Or, as our correspondent puts it, the victim of a shipwreck would remain un succoured, because the vessel bilged upon the coast during the hours of church service. There are some things which admit of no hesitation—which require action, not debate—speed instead of procrastination. Foremost among these is, most unquestionably, the preservation of the corn-harvest of an afflicted and populous nation. And it certainly appears to us to be a somewhat overstrained obedience to the injunctions of the liturgy—this punctilious neglect of the wheat crops on the score of a religious scruple; especially after the memorable incident in Holy Writ, when the Scribes and the Pharisees were reproved by the lips of CHRIST because they mocked at his disciples for pulling handfuls of green barley as they walked through the cultivated grounds of Palestine upon the Sabbath. When shall we be enabled to cease clamouring against this exaggerated distortion of morality which beholds sin in the running of a railway train, in the retailing of malt liquors, in the hawking of figs and mackerel, or in the harvesting of the corn crops upon a Sunday in the midst of a fluctuating autumn, and after a season of extraordinary privations ? SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. Senor lioN, immediately on entering on his duties as Finance Minister, convened a meeting of capitalists to consider the measures to be adopted for the relief of the Treasury. . _ It is said that SARTORIIIS will retire from the Ministry of the Interior, and that he will be succeeded by TIDAL. The Clamor Publico announces the re-appearance of CABRERA at Olos y Sambre. The Spanish correspondent of the French National states that a liberal movement has just broken out in Catalonia. On the 7th a corps of insurgents, 400 in number, commanded by a chief named MoLmis, made its appearance on the plains of Barcelona. Their cry was, " Liberty for ever! Down with the Government!" On the same day MOEINS disarmed the carabineers of Mas non and Badalona, two considerable towns, at three hours' march from Barcelona. In the evening he ar rival at Semboy. The youths of Barcelona, in bands of from 100 to 150, left the city to join him, and on the 9th he had upwards of 700 men under his command. Another movement took place at the same time on the Campo of Tarragona. Colonel BALDINELS raised the whole people in that neighbourhood, and was soon strong enough to set at nought the authorities of Tarragona, from whom he intended to demand supplies. On the 10th they were joinid by many soldiers from the adjacent garrisons. The greatest alarm is felt throughout all Catalonia. Letters from Puerto Rico state that the governor of the colony had sent 500 men and some artillery to sup press a rebellion of the blacks in the Danish island of St. Croix. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 14.—Threes, 204; Fives, 11; Exchange on London, 45 50. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. On Saturday M. ARMAND MARRAST was re-elected President of the National Assembly by an overwhelm ing majority—the numbers being for M. ARMAND MAR EAST 611, for M. THEODORE BAC 54. The approaches to the Hall of the National Assembly were occupied by troops on Saturday, and every precau tion was adopted to prevent the occurrence of an outbreak . It is said that great apprehensions are entertained of an attempt at a legitimatist restoration, and that in order to bring such restoration about, an alliance has been formed between the Communists and the Legiti matists. That such an alliance should exist is by no means improbable. The most active leaders of the Communist party were all originally Royalists—General COURTAIS, for example, was an f i Legititnatist officer,the Abbe LAMENNAIS was, during the reign of CHARLES X., the most active and the most energetic, the most bigotted and the most dangerous of the parti pretre. M. DE GENOUDE was the editor of the the ultra-Royalist Gazette de France, the avowed organ of the parti pretre and the Jesuits; and when it is recollected that M. Louis BLANC is the nephew of Count Pozzo DI BORGO, it will be no longer matter of astonishment to find that he too has Legitimatist propensities. The extraor dinary manner in which the priests throughout France have countenanced Communism is another fact which tends to prove the existence of a good understanding be tween these ultra parties. That they can succeed in destroying the Republic we do not believe, nevertheless they may occasion much mischief and a fearful loss of life before they are put down; General CAVAIDNAC is therefore justified in taking every precaution. That the occurrence of some outbreak of a serious nature was ap prehended by the authorities on Saturday is evident from the Ge,n_e,rialcolweiung contrary to , from " instructions for the trans misslifonoontfraorders," addressed to the National Guard by to our hopes, the National Guards shall again be called to a combat, the Guard-in-Chief would only give a small number of orders, which he would take care to render clear and precise; but as the circumstances of the battle and the movements of the :enemy may require time to modify the first arrangements, it is necessary to inform the National Guard that when an officer of the staff shall bring an order, he to whom such order is addressed must demand—l. His name and production of his commission, if the staff officer is not known. 2. The name of the officer, general, or superior, by whom such order is sent; and 3, the hour and place when the staff ()Ricer quitted the general or superior officer whose order he brings. The National Guard must never al low itself to be approached nearer than 50 paces by nume rous armed groups.' His Excellency the Marquis of NOR3IANBY presented his credentials on Saturday to General CAVAIGNAC, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on a special mission. The Minister of Finance has published a decree, grant ing to those shareholders of the Paris and Lyons Rail way as may engage to pay up the instalments to com plete the 2501. on each share the right to make the pay ment in Treasury Bonds issued by the Republic, on the same conditions as were granted to the subscribers to the New Loan. When the term these bonds have to run shall be less than six months, the interest on them shall be accounted for to the holder at 5i per cent., and when beyond that period 6 per cent. The Moniteur contains a decree of the Executive Go vernment, dated the 18th, setting forth the terms and conditions on which associations of workmen may enter into engagements with the State for the execution of public works. On Friday morning another batch of insurgents amounting to 945, were embarked on board the Ulloa, from Havre, and taken to Cherbourg. The affairs of Italy are commented on in almost all these papers. The Presse says:— " The Ambassador of Sardinia, M. de Brignoles Sale, has, it is said, announced to M. Bastide, that the Sardinian Mi nister has protested against the armistice, of which the text has been published. If this statement be true the fact is very grave, especially in conjunction with what is passing at Genoa, where the Government every day assumes a more decided character of opposition against all that surrounds the King. It is no doubt this new complication which has given rise to the rumours which have been current, of the abdication of Charles Albert, in favour of his son, the Duke of Savoy. But, h,,wever, deplorable the situation of Charles Albert may be, and by whatevar political and personal difficulties he may be surrounded, we do not believe that for a single instant lie has entertained the idea ascribed to him. The Duke of Savoy is very popular in the army; Charles Albert, on the contrary, by the fault of his generals more than by his own, has lost in four days the popularity which his concessions to his people and his entry into Lombardy had procured him. It is not then impossible that new embarrassments and new misfortunes may make a reality of what is at pre sent only an unfounded rumour, sent forth as a feeler by in terests which it is_not easy to make out amidst the confusion which prevails at this moment from one end of Italy to another." The Constitutionnel gives as positive the state ment of the Sardinian Ambassador having protested against the armistice. That journal says :—" We learn that at a con sultation of Italian juris-consults it has been declared that General Salasco exceeded his powers in signing the armis tice, as he had of his own authority given up fortified places and compromised the Government." We read in the Courrier Francais : " It may be remembered that we mentioned some time since that an Austrian Envoy had passed through Paris on his way to London, and that it was the same who had pre viously visited the head-quarters of Charles Albert. We are now enabled to give some details of the negotiations which are taking place. It appears certain that in spite of her suc cesses Austria will give up Lombardy to retain possession of the Venetian territory, but on two conditions; the first being that Lombardy shall not be united to the Sardinian States, and the second that she will be no longer answerable for the Lombardian debt. Independently of these personal arrange ments, Austria, remembering the neutrality which the King of Naples has preserved at so many risks and perils, stipu lates in favour of his second son as King of Sicily, the inde pendence of which country will be recognised. Such, we are assured, are the bases of the negotiations now pending, and they have been admitted by M. de Gagern, the representative of the Diet of Frankfort. As to Venetia it will not only form part of the Austrian monarchy, but also of the Germanic Confederation ; it will send deputies to the Parliament at Vienna, and to the Assembly at Frankfort. The German standard will be hoisted on the citadel of Venice, by the side of that of Austria." The National has the following on the subject of Italy, which may be considered as an official announce ment of the intentions of the French Government : " It was announced in the Spectateur Republicain, a few days ago, that General Welden had been disavowed by Austria and recalled. This news to the present has not been confirmed, and we have reason to believe that the invasion of the Legations, interrupted a moment by the heroic defence of Bologna, follows its course. On the other hand, we have not yet learned that Austria has accepted the Anglo-French mediation. Be that as it may, we hold it to be inadmissible that France can fill the functions of mediator so long as the ustrians occupy the Papal States. Nothing could autho rise their aggression, as nothing can authorise their remain ing upon a territory whose independence is guaranteed by treaties. If our Government should enter into negotiation with Austria in such circumstances, it would be sanctioning the brutal abuse of force by Austria. Before a step be taken by diplomacy, and that irrespective of the decision of Vienna, whatever it may be, with regard to General Welden, the Legations must be evacuated. In making this demand France does not raise any exorbitant pretension, and we trust that the wisdom of Germany will save us from supporting our too just observations by a direct act." In a separate article the National announces— "It is said that Venice refuses to accept the armistice of Charles Albert, and does not feel bound by the prudent King of Piedmont. There is reason to believe that the Sar dinian fleet which blockaded Trieste and defended the ap proaches to Venice has been recalled. In this situation the French Government has duties to fill. The defence of our countrymen requires that the French flag be shown in the Adriatic, and it is certain that at this moment our desire is fulfilled." The discussion on foreign affairs which was expected to have come on in the Assembly on Saturday has been postponed. It is stated in one of the journals that Mr. J. B. Dil lon, one of the chiefs of the insurrectionary party in Ire land, has arrived at Havre. BY a decree of the Executive Government, dated the 18th, the sequestration which had been placed on the Orleans and Centre Railways has been removed, and their management restored to the respective companies. The Minister of Finance has published a decree grant ing to those shareholders of the Paris and Lyons Rail way as may engage to pay up the instalments to com plete the 250 f. on each share the right to make the pay ment in Treasury Bonds issued by the Republic, on the same conditions as were granted to the subscribers to the new loan. When the term which these bonds have to run shall be less than six months the interest on them shall be accounted for to the holder at 51 per cent., and when beyond that period 6 per cent. The discussions in the Assembly on Friday were en livened by a smart personal rencontre between MM. BAUIIE and TURCK.. In giving evidence before the Committee of Inquiry, M. TURCK had stated that he had heard M. BAemIE declare on the 23d and 24th of June, that the insurgents would not be put down till they had killed four or five hundred of the Members of the As sembly. M. BAUME declared that this assertion was " an infamous and odious calumny;" but M. TURCK re plied, however that might be, it was strictly true. The President stopped both speakers, and adjourned the subject till the general discussion. M. Lours BLANC in the course of the same sitting complained bitterly of the conduct of certain journals, which had garbled the evidence given before the Com mittee, by publishing only such portions of it as tended to inculpate him, and carefully suppressing everything that might tell in his favour. He concluded by giving notice for Monday of a decree prohibiting the publica tion of these documents in the journals until after the discussion shall have taken place in the Assembly. The following is the weekly report of the Prefect of Police on the state of Paris:— • " Citizens,—The emotion which has occupied the public mind during the last few days is giving way and making room for a feeling of security of which no serious cause ought in point of fact to disturb the duration. Vague rumours, m alarming y reports e ha cannot n w e k t e l d about o ng prevailou t b against malevolence, tbe evidence and u g e - f facts. If it were true that men were capable of restoring in France a form of government justly abhorred, that would be madness; for anarchy in our days would not lead kings to • their thrones—it would only serve to precipitate the instiga tors and accomplices of these fratricidal struggles into an aby es. Without doubt, the stoppage of industry and the stag nation of trade do not cease so quickly as each of us could desire; but the miseries which the revolution of February , may have added to, though it did cause them, would only increase tenfold through our discords, and the workmen would be indefinitely condemned to privations which, with order, must have an early end. A sensible amelioration already di s .. plays itself on almost all the points of the territory o f t h e Republic. The facility with which the last national loan w as subscribed and paid up shows that specie will not be wanting to public confidence. Commercial vitalityis returning, trans actions become more numerous, the workshops are less de serted. In some days the solemn discussioa of the Constitu tion of our Republic will commence before the National Assembly ; the great principles proclaimed in February will receive, let us not doubt, such a consecration, that the enemies of the Republic, whoever they may be, will no longer find a pretext for their criminal hopes. The country desires a democratic Republic; no human power can ravish from it it h i w s conquest howwhich to pr e h s a e s r v s e e i a n l e s d p t e i t o h f its d blood against , a n a d l . w• 1h iie The people and the army, now united in their love of liberty, will not forget that, for the motto of monarchy, ` Divide in order to reign," the Republic has substituted its motto, " Union is strength." The elements of the public fortune, the syrup_ toms of a slow, but continued return towards a normal state, assume every day a less contestable character. Facts and figures exist ; and bad faith itself caanot prevail against them. The workshops are being re-opened, and the workman re ssumes the place which he had too long lost. The move ment which is taking place in all branches of industry is even remarked ia those of luxury, which the receipt of orders is again causing to become active. Renewed briskness dis plays itself in the ports, and the arrivals of July have greatly exceeded those of the month of June ; the single port of the canal St. Martin received last month 15,000 tons more than in the previous month. The markets are always abundantly supplied, and the price of bread is within reaeh of every purse. At the date of our last return, out of 27,301 work men residing in furnished hotels, 16,925 were in work. At this time, out of 29,074 there 'are 20,771 who have em ployment. The number of workinen remaining inactive is only 8,303 instead of 9,432. The Mont-de-piet6 from the Bth to the 15th has received in redemption of articles pawned, 344,077 f. ; the sums lent by it amounted only to 306,8201. The number of persons returning to Paris increases pro gressively—on the Bth by 4,394, and is the last week by 5,974. Instead of 710 foreigners alighting at the hotels, they amount to 765 ; only 628 have left the capital. In the course of the six days, from 9th to the 16th, 2,615 passports were given to French citizens, of which €57 were gratuitous, and 560 were granted to foreigners. The prisons on the 14th contained 3,279 ordinary prisoners, and 8,069 implicated in the affair of June. The sanitary state of th o e n p e r a is t o te n m s p i t s •.he Garde perfect. Of all those of June three only have died—two from their wounds, and one from a pneumonic affection. From the 9th to the 17th there were eight suicides. The at temptsberi b a e v e e n ra s g ig e n o a f li s .s i e x d. a d A ay s . ol O di n e l r y of upon property are reduced to eight. Simple rob entinel, was wounded by a ball Mobile, while on duty as s Last night a second convoy of fired by an unknown hand. The total number of the victims sent off to Havre. The moral and 945 prisoners of upone rob beries the remain person at has tll e sentaway leaves nothing to be state of the men physical . and shoes were distributed to those desired. Clothes, linen, of June amounts jt t in o e l w ,4 a l. B s. who were in want of them before their departure. Their families may be completely assured as to their lot; these prisoners do not leave France—and the most enlightened attention is paid to them. A journal has .represented that ill-treatment and even torture is inflicted upon the poli tical prisoners. I have no need to protest against an impu tation so odious; it will suffice for me to point out to the public as new proof of the falsehoods and calumnies of certain persons. " DtiCOUX, " Representative of the People, Prefect of Police. " Paris, Aug. 18." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. AUG. 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 0/ 9 —Northern of France, 5%. , s t n, / '4 4 411,;,. 0 as *lC , 41141104 • , ' - , 0 4 , •,_ ftes4--, ..••• GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. The return of the EMPEROR to Vienna appears to have thrown the Viennese into ecstacies of joy. The EMPEROR Will, it is said, proceed to Ofen to close the Hungarian Diet in person. Hostilities have recom menced between the Servians and the Hungarians. General VON LICHTENSTEIN arrived at Vienna on the 11th. He was the bearer of the keys of Milan, sent by RADETZBY tO the EMPEROR. PRUSSIA. Count Alum', the former Prime Minister of Prussia, has presented a petition to the Chamber, in which he declares that neither the Government nor the Prussian people are bound to obey or pay attention to the Central Power or Administrator, on the ground that this power has not been constitutionally recognised by the Prussian National Representation; that the attributes assumed by this power are temporary and unratified; and that of and lawfully speaking, the Administrator does not exist for the Prussian people. The petition ends thus:— "Prussia will not forget its history, its sacrtfices, its des tiny, carried away by pseudo-excitement, or a prey to a most contemptible meanness, it will not abandon all that is dear to a nation for a position which will reduce independent Prussia, with its sixteen millions of inhabitants, with its half million warriors ready for battle, to a mere German province —to a mere machine, dependent upon the arbitrary will of parties that may rule in the future German Parliament, or on that of a phantom emperor, equally dependent, and who will merely serve to renew the experience of a thousand years—namely, that a united Germany, under one supreme head, is a problem that has never been solved." , A dispatch, received by the Electric Telegraph Com pany, from Hull, states that, according to accounts from Hamburgh of the 18th, the Prussian Finance Minister had liven official notice that the Bank was not in a condition to pay its liabilities of five millions, without being authorised to suspend its payments. HANOVER. Counsellor BOTHMEN has been appointed Envoy to the Central Power at Frankfort. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danes attempted a secret landing on the 15th between Apenrade and Hadersleben, but were repulsed by the Prussian General. The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette of the 19th inst. says:— " A deputy, who has just returned from a visit to the north, on leave of absence, has brought the intelligence that ten thousand Russian troops have landed in the Danish islands of Laland, Femern, and Falster. About half a league to the north of Ancona, nine Russian ships (six of which are ships of the line) are now seen. They are furnished with provisions from Griefswald, conveyed by English transport vessels." We do not attach any credit to this rumour. No mention of it is made in the Berlin journals. WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA The Russian troops have retired from Moldavia, and General DunAmEL has been recalled from Wallachia and disgraced by the EMPEROR. TUSCANY. The Cittadino of Leghorn says that the new Tuscan Ministry consists of CAPPONI, ['resident; SALVAGNOLI, Interior; LANDUCCI LEONIDA, Finances; MAZZEI, Jus tice; CHILI, War; Iliessom, Foreign Affairs; CASSEI, Public Instruction. The Revista Independent, of Florence, says— " We learn from an undoubted source that according to a plan arranged on between Generals Colli and De Langia, Colonel Giovanetti, at the head of the Ist Tuscan regirvent of the line, a detachment of cavalry and four pieces of can non, marched on and took possession of Reggio. General Samburg, who had quitted Modena with his division at the approach of the Austrians, was to combine his movement with those of Colonel Giovanetti." ITALY. LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT. The Milan Gazette of the 13th appears with the arms of Austria at its head. It contains a formal contradic tion to the report circulated by a Swiss journal, that a decree had been published ordering all the subjects of Lombardy who had emigrated to return under pain of confiscation of their property. RADETZKY has published the following declaration : * The Imperial troops having received from the Pontifical authorities and the Tuscan Government the most solemn and authentic assurances that, so far as depended on the said Governments, their subjects should abstain com pletely from all acts hostile to order and legitimacy, have suspended the movement which they had com menced to occupy those States, holding themselves in a position to observe if their immediate and loyal acts shall correspond to the ample and spontaneous promises of submission." The Turin journals of the 16th declare that CHARLES ALBERT has not yet determined to accept the mediation of France and England- The Fenster° Italiano of Genoa of the 14th announces the arrival of GARIBALDI with his column at Castelletto on the 10th, after a most fatiguing march of eight days. A rumosr was current that the Austrians had crossed the Ticino, at Castelletto, to att ac k GARIBALDI for having continued hostilities after th e s i gn i ng o f the armistice. This paper is very violent ag a i n t th e POPE ; we quote the following from its leader We do not flatter ourselves that our words can reach the ears of him (the POPE) who has done everything to cast us back into the slavery of Babylon ; of him who has neglected no artifice to present us as a holocaust to the Austrian idol. But should they reach hi m , we wou ld ysayhe You are not the Vi car o f G o d , b ut t h e vicar Austrian EMPEROR, and the hum b le servant o bod flitll of t ETTERNICEE. Your faith i s not c i v ili sat i on, b ut bar barismrue otpeace, but the s l aug h ter o f our peop l e. Words not sufficient ; deed s spea k , an d i n you we have words ; a and deeds. You fear the schism of the Austrian prelates, and heed not t h e maled i ct i ons of na tions. Tarry awhile, and you will gather the fruit you desrve. . . . Oh, poor Italy Where has the do minion of the Popes led you ! . . . After this pro test, what can we hope from the Prince of ROME ? Nothing ! What can we hope from our PONTIFF ? Nothing People, learn ! Here are the terrible effects of the temporal dominion of the Popes !' " ROMAN STATES. News from Bologna, of the lltb,statethat the Aus trians are retiring. Bologna is in a state of defence, with 20,000 men under arms. The battalion Zambec cari, that of the students of Rome, and that of Ferrara, have taken the three mountains St. Michela in Bosco, Paterna, and Osservanza, and f ort ifi e d them w i t h artil lery. The Austrian prisoners consist of fifty privates, a captain, a lieutenant, and two hulans. An at tempt was made to burn the Palace Potesta, in which the savings bank was established, but the fire was soon extinguished. The Epoca of Rome announces the fact, that serious disturbances had occurred at Ravenna, on the receipt of the intelligence of the invasion of the Legations by the Austrian troops. It is said that the Neapolitan Consul was killed. THEATRE Saturday Earl T o f he ß ee l e u on e r io e nu n g ; Queen's 7 b Lc o ua x pdii e a :ls t bh ye r i t i t E lea n j ecsAtot,a,nBJess Countess Y 0 Theatre i s Kewr arys,ot hnthe Ponsonbv, and the Hon. C. Gore. In her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box were the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh. His Royal High ness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse) honoured the theatre with his presence. Among the audience were, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Prince Louis Na poleon, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marchioness of Douro. the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemen tina Villiers, the Countess Dowager of Charleville, the Earl of Belfast, the Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl of Pem broke the Countess of Blessington and Miss Power, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Hano verian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the General d'Eresby, Lady the Hon. 11. Baroness Brunow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, Baroness ltehausen, M. de Berg, Count de Barke , Baron Nicolay, the Count and Countess de Flauhault, the Count d'O rsay , L or d Berry,Dun k 1 1, 1 i o n r , d Lord ß ur g hFeorlsehy,, WilloughbyLLaaddvyMansell, Cavendish, Hon. J. Fane, Sir Frederick Trench, Bart., M.P., Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., and Miss Woodford, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Dundas, Captain Griffiths, Captain Seymour Sadler, Mr. and Mrs. Dodd, M. C. Koudriatlsky, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P. Mr. Start, M.P., Mr. Montague Gore, M.P., Mr. R. Bernal Osborne, M.P., &c. &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord William, and the Ladies Somerset. There were also present his Royal Highness the Conde de Montemolin, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis of Tich field, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Countess-Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Sir John and Lady Walsh, and Mr. and Miss Vincent, the Countess of Tankerville, Lord Ward, Lord Hawarden, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Rossmore, Lord Elphinstone, Lord and Lady Carington, Lord Brougham, Lady Wallacourt, Lady Web. ster, Lady Scott, Lady Morgan, Lord Rokeby, Lord Fitzroy, Ludy Rokeby, Hen. J. Fortescue, Hon. A. Willoughby, Hon. D. Fortescue, Hon. W. Cadogan, Hon. Arthur Dillon, Sir T. Hare, Sir John Harrington, Sir F. and Lady Lawley, Sir John and the Misses Burgoyne, Sir H. Webb, Mr. Charles Mills, Mr. and Mrs. M. Martyn, Miss Byrne, Mrs. Horace Twiss, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Miss Ottley, Colonel Blanc, Captain Cuddy, Captain Pherson, Captain Lloyd, Cap tain Haygarth, Captain de Bathe, Captain Hepburn°, Major Gage, Mr. Lindo, Mr. 11. Greville, Mr. Leslies, Mr. G. Ben tinck, &c. THE CHARTISTS AND CONFEDERATES.—SeVeraI large meetings of these parties were announced to be held ration the best means to be adopted in conse q uence of the yesterday (Sunday) for the purpose o f takin g into conside numerous arrests that have taken place. The only meeting, however, of any consequence that was held was at the South Lambeth Chartist Hall in ‘V e bber-street, and the proceed ings were of an unusually peaceable character. No distinct plan of action was proposed. On Saturda y n ight , a man named James Carley was apprehended in the neighbourhood • of Drury-lane with a dagger in his possession. He was taken to Bow-street, an d his lodgings in Savage -court, Paradise-street, Lambeth, searched, but DO other weapons were found therein. ~~~~~ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO 7 !MEE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was firm, without any change in prices. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales. American 3d. to 6jd. per lb. Railway Shares improved. Prices advanced and had still an upward tendency. By the steamers very late accounts have been received from America and the East and West Indies. At New York money was a little easier, but no decided al teration had occurred. The exchange on London was 109 to 1091. The commercial markets were quiet, and the imports had fallen off. If the following statement be correct, we shall receive fair supplies of produce at moderate rates. The writer observes : " There are so many, and such large holders of every species of produce, who have held so long and amidst so much depreciation in value, that we fear a moderate improvement in prices will bring upon the market an immense quantity of every variety of merchandise, and a complete glut be realized. This is frequently the case after such a long de pression, and a reaction is almost invariably the result. Such a policy should, by all means, be avoided, if possible; but we fear that it is impossible to regulate the movements of spe culators now, any more than when the excitement has reached a higher point. The anxiety is to realise. All say that as soon as prices cover cost and charges, they will realise ; and when all wish to realise. prices cannot continue to advance. It is, however, possible that money may become sufficiently abundant before prices for produce reach realising points, that it may be easier to hold, and the anxiety to get rid of stocks may not be so great as we antici pate. In that event the recovery will be more healthy and more rapid. The supply of produce, and staple articles gene rally, upon the market, will be more regulated by the de mand, and prices will be more steadily sustained." Sir George Simpson bad returned from his annual tour of inspection of the Hudson's Bay territories, of which he is the Governor, and reported very favourably of the condition of the agricultural population, about 5,000 in number, at the Red-river Settlement. Looking over the West India accounts, we find nothing certainly of a very cheerful tenor, and the arrangements of the Government were not deemed sufficient to prop up the colonies. There is but little chance indeed of their present prosperity, but we have hopes for the future, and we conceive that no protection would benefit them, in asmuch as a subsequent change would always be appre hended, and men of capital would keep aloof. Every one now knows the worst of matters. It is seen that the days of monopoly and bolstering are over, and the clearing out of insolvent proprietors, while it is to be lamented on individual grounds, though often arising from extravagance, lethargy, and infantine dependence on the mother country, will throw estates into the market at a price that will probably tempt new men of better capital and more industry to embark their money, and become permanent and resident landowners in Cuba. The statements received of the Calcutta markets are very discouraging. Neither in imports nor exports was there any activity, even at reduced rates, and the money market was stringent, in a great measure owing to the wain of confidence. From the Continent we are advised of higher markets for corn. and here also wheat has risen Ss. to 4s. per quarter this morning. The Stock Market is exceedingly quiet to-day, and the quotations are very fairly supported considering the weather. Consols have been 85% to 86 for present transfer, and 85% to 86 1 for account. Exchequer-bills of March have been 325. to 38s. prem., and India Bonds of 1,0001. 225. to 255. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have brought 86% 3 % • and the Three per Cents. 85% to 86%. The Foreign Securities have been at nominal rates, no business having been transacted in the principal investments. Portuguese Old Bonds have been quoted 66, and the Four per Cents. are about 18 to 19. Mexican are called 16 1 to 17, and Spanish Three per Cents. 22 1 4 to 22 3 / 4 . Brazil Stock is 71%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 44 to 44%. Railway Shares, although not active, are rather bett er thi s morning, especia lly Midland, since it is found that Mr. Hud son does not retire. ONE CLOSING pßicvs OF I , RrTISH FUNDS, O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna 86 85 71 f, 861 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 65% 86 86 New 3% per Cent. Anns.... 86 % 3 /4 66 3 / 4 Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/. ... ..... .- 25 p 25 p Consols for Account... Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,000/. March ..... 1,000/. June 22 p 22 p Small, March .. 34 p 34 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN Jr CND& olfE CLOSIN G O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian. Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — 69 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 16% Portuguese 5 per Cents. 66 66 Ditto, 4 per Cent — 1834 Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... Ditto, Account — 22% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 44 44% 44% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 71 70 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ..... `2O Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 3 / 4 ..„.. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 16 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 145... . — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds .... 25 Buckinghamshire... 141. 4a. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8 ...... ... Do. New 10/. Pref..... 2 % ...,,. 2% % Ditto,Clydesdale Juno 50 — Chester and Holyhead... 47% Ditto,:Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 30 Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 254, L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 5 Do., 18/., E. & 11... 18 ...... Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 14 14% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 ..61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17 1 ,x..... Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto - •••••• ........ Ditto (C. & E.) g...uar. 5 per cent.... ... DA - East Lancashire Ditto, New - Ditto, New Quarters 6%....•• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 2% — East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....„ Ditto, Half Shares 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh and Nor thern 25 — Ditto, New.. 6 14 — ............. N Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New 3 3 / 4. .... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 4 Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgoyr,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New ..... .... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 21...'... Great South. and West ( Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ l6 — - Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 151......... 14 .. Great Western OO ..•• 82 82 1 ..•..... 811/Q' Ditto, % Shares oo ...... Ditto, 4 Shares ..... .. . .. 18 Ditto, Fifths....... 2O "'Ditto, New 171— ..... 13 ... .. 9/4 lO Huddersfield and Manch. 28 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 ...... Ditto, % Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... —. Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto ............. . 694 Ditto, % Shares ..... 43 ... Do. Quarter Shares... 1712 —6%1::.. ............ .. 12% Do. Fifths... ........ .... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 1,4 —.. .......... . -- Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ••••• 41, ..... _ ......... . 44/4 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 2% 3.. ......... .. 3 Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto % Cate Hod- --- .••• ........... -.. dershe , d and Sheff.) 38 De.(Wakefielcl,Ponte- •• •• - 23% 2% 14 1 n tract, and Goole) ... 50 ...... Do.( W. Riding [Trion) 6 """......•••.•• ••••• Do. (Preston tfi "SVyre) 25 Shr - ..... Do. ..lares(A.)... 9% . Leeds and Bradford...... 50 Leeds, Dewtbrry, &e.... 50 Do., Half Shares ...... 22 1 4 Do., (bide) Scrip...... „. Leeds and 1 hirsk Ditt0,..... New 3 3 / 4 144 24 1/2 - 511/4 24% ......... .... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 30 Liverpool, Crosby and ,Q...... Southport . .......... . 3 1 4 2 — Liverp., Manch estei., and Newcastle Junet;on... 2 1 / 2 — London &B 3/. 6s. 8d.... . 1 ,'3 5 4 / 3 Do. Ex:ensioa 2 9 1 / 2... 8 Lon Jon, Briguton, and South Coast Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 Ditto, 1852 50 D:tto, New Si., g uar . •••••..• 6 per e - yrt. Ditto, P. ;:ierer ce... "8r 17s 2d.. Loudon and N. Wei.tel a let) ...115 114 x.d ll4x.d Do. aart.rs (L.& )22 Ditto, New D:tto,FiC pis. 2 6 ar.d '.. .. D0.. 4 0/.Sbare....(L.M.) '5 Do. 101. (11. & B.) A. 9 Do. 10/. ,M.& B. )13. 9 Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1 384 39% 38. . 38 Loud. & S. Western 5O Do. New 501. ..... 42%.. Do. New 40/ . 34 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 • Ditto ditto 40 Ditto. Thirds Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...11. 13s. 4d... ......... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... 1 1 /4 Londonderry &CAeraine ......... Londonderry and Ennis killen Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20 7 Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchester,Buxton,und Matlock 4 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 -- ... .- ......... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 — ... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — ..... ...- ... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 35 Ditto ditto . ... -... 11 Ditto ditto - - - - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 123%. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 17 1 ,4 — Do. Manchester and Lincoln Unien. .... 41.25. Manchest. & Southampt. VA Midland ................100 Do. Consolidated Pret.100 Do., do., 50/. Shares... 20 ... .. 11% 11 12 l2 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo - •• •••• •• _ Do. Consol. Bristol and : Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 -- 115 3 ,4... .... ...... 115 3 A Ditto, Brist. & Giocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ... .. 14/. 18s Ditto,Leieest. & Swan- nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastleand Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 ...... Newmarket ... ..... ... 20 Do. Extension ...... —2/. 125.... ... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O Norfolk ...... ...... ..... ....100 Do. New 201. . lO Do. Extension 5 p et. 20 — Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British. ........ ... 25 .. ... Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% .... .• — Ditto, Thirds .... •• .. 4 1 / 2 .. .. 2 North & South-Western 2 North Staffbrdshire l 2 l / 2- . 8 1 / 2 % B% North Wales . 3% North-Western .... Oxford, Worcester, and • Wolverhampton ...... 45 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 7% — Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — . .... — Scottish Central: 25 ...... 24 23 1 4 Scottish Midlana Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7% Do. do (Sou. Div.j ... 4 — ...... Shrewsbury and Bins... 9 ...... Ditto tiitto. Class B. 5 ..... Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ..... .. •••• Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union ...... 4 outil Devon... 5O - Do. Preference South Staffordshire 5% - -cull Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....,... ...... 25 - ••• •• •• ........ •'..... De., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 p. South Wales ...... 28 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 4 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 - Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ..... ...• --- names Haven Dock and Railway 17%...... Vale of Neatii ••• .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15% — .. — Waterford and Limerick 45 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 42 3 / 4 ...... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 7 3 / 4 ..... ... ..... West Cornwall West London 1)o. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Class 20 — W hitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and , , ... South Western ..... ... 914...... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ............... 25 ..... 30! 4 ‘. ........ -. 3 0 14 Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ...... 25 • Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 - ..... 10% Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and .North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference . ..... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara ....... ........ ... 12 1 / 2 — ... — Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ba. • ... •••.... ......... Dutch Rhenish ..... .... .... East Indian 3 14 — ...... - .... . Great Indian Peninsular '4. -. Louvain 11 la Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg 7 — - Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... . 4% 4% Northern of France lO ' ...... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... .. Paris and Lyons ll .•• .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ..., 2O ...... Paris and Strasbour g - ..... Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ....• •• Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ..... 20 West Flanders..... 8%.• ... - LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) UG LONDON, A . 21 . — Wind S • S • E., moderate breeze, and dull, hazy weather, with rain. .2 0 . 5 . a T e Island; an yacht d r Z e e w p h s a y v r e w c a s d T r h iv e e jr n oh o n n Kilala to this port, got on sh ore l ast shore i E v l l E i al a t r : o n ° f i g L a 'h n t A d a u f r t G o n night near Crosby 'Point, but was got off this morning, and ran on the beach near Egremont, with six f ee t wa t er i n h er hold. The Amethyst, from the Clyde to this port, put into Ramsay, ;Isle of Man, on the 18th instant, for repairs, after being ha contact wl,th the Bahama Bank Light-ship. ARDROSSAN, AUQ..l9.—The Ranger Castle, Carmichael, of Bangor, went on shore last night at Moun tford, near this place, having lost all her sails, and became quite unmanage able; crew saved. CHESTER, AUG. )3.—The sloop Hopewell, said to belong to Aberystwith, capsized on the 10th instant, and now lies on her broadside full of water. YOUGHAL, AUG. lb.—The lower masts of a large ship, painted white and green, broken off two or three feet from the deck, was picked up off Caldy Island by the Kitty, Nicholson, arrived here. Poars3iouni,Ariu7l9.—Wind W.S.W. to W., hard and squally; 20th, N.N.W. to W., ditto.—Arrd. 19th, Adolph, Moller, Sierra Leone; Falmouth Castle, Miller, Bahia, both for Hamburgh ; her Majesty's ship Thunder, West Indies, and sailed 20th for Sheerness. DEAL, Ana. W.S.W., strong and squally; 20th variable.—Arrd. 19th, Bangalore, Martyn, India and St. Croix; Vanguard, Norris, Jamaica; William Ackers, Sar geant, ditto; United Kingdom, Quebec; Victoria, Havan nah ; Alice Maude, Williams, Port Philip; Derwent, Wher eon, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land; Lightning, Mellish, Sydney, New South Wales; Palestine,Briar,Grenada ; Seth Sprague, Wadsworth, New Orleans for Antwerp; Susan, Rieitibucto, for Hull; Helen, Foster, Quebec; Eclipse, Davies, Madeira ; a barque, Honduras, and sailed for London. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN Gl3 -MONDAY. During last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce, including Flour, coastwi?se and by land-carriage, were on a very moderate scale, eve :n the time of year consi dered. Only a few samples of Oats: reached us from Ireland and Scotland. The foreign imports were heavy, viz., 15,738 quarters of Wheat, 14,357 ditto of Barley, 59,388 ditto of Oats, 4,692 ditto of Beans, 2,655 ditto of Peas, 847 ditto of Tares, 5,235 ditto of Linseed, 1,393 ditto of Rapeseed, 41 ditto of Mustard Seed, 342 ditto of sundry seeds, and 500 sacks of this Flour. n a Th r ai e n quantity g,s market, f E p n r g i n l i c y i h p a W I y h ea a t f r t ec h e e vad ple s f r e e a s t h n y p ea for s growth, and in very middling condition—was but moderate; and the stands were by no means largely supplied with samples of either red or white. lare A c r e ougdhemthaenad for rnce all buyers was not l arge, kinds of Wheat of home produce was steady, aris ing from the continuance of very unfavourable weather for the growing crops (harvest work in particular) and the spread of the potato disease, at an a dvance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from 3s to 4s per quarter, and at which nearly the whole of the supply - - was disposed of. There was a better inquiry fur Foreign Wh ei it, at a rise in value of 3s to 4s per quarter. In bonded Wlie ats, as well as in float ing cargoes, a good business was done, at 4s to 5s per quarter more money. 57s per quarter was pa id for bonded Dantzig. Although the supply of Foreign 13 arley was good, that ar ticle moved off freely, at an i mprovement of from Is to 2s per quarter. No English satrilples were on the m ar k e t. Since Saturday several cargoes of foreign have come in. The Malt trade was active, and the -currencies improved is to 2s per quarter, both on the spot and for delivery The supply was not equal to the wants of the buyers.No.twith standing the immense importation of Oats last week—nearly 60,000 quarters—the Oat trade Irv; tolerably steady. -and late rates were fairly supported. I;f:tins were in moderate supply and fair request, at extenaive rates of currency. White Peas were from 3s to 4s per qa arter dearer than last week. Grey and maple qualities adriianced 2s per quarter. Indian Corn was is to 2s per quarter higher, but the supply was very small. Indian Meal was b : Id at a rise of is per barrel. A good business was done i English Flour at last :an qualities were held for I s week's improvement. Americ per barrel more money. c tntr.:EscY 'raft IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 62s to 63S Red. .... •• .. 54s to 60s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 60s 68s Lincoinsh., Feud. 188 2 11 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 55s 59s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • . 59s 65s Black . ...... 15s 178 Irish, Red...... • • —s — s Cork, White . .... 178 218 Ditto, White —— • • —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 2ls 238 Rye—Old •••• •• • • —s s Beans—Tick ......... 328 348 New. ———. • • • —32 s Pigeons ..... ..... 368 380 Barley—Grinding ... .. 30s 32s Peas—Grey .......... 348 38s Malting . .... —• . 32s 338 Maple. •••.. . • . d. :342 380 Chevalier .... • —33 s White—. —.• ... 365 40s Nialt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ... .•• • .. 40s 420 folk ...... ••• • • • 56s 62; Flour — Town-made... 45s 500 Brown ....... •• .. 50s 57s Suffolk .... ••• • .. 37s 4"s Kingston and Ware 56s 628 Stocktn & Norfolk 36s 408 EMIXTEMIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were as under:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Harlingen ... 134 ... 719 Rotterdam ... 359 ... 2,281 Hambnrgh ... 72 ... 46 ... _ Antwerp ...... ... 20 ... Havre ...... .. 31 Lambs. Calvet. ••• 2 ... 148 ... 189 ... 323 - • - Total 596 3,067 191 488 Compared with the importations during the corresponding period in 1847, the above shows a falling-off in the total numbers of three thousand head; and it is fully anticipated that we shall have to report even a further decline in the arrivals, from the stringent measures about to be adopted by the Government to prevent the introduction of diseased Sheep into this country. It is, therefore, by no means im proble that Mutton will shortly bear a higher yahie in this market than at present. Since our last report 'very few Sheep have arrived unfit for consumption ; but their quality has been by no means first-rate. At the northern outports about 1,800 head of stock have been landed from Holland and Germany; at Southampton, 30 Oxen have arrived from Portugal, in fair average condition. Out of that num ber 144 head were :disposed of shortly after arrival, at an average of 191 each, the remainder having been forwarded hither per railway. The supplies of foreign stock in to-day's market were very moderate for the time of year, and 'a large portion of them were beneath the middle quality. The Beast and Sheep met a very dull sale, at barely last week's prices; but Calves sold at full rates of currency. From our own grazing districts, the arrival of Beasts this morning were somewhat on the increase, and in fair average condition. Not withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the primest Scots, Downs, &c., moved off steadily, at fully last week's prices. In the middling and inferior kinds of Beef, comparatively little business was doing, at barely late rates, and a total clearance was not effected. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire, consisted of about eight hundred Scots and homebreds; from the northern grazing districts 600 short horns; from other parts of England, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. • and from Scotland,23o h orne d an d polled Scots ; the remainder of the Bullock supply being derived from abroad and the neighbourhood of the metropolis. Although there was a considerable falling off in the supply of Sheep, compared with that exhibited on this day se'nnight, the Mutton trade was in a very depressed state, but we have no actual decline to notice in the quotations, the beat old Downs selling at 5s per Sibs. Lambs, the supply of which Was by no means heavy, moved off heavily at the late decline in value. Prime small Calves were quite as dear; but the second-rate qualities commanded very little attention. The supply was good. All kinds of Pigs moved off slowly, at last week's prices. Per albs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to U. d. T S. d. to a. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Second quality .. •• 3 6 3 8 Coarse-weolleddltto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown blether 410 5 0 Prime Scots ...... 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 Large Hogs .•••• • 3 10 4 2 Prime small ditto —3 10 4 4 Small Porkers .. 4 4 4 6 Suckling Calves ..17 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs ..15 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep . .3 10 4 2 Lambs •••• ••••.. 3 10 5 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3,520 24.000 345 413 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. _ ri g s. 494 , 2,800 282 —. xi/ a V 70.11.1111 amp: zaan mNH AIM. During the past week the arrivals of country-killed Meat for our markets have been on a very moderate scale, arising from the damp and unfavourable weather. With Meat slaughtered in the metropolis, we have, however, been sea sonably well supplied. Beef has commanded a steady sale, at full prices. Otherwise the demand has ruled heavy, but we have no material alteration to notice in the quota tions. Only about five hundred carcases of foreign Meat have been on sale. At per stone by the Carcase. 5. d. to s. d. 5. d. to a. 4 . Beef,lnferfor...• •• 2 4 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 310 - middling .. • 3 0 3 2_ middling.. 4 0 4 4 primelarge 3 2 3 6 --- prime •• •• 4 6 4 - prime small 3 6 3 8 Pork, large ••••• • • • 3 6 4 6 Veal• ••••• • • • . - 5ma11........ 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 3s 10d to 5s Od. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIZIMS. These markets are very heavily supplied with potatoes; but there is an evident falling off in quality. Selected sam ples are selling readily, at very full prices. All other kinds are quite as dear. Present prices range from 31 5s to 6 1 per ton. BOROUGH HOP MILRHET. - In nearly the whole of the plantations the Hops are ra pidly coming into burr, but the mould has made some pro gress in several of the best grounds. On the whole, the trade is dull, but prices are well supported. The duty is called 190,0001. WOOL. The imports of Wool into London, last week, were con fined to about 300 bales, chiefly from Hambnrgh. Public sales, of about 30,000 bales, are appointed to commence on the 31st inst. Privately, a steady business is passing in English qualities, at full prices. In Foreign and Colonial Wools comparatively little business is doing. TALLOW. Although a full average time -of-year amount of business is doing in this market, prices, owing to the rapidly-increasing stock, are quite 3d per cwt lower. P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted at 44s per cwt. For forward delivery we have veil few transactions to notice. Town Tallow, 44s 6d per cwt net 'ash ; Rough Fat. 2s 6d per 81ba. CRIMINAL COITRT.—(THIS DAY:) OLD COURT. The August sessions commenced this morning at ten o'clock, before the Recorder, the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs, Aldermen Fairbrother and Pirie, and other civic func tionaries. The grand jury having been sworn, The RZCORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He said, the names of more than 300 persons were contained in the calendar for the present sessions. There were three cases of murder, three of manslaughter, one of - rape, three of feloni ously administering poison, and six of cutting and wounding, mostly all of no serious character, and various other description of cases. There was one for affixing a forged representation of th e mar k of Goldsmiths' Hall, to an article made of an inferior descrip tion of metal, for the purpose of passing it off as gold, as offence which, under the statute, constituted felony, and will punishable as such. One of the cases of poisoning was where the mother administered sugar of lead to her three children, but the case represented such a scene of destitution and misery as to lead one to believe that the act might be attri buted to an infirmity of mind. He then alluded to the Act which received the Royal assent on the 14th instant, entitled " An Act for the removal of offences in the administration Of criminal justice," by which accessories before the fact in cases of felony might be punished in the same degree se the principals, and in which other useful alterations were made for the fhrtherance of the administration of justice. It now remained for him only to call their attention to th e crime of sedition, which was charged against four persons in the calendar. It appeared, as he collected from the depa" Bilious, alleged speeches of an inflammatory character were delivered at meetings, denominated Chartist meetings, wilt ing from 150 to 600 persons, a circumstance which should never be lost sight of in judging of the intention or tendenci of what was said. The speeches would be laid before them in evidence, and they would judge of the intention and tendency of those speeches; and they would, at the same time, take into account all th e surrounding circumstances—th e nr ture of the subject brought under consideration, the topic. argued and urged—and they would judge whether those speeches were or were not of such a revolutionary tendency , and of such a nature , as were calculat e d t o a li enate t h e a ff e o" Jams of_the_peoplefrom the Crown and the Government as established by law. If those speeches were wilfully delivered to alienate the affections of the people, as a first step to all change in the Government of these realms, or if their ten dency was such, the offence of sedition would be abundpntli sustained under the recent statute. Political writingi of words may be classed trader three heads—those w hich amounted to treason - under the old law, but were now mad' felony under a recent statute, those which were seditious , and those allowable and justifiable. A man might lawfully discuss and criticise the measures adopted by the Queen and the Ministers for the governmen t o f this country, provide d he did so fairly and temperately, with decency and respect , and without imputing to them any corrupt or improper mo" fives; but if a man said anything, did anything, or write anything, which was calculated to lessen the Queen in the esteem of the people, to weaken the Government, or - raise any jealousy between the Sovereign and the people, thee those acts would amount to the crime of sedition. Our con stitution gave many opportunities in properly convened 0 semblies to temperately, honestly, and freely di scu ss the measures of any Government. This crime rested on the authority of Lord Holt, who was one of the brightest judges who adorned the tribunals of this country, and a most sincere friend to the liberty of the Subject! as proved by every act of his life and history. That Learned Judge said, " If people were not called upon to account and punished for bringing the Government into cow. Governmenthbee publicationccal calculated u cou l d e e d x i te s of t ' the affections s ' alienate ent An imen e ts, qua e l i l t y he h r by high a of the people , or bring the Government into dis es t eem , whether ridicule or obloquy was resorted to, such spea ki n g speakingt e u m th p oi authority n y o e said,r writing, the writing was punishable ; Bad whether it was intended or not to alienate the affections of the people was immaterial--' i. e., they would have to judge of the fact of the publica tion, and not of the intention." He had only one further observation to make as to the ch a racter of those speeches, and that regarded the mode by which matters of an inflammatory character might be brought under review of the parties addressed, without the speaker pr° - fessing them to be his own sentiments, or that he wished to be responsible for them. But if they produced the effect men tioned, the speaker attempting to cloak his purPe.ee under the language whi c h h a d b een used or approved 6f other parties, made no difference. He could conceive a ee' and he gathered it f rom th e d epositions, where a party , ad dressed a public meeting collected all the mischievous PO; sages from writings o f recent pu b l icationland then, after having pointed out the alleged evils of the existi/. state of things, said " these are the sentitne°l and opinions of fo re i gners , b ut I don't ado pt them as my own." Any snch qualification as that, whene t ; Sages of the most mi sc hi eveus . t en d ency were applandai," the echo, was no defen c e, an d th ere f ore i t d i d not avail 1..„ party to say that he did no t i n t en d t h em to produce thot o e n , fect which it was alleged they h a d u p on th e meeting. of the cases which would be brought before them was of t . 13 _ 11 ,.: description, where a most mischievous and venomous prV . 7 l .. tion was produced as a quotation from th e wr itings of utterance. If parties would search out writings of amts' chieveus and then adopted by the speaker i n t erm s of his a O W ere equally as responsible for them as the person who said, chieveus tendency, and give publication to them, ther ‘m t ese are my sentiments, and I exhort you to adopt t t o n7 6 . He was quite sure, in the ca mpiortant duty they 11 1 1 , 1 n ot charge they would take that no charge whi party t° rest upon reasonable foundation should expose the hand,p at tb they would take especial care that no case which rested eu tl i v e 'i t the ignominy of a public trial, and, on the other reasonable foundation, and in which there was re u_ the usual investigation of inquiry. The Learned BeZing evidence to require further inquiry, should fail in cGrd then concluded his charge by remitting the grand jury t o the discharge of their duties. E% - His Excellency Barou Andriani, Ambassador - traorditaary from the Germanic Confederation, is daily _.ex pected to arrive from Frankfort. Apartments ha ve bee ' taken for his Excellency and suite at Mivatt's Jiotel. I Col ins an isli plai reap • Ear eon / Wh o !Igai lade , Id Peer Nor *hi( 'tag Wa Exe cont land not 1 had Cate, Whe: 11110 1 Wou Mak toe Wa Val