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FOR NORTHERN TOURISTS. Now Ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, 4 YACHT TO VOYAGE NORWAY, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN. By W. A. KOSS, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A. YOUNG LADY, the orphan daughter of an officer in her Majesty's service, wishes to obtain a SITUA TION as GOVERNESS in a respectable family. She would under take to teach young ladies, wader ten years of age, the English and French Languages, and the rudiments of Italian and Music. A mo derate salary would be accepted, this being the first situation she hes sought, and she could give the most satisfactory references as to her respectability. Letters addressed to M. W., at Mr. Chippendale's Office, No. 10, John-street, Adelphi, will be immediately attended to ; or the adver tiser would be happy to engage with a lady as companion and assist ant in her family. - FIER MAJESTY'S TH EATRE. Wile. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectffilly informed that the FAREWELL NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, Aug. 24, when Hadlle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Bellini's Opera of LA SOicNAMBITLA:_ Amina, :Mlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdile. Vera ; Count Rodolphe, Sig. F. Lablache Elvin, Sig. Garden!. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of bidlie. Carlotta Grisi, Aldile. Carolina Rosati, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, Aidlle. Cerito, &c. &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the B lx-effice of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. Tim Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, Aug. 22, when Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear as LUCIA, in Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. ; Bidebent, Moor Bouche : and Enrico, Signor Coletti. After the Opera, the Second Tableau of the Ballet of ALM k. To conclude with Selbctions from the admired Ballet of ONDINE, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit, and Mdlle. C. Rosati ; M. Dor, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Fine List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, aad Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Wader the Management of Mr. B. Webster, solo Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will tgperformed THE HARVEST HOME. Ailei•likalcii the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; A lelgtsa, Mr. Wright ; Polio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD DOINQ WELL. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Eagagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. Ro.appearance of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. MRS. R. HONNEE'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE PEDLAR BOY. After which, POOR JACK. To be followed by the Ballet of THE CONTRABANDIST. To conclude with THE LADY OF THE LAKE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLVY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Wl',l 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 l LADY GODIV.A. AND PEEPING TONI OF TRY;COVEN or, Clearing the Toll. Box-office open from Eleven tin Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGlCAL unprecedented. GARDENS. Attr 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 FIREW ORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, FR WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and IDAY. View of Lome.—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers includes Messrs. Cloffl, 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, the beautiful Menagerie--Shakspere's House—The Eagle 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. South by Gates open at Ten A.m., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. To .Morrow, the Boys of the Greenwich Hospital School, accom panied by their Band, will pay their Annual Visit to these Gardens. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. TUB WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 66; Noon, 65 . BAROMETER, 29.67.—Mercury rising. WIND W., strong breezes and sunshine, with occasional squalls and heavy showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 3 min. after 7 I Evening .. 34 rain. after I , 0, - . ~. .. \-,._ IA L' 1 ling . Pit'll'4, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22. 1848. Medical practitioners, of all men in the world, are entitled to the consideration of society, and those members of the profession who consent to partici pate in the labour of affording physical relief to pauperism are, above all others, entitled to the con sideration of the Legislature. We insist upon the accuracy of this " position" for several reasons, any one of which would be found to be sufficiently un answerable. Regarding the matter as it affects each of us individually, it is beyond all denial that the proper estimation of the exertions of the surgeon and the physician is among the most rational as it is among the most sacred of our domestic re sponsibilities. To act thus, is to act only as self-interest, justice, humanity, reason, and conscience dictate ; it is to act in a manner which is expedient, convenient, advisable, judicious, and abso lutely and obviously essential. Such, we maintain, is the eonduct which every just sentiment and every reasonable reflection forces upon the more prosperous and independent members of the community. Ap plying this argument, which is so powerful in its influence upon individuals, to a :collection of indi viduals, or, in other words, to a medical district or a union, it is manifest that its operation ought, as a matter of justice, to be pro portionately increased. If it is correct to pay due attention to the interests of the medical practitioners, as-far as each isolated patient is concerned, it becomes a thousandfold more requisite to have a proper re gard for those interests when the health and lives of a very large portion of the population are entrusted to their abilities. Nothing can be more indisputable than this ; it is a statement as clear and irrefragable as the fundamental rule of arithmetic that two and two make four. For the sake of the paupers—for the sake of the rate-payers—for the sake of the poor law medical officers themselves—for the sake of the entire community, this is most expedient. I. For the sake of the paupers.—lf the surgeon appointed by the local board of guardians be inade quately remunerated, it is clear that the most power ful of all inducements is held out for the evasion of his duties, for the diminution of his efforts, for the neglect of the sick labourers, for the hurried admi nistration of relief, for the niggardly supply of .drugs and medicines, and for a hundred other conse quent miseries and grievances. 11. For the sake of the rate-payers.—ln the event, of this supposed parsimony to the medical officer, and of the subsequent dereliction of the duties of that; officer's position, it is plaia that the causes of dis _ease must be multiplied, that sickness, which might otherwise have been brief and unimportant, may become prolonged and dangerous ; that the mortality, must, in a vast number of instances, be increased, - and that, consequently, the parochial expenditure must by necessity be more frequent and less effi cacious. 111. For the sake of the Poor-Law Officers them selves.—Those who cannot recognise on the instant the force of this assertion, as applied to a numerous and most important class of society, are incapable of - appreciating the arduous character of their avo cations, the mental labour and monetary disburse ments which are alone the means by which their education is accomplished, and the trouble and anxie ties by which the lives of the majority of them are peculiarly embittered. IV. For the sake of the entire community we have said, in conclusion —because the result of the nig gardliness which we have imagined would, as we have already observed, lead to a deplorable increase in the mortality, distressing maladies would be generally enhanced in virulence, and the ravages of contagion and epidemics would be visibly extended and deepened. What we have put as a merely lamentable possibi lity is unhappily one of the most glarin g and deplor able of realities. It has been already remarked by ourse lves that, of all men, medical practitioners may sa a re the most fully e ntitled to consideration, and w now add with equal e m p hasis, that, of all men, the y medical practitioners employed for the relief of the destitute sick by the poor-law guardians are treated with the least consideration —their interests are alto gether overlooked—their convenience is in no one circumstance consulted—they seem to be regarded as the veriest drudges of charity, drudges who are appa rently expectled to do the work of six instead of one, to have the toughest constitutions, the longest legs, the most imperturbable patience, and the most übiquitous bodies, and to live like a sort of eleemosynary chame lion, upon the mere breath of benevolence ! That we are not depicting one of those extravagant per sonages to be met with only in the wanderings of Senor GIL BLAS DE SANTILLE, or in the peregrina tions of Master JEDEDIAH CLEISIITHEOTHANI, we take to be sufficiently proved by the " Address to the Public" which has just been issued from the Com mittee-room of the Poor-law . Medical Conven- tion, and by the recent report of that same Committee, which was published last month in the form of a pamphlet.* From those most interesting but painful documents it would actually appear that during the past winter of 1847.8 " there have been unions in which the whole payment to the doctors has not amounted to threepence per case !" Taking that fact as the index to many deplorable revelations, we congratulate the committee of the Convention headed by their chairman, Dr. HODGKIN, and by their indefatigable and in telligent secretary, CHARLES F. J. LoRD, Esq., —upon their having taken the initiative in the struggle which is now beginning to be made towards the amelioration of the condition of the sick paupers, of the local rate-payers, and of the poor-law medical officers throughout the United Kingdoms. The subject demands the aid of the Press and the interpo sition of the Parliament ; and now, that the move ment has commenced with an air of such vigorous determination, we have no doubt whatever of behold ing a speedy and permanent improvement. The accounts from Ireland respecting the potato crop are, we regret to say, of a very unfavourable character, and the most gloomy anticipations are en tertained respecting the future prospects of that unhappy country. There is too much reason to'fear, that unless the most strenuous and timely exertions be made, there will be a repetition of the horrors of 1846-7, and the people will be more than decimated from the combined operation of pestilence and famine. In the more distressed districts it will be utterly impossible for the landed proprietors, if there should be a failure similar to that which occurred two years ago, to provide food for the destitute masses although the entire incomes derivable from their estates should be made applicable to that purpose. Extensive assistance must be afforded from the national re sources, or we must be contented to see thousands of our fellow-creatures swept away from the face of the earth by the most heartrending and painful deaths. We believe we may safely affirm that no Englishman, whatever might be his indignation against those mischievous men who stimulated the people to repay with vile ingratitude the former bounties of this country, would for a moment hesitate as to the course that should be adopted, whatever might be the consequences to himself, or however large the necessary expenditure. Our brethren—it may be, our erring and misguided brethren—must be rescued from the melancholy fate that otherwise awaits them ; and the only question for present con- sideration is, as to the means by which that glorious achievement may be accomplished. If the national resources have been to some extent diminished since 1846, and we should be required to enter upon our arduous undertaking with decreased means, we have at least the advantage of our dearly acquired experience, by which we may be enabled to obtain far greater results at a lower expenditure than formerly, and may also avoid errors such as those that were then committed. The Labour-rate Act, the provisions of which appeared so admirably calcu lated to meet the difficulty of the case, proved a failure, and it is now generally considered that it is better to feed the people gratuitously, than to apply their labour on works of doubtful utility, which are not of a reproductive character. The spectacle of myriads of able-bodied men, well qualified to work, and willing to bestow their labour on any beneficial object that may be indicated, wasting their strength in idleness, and unproductively consuming the na tional resources, in place of being the creators and producers of national wealth, is, indeed, a melancholy one, that should be avoided by every practicable means. It may be a necessary evil to some extent, at least, but every exertion should be made use of to avert an alternative so impolitic on the part of the donors, and so degrading to the recipients. This desideratum can alone be obtained by stimu lating private enterprise to the utmost, and affording to every one willing to provide useful employment for the people, and able to give sufficient security for the amount he may require to be advanced for that pur pose, the means of doing so. The various industrial resources of Ireland should be brought into operation as speedily as possible. The fisheries should be es pecially encouraged, because an additional and most valuable supply of food might thus be obtained. There are nearly 100,000 person engaged in the Irish fisheries, whose labours are not one-fourth as produc tive as they might be made if they were possessed of proper and suitable vessels, nets and tackling ; nearly nine- tenths of those persons fish from open boats of small burden, in which they are unable to venture to any considerable distance from land, and if they should be so fortunate as to fall in with the shoals of fish, they are unable to take due advantage thereof, being speedily filled, and obliged to return to the shore. A considerable portion of the fish captured is also wasted from the want of proper appliances for curing and saving them ; there are no markets at hand in which they can be disposed of, and thus not one-tenth of the value is realised that might be under judicious management, and with useful apparatus. The public generally are at length beginning to understand the vast importance to the parent state of a judicious and well-devised system of coloniza tion. They now perceive that there has been some great and fundamental error somewhere, or that far more would have been achieved than has hitherto been the case. The mighty resources of the British Empire have not been properly developed. Magnifi cent territories, that might long since have been a source of national wealth and power, have pined be neath mismanagement that has converted them into sources of private emolument—we fear in too many instances we might add, of private peculation— by means whereof large fortunes have been realised by a favoured few, instead of competence and inde pendence by many, who, if properly encouraged, and due attention paid to their interests, would gladly have profited by the opportunities afforded, and di rected their industry and their enterprise into more propitious channels than any that have been for some time available in the mother country. The period has at length arrived when the capabilities and the exigencies of our various colonies must be fully in vestigated, and the fullest information with respect thereto laid before the community in general. We may .deplore lost opportunities; but is it fitting that we should rest satisfied with acknowledged evils, simply because they have been suffered to prevail for a long series of years, or withhold the necessary reforms, because the pressing grievance has become "An aged vice—a grey iniquity?" Should we not rather set ourselves earnestly to the task, ascertain whether the system of government in force in each locality is suited to the genius, the in stitutions, the prejudices of the people, and gradually be ally lay the foundation of a better and more p olitic course, by which the natural r esources of the colony might developed to the utmost extent, and the greatest degree of prosperity bestowed upon the inhabitants? This is due, not only to our own citizens, who have embarked their lives and fortunes in the new settlement, but also to the natives who have been brought under British rule, and who should be taught the advantages derivable therefrom, and the supe riority of our free institutions to any with which they had been previously acquainted. There is no want of means for acquiring the fullest information on every point where it might be con sidered desirable. Wherever Englishmen have so journed for any prolonged period, we shall find accu rate observers, intelligent reasoners, and faithful and trustworthy witnesses. That is, if they have not been disqualified by a participation in (may we term it ?) the plunder of the public property, by extensive grants of land, or other peculiar advantages, so as to render it their inte rest to perpetuate the existing abuses, to oppose and retard every amelioration that may be suggested by m ore officers disinterested parties. The in either branch of her MAJESTY'S service are peculiarly * " Report of the Committee of the Convention of Poor-law Medical Officers. July, 1848; pp. 25. London." valuable witnesses, for they generally enjoy oppor tunities for great and extensive observation, and may arrive at calm and deliberate conclusions uninfluenced by personal motives or local prejudices. A very valuable pamphlet has recently been pub. lished on "The Eastern Empire; Crown Colonies," by CHARLES WYNN PAYNE, Esq., which we are happy to perceive is but the " first of a series" on that all-important topic. Mr. PAYNE was for many years an officer of the British army, quartered in the East, and he bring's to the performance of the duty which he has undertaken a clear and vigorous intellect, zeal, energy, and devotion for the reformation of the existing abuses and grievances which he has de tected and most ably exposed, and (to use his own words) " a sound local knowledge derived from an intimate social intercourse with the natives of Cey lon, during a sojourn of years upon that island ;" all of which peculiarly qualify him for the task. The present publication wholly relates to Ceylon, in which Mr. PAYNE (we believe) chiefly resided, and where he acquired for himself the title of " The Natives' Friend," from simply listening to their complaints, and making himself acquainted and sympathising with their grievances. By these means, and through the information acquired from the grateful natives, he was enabled to afford valu able assistance to the Government for the correction of abuses, the augmentation of the colonial revenue, and the just appropriation of the resources of the pro vince. It is hard to select any portion from a work in which all is valuable and condensed to the utmost degree. Mr. PAYNE points out the extraordinary advantages which the island possesses, and which, if duly attended to, and maladministration no longer suffered, would " elevate it to the first rank as a colonial possession, and as a sphere towards which the surplus population of Great Britain might be directed." We shall return on an early occasion to the consideration of this very able and interesting publication. _ A" ~,,A , ,,, • A - .... te ; ....1 4 4, : , •M 4 ~,, , 1,. "or ~ ,,TaU1:r4,44.: -,:. , 4 , t f:l 4. , di ,!.,.,'V -Z :Z. r4 r. , i.. . • '4 047 ~ 4110 x, -,-111A4'--- -,., 0 WV. '. • ' • ' - ~,,,,,... DR° 1 .N ..; 4 ` ";11-?: DIE V dpi . 4 t.'" ..i.,, , ... is THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, Miti. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 16th have been received. The Gaveta publishes a decree, appointing Senor MANUEL DE SIERRA Y MOYA Under-Secretary of Finance. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 16.—The Three per Cents. were done at 20 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 101 ; the Debt without Interest, at 4 for paper ; and the Coupons, at 61 for cash. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The presentation by M. DROUIN DE LHUYs, to the National Assembly, of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the petition of the National Guards of Milan praying for French aid, gave rise to certain interpellations on the subject of the policy which the French Government intended to pursue in Italy. Gene ral CAVAIGNAC accordingly gave the required explana tions which do not differ in any material degree from those given by Lord PALMERSTON in the House of Com mons on Wednesday. The most complete union exists between the Government of France and England on this subject, and there is every reason to hope that their united good offices will bring this Italian affair to a satisfactory termination. An interesting discussion fol lowed in the manner in which the Provisional Govern ment had disbursed the public funds. The following is the report of the discussion:— At two o'clock M. Blarrast, the President, took the chair. M. Drouin de Lhuys ascended the tribune, and stated, that 30 delegates of the National Guard of Milan had addressed to the National Assembly a petition, in which they directly appealed for the armed intervention of France. The peti tion had been referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. The report was ready, and he was at the orders of the As sembly. Some Members insisted on the report being immediately read, whilst others wished it to be postponed for 24 hours. M. Marrast observed that a Member had apprised him of his intention to address questions to the Cabinet relative to Italy. The two incidents might be discussed on the same day. al. Buchez said that France had completed her revolu tion, and that Italy, Germany, and other countries were only beginning theirs. Those revolutions, like that of 1789, must necessarily have similar phases, and it was in dispensable to settle the question of Italy, not only as re gards the present but the future. He thought the Govern ment was perfectly willing and able to reply in the fullest manner to any questions that might be addressed to it on the subject. Ueneral Cavaignac observed that he was quite ready to answer immediately any special questions that might be ad dressed to him relative to Italy ; but that he did not see the advantage of entering into general discussions. Eventually the President decided that the report should be immediately read, and M. Drouin de Lhuys having re-ascended the tribune, stated that the Committee of Foreign Affairs, desirous to ascertain if the acts and language of the Government, had been in harmony with the sentiments of the National Assembly, had thought proper to apply to the Chief of the Executive for copies of the instruc tions given to the diplomatic agents of France in Italy, but General Cavaignac had not deemed it prudent to accede to that request. Under these circumstances the Committee could only adopt one of two modes—either to invite the Assembly to claim those documents itself, or to leave the Government the whole responsibility of its acts. he Com mittee adopted this last alternative, and accordingly pro posed that the Assembly should refer the petition to the Chief of the Executive and to the Minister for Foreign kff sirs, as a pledge of its solicitude for the independence of Italy. General Cavaignac replied that whilst lie was ready to answer any precise questions addressed to him he was determine not to overstep certain limits within which prudence required that he should remain. It was a deli cate question for him, who had not the habit of long Par liamentary explanations, and was little versed in diplo matic matters. When he assumed the direction of affairs he made it a point to inquire into the foreign relations of France. He had studied the manifestoes published since the revolu tion and paid particular attention to the affairs of Italy since the Assembly declared its wishes in favour of that country on the 24th of May. He was aware that it required more courage in France to plead in behalf of peace than to recom mend war. Had he been called upon previously to recent events to give his opinion, he should not have hesitated, even then, to advocate a pacific solution. These events al tered the situation. Lombardy and Piedmont wished to achieve, as one, their emancipation, and to the last moment, when their armies were in full retreat, they had not mani fested a.desire for French intervention. Under those circam stances he considered it his duty to effect, by pacific means, what it had not been given to France to effect by arms, and had applied to the English nation, saying :—" The events of Italy impose upon us duties which you cannot ignore. We desire peace, and do not wish to be instrumental in disturb.. ing the peace of the world. It depends upon you to avert war, and maintain the peace of Europe." That appeal was responded to by the English nation, and it joined France in a mediation, which, he trusted would be attended with beneficial results. He regretted he was not able to enter into further details, and the Assembly, he was sure, would perceive the inconvenience and danger which might accrue from more extensive communications. The General, in conclusion, declared that he would do every thing in his power to maintain an honourable peace; that, if that result was not attainable, he should not hesitate to take follow ed, blamed thespoke G a v field, but that he would resist the last w ith i mmovea bl e firmness all discussions, which he consid ere d i n j ur i ous to t h e republic. e amidstrn e a t ftahre claimingno of d privatee conversation, Puegsr' and who the mediation of England. — Mr. Jules Favre, the next speaker; insisted on on the neces sityproduction of all the documents, so that tt of a public discussion on the afairs Assembly might decide whether the intervention of France the have maintained could not have taken place at one period without danger. e fo l 3, European and t h e peace. The conditions on which peace will Whyb might not be approved by the Assembly. placed France at the mercy of England ? Here jeneral e Cavaignac interrupted the speaker, and observed that his asserti unfounded. M. Jules Favre replied that the expressionenwase had escaped him, for he considered the joint mediation England and France was an act not only national but wise, f y e documents, but in saying that France had placed herself at the mercy of popular England, he feared he was only the interpreter of the feeling. being sove reiGgnen, General Cavaignac iCgahvtairgenqaucirerettleieeed nithinatu,ntiheeatAiesnseemfbthl and that he only asked to ,be excused from furnishing them. As to having placed France at the mercy of England, h e protested against such a su pposition. M. Jules Fabre had spoken of the national feeling. He did not believe that gentleman was a faitlaMl , interpreter of that sentiment.— (No, no.) If he had he (General Cavaignac) should con. sider it his duty to enlighten it, and not yield without hav ing combated it.`' M. Larochejacquelein, the next speaker, said that it was indispensable the Government should tell the country what were the conditions of the mediation of England. He was not a blind adversary of English alliance, but he could not help regretting that that alliance should be renewed at a mo ment when England was' coercing Ireland, which groaned under a more terrible oppression than Lombardy. The discussion being closed, the Assembly referred the petition to the President of the Council and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. Creton next ascended the tribune, and asked the Mi nister of Finance to lay before the National Assembly the returns of the outlay of the public funds between the 24th hti present eel nda r y Ministerwho responsible. had i Il s c i t of February and th e I s t o f J une last. It was not, he said, his i n t en ti on t o i ncr i m i na t e th e p re decessors of the Fuith t he no mderDepartment informationeth se of funds Fin aenhcehe should d Thehad alonef u n b c e - ob tained he had reason to believe that the treasury of P v ' o ra te n d ce fo h r ad the pa p id aym th e e nt ci o v f l thewar.—("w National Assembly might t sub prefects for the whole to know how the credit salaries of the prefects The and of 18 6 4 h hal Y b e e s e n ls' e . x ‘ h N a exhausted s l t " ed in six months? It might be anxious to know with what money were paid those numerous bird departments? s of prey w h o a li g ht e d on th e llere a most violent tumult arose. members of the Assembly, Considered themselves insulted The Commissaries, b y th e expression, loudly called u p on M. ...;r etp to retract it. M. Clement Thomas particularly distinguished by his vehemencep and advanced t' the foot of himself ges ti c ulating amidst cries of order! Silence being tle t a ribune, at last restored, M. Cretinn declared that the expressiondi a pply to public men who had been s ent to administer d not the d epar t m ents, but to the delegates of the clubs. He next asked who had paid the propaganda and the armed men who had been sent to attack Belgium and Savoy, if not the' Treasury ? M. Ledru Rollin, who was personally accused, had come to him, and protested that nobody was more anxious than be was for the production of the documents, which would prove his best justification. M. Ledru Rollin, who spoke next, said that he thought the charge would have been better investigated during the dis cussion on the inquiry. He was, however, ready at once to present his justification: The amount of the secret funds, he said, after the revolution, WAS inferior to those claimed by the Monarchy in 1832 and 1834, when the enieute raged , in the streets. They were employed in clothing the Garde Mobile, the Republican Guards, the City Sergeants, and to relieve the wants of the workmen, who had effected the Revolution. , The funds had been honourably and loyally expended. The journey of the labourers, sent to Belgium and Savoy, had been paid by the Treasury. Innumerable foreign workmen, Germans, Belgians, Piedrnontese, &c., were left in Paris without employment, and the Government had ordered them back to their countries and paid their travelling expenses. The Government, he mentioned, had done its duty. M. Creton replied that there had been no loyalty in pro claiming in a manifesto that the Government of the Republic would abstain from all propaganda, and let loose armed hordes on the neighbouring States. M. Goudchaux, Minister of Finance, explained; and after a few words from M. Gouin, the adjournment of the discus sion was pronounced until the Committee of Finance should present its report. The streets of Paris were yesterday again occupied by the troops. The journals Le Representant du People, edited by M. PROUDHON, La Vraie Republique, edited by M. THERE, Le Lampien, and Le Pere Duchesne have been suppressed. The editor of the latter journal has been placed under arrest. Another batch of 200 insurgents were last night sent off to Brest. A letter from Lyons, of the 18th instant, states that General OUDINO-T had reviewed, in that city, a portion of the army of the. Alps on the previous day. The General announced to the troops that from that day forth they were to receive the war pay. This announce ment was received with loud cries of " Long live the General." The Moniteur says— - ' " On Saturday evening an important arrest took place: a man, whose name has acquired of late a frightful celebrity, had expected to escape the vigilance of the police by conceal ing himself in Paris. He was bidding for a paletot at a pub lic auction on that day, when he was recognised and imme diately arrested. He at first denied being the person the police-officers supposed, but was at last obliged to confess that he was the Reincourt, appointed Sub-Commissary to Bolbec after the revolution of February. That man is ac cused of having murdered an individual he had himself chosen, or was given to him, as a secretary, in the discharge of the functions to which he was called by a deplorable error The secretary was himself a liberated convict." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 43f. 75c.; the Five per Cents. 71f. 25c. ; the New Loan, 7 lf. 25c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 660 f ; Rouen, 436 f. 25c. ; Havre, 205 f.; Great Northern, 378 f. 75c ; Avignon, 220 f ; Vierson, 262 f. 50c. ; Bor deaux, 396 f. 25c. ; Basle, 85f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 348 f. 75c. ; Teurs and Nantes, 332 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 362 f. 50e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Ana. 21. Boulogne and .Amiens, 6 1 4—Namur and Liege, 4%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The following proclamation was issued by the EM PEROR on his return to Vienna : "My faithful Viennese,—Yesterday, the day of my return to you, in which I received the best testimony of your ancient and unalterable attachment, will never be forgotten either by myself or by any member of the Imperial family. May it ever shine in the history of our country as the day of a new alliance entered into between a free people and its constitu tional sovereign. Henceforward may peace, good understand ing, order. and law, continue amongst us, that thereby the kingdom may constitutionally prosper, and by this means be strengthened, for the good of the Austrian people. In con cert with the representatives whom yourselves have elected, and assisted by a responsible council, I hope gloriously to fal fil the difficult duty which Providence has entrusted to me that of maintaining the new constitution of the country. " Vienna, Aug. 13, 1848. " FERDINAND." There were rumours of a split in the Cabinet on the "Italian question ; one division of the Cabinet is for re taining the whole of the Austrian dominions in Italy, at any cost, while the other division seems inclined to make concessions. A report was current at Vienna on the 14th that England and France hud undertaken the in demnity to be paid to Austria for the expense of the war. In the sitting of the Diet, the Minister of War stated that a courier had arrived from Marshal RADETZKY, bringing the intelligence of the conclusion of an armis tice with the King of SARDINIA, on very honourable terms for the Austrian army. M. SLINGER, one of the. Deputies, proposed a vote of thanks to the army in, Italy. The Centre rose to a man, but the Right and Left rejected the motion, under the argument that it did not befit the Constituent Assembly of Austria to vote thanks to an army whose glory consisted in its triumph over a nation struggling for freedom. POLAND-GALICIA. The following is the translation of an interesting pri vate letter received this morning from Austrian Poland, and which gives an accurate account of the state of things there:— " Limberg, capital of Austrian Galicia, Aug. 13. "The state of things in this country must be incompre hensible for all who cannot appreciate the destructive effects, of the Metternich policy. The principle, "Divide et impera," was carried in Poland out of the sphere of politics into the social relations, and the last stroke of the wand of the falling magician banded peasant against lord and tenant against landlord. The first result of this nefarious plot aginst public order was the attempted massacre of 1846, of which the de tails and the instructions given by the Vienna Cabinet to their agents have been partially made known in England. The outcry raised throughout Europe at these horrors made the Government of Vienna strive to subdue thc they had raised against the patriotic class of the nobility, who threatened to carry with them public opinion, and to combat whom those reckless politicians were fain to resort to the lowest arms of French, which means demoralising demo cracy. They were able to check the movement they had roused, because a strong military force occupied the country ; but since the Italian war has drained it of troops, the leaders of the demagogues have it all their own way. These leaders are men who have studied in the French capital the art of anarchical rule, but prepared as the country was for their reception, the people still hesitate to follow men who do no t di sgu i se th e na t ure of their schemes. the peasants look on with wonder, and refrain from throwing themselves under the guidance of such chiefs. The citizens of the principal towns have joined the respectable part of the nobles in forming a national guard. Here would be materials for a strong Government to work with and restore order. At Vienna some disposition is manifested to take advantage of this state of things. A native sid o e f rat lic number of the respectable Galicia, M. Zaleski, is on his way, and classes well disposed to assist him. But he will be opposed new willov er li n n o a r, a a co considerable by the so-called National Club, headed by Dzierskowski, Ruebenbauer, and Paducha, who h ave i ns t a ll e d themselves as a kind of Provisional Government at this place, and are seeking to influence the election of the officers of the National Guard. Since this Guard —which perhaps exceeds 25,000 in number, and which, if armed, would be an efficient force—is all the country has to trust to in the absence of the military, it is obviously the Government's interest to unite with and to strengthen the respectable part of the population of all classes who are friends of order, and who have hitherto, unsupported, made head against the agi tators that have stepped into the place formerly occupied by Prince Metternich's creatures. The traditions of the Metternich C abinet survive, however, in a remark able manner amongst the old employes, who will be found amongst the most strenuous opponeets of the new Governor, whom they will hate both as a Pole and as the harbinger of a new sv,tem. Their plan is to rouse the Ruthenian pea santry against their Polish neighbours, Galicia being divided between those two populations in equal parts. As the Ru ttienians stretch into the Russian territory, it is not un likely that this manoeuvre is supported by Russian gold, it being left to Providence to decide who will reap the benefit of the machination. Its immediate effect is to weaken the Polish party, to whom the landlords in the Ruthenian circles belong. A sad result of the disorganized state of things is that our fine harvest cannot be gut in, and we shall, conse quently, be of little service to you if you have a bad crop. All parties are desirous to come to a fair arrangement with the peasants respecting their holdings and their labour rents, for the commutation of which, on merely nominal terms, plans have been submitted that might long since have been in opera tion if the two opposing influences I have named—bletter nich's Cabinet and the democratic agitators who succeeded him—bad not prevented it. We are now threatened, in ad dition to anarchy and scarcity, with the horrors of the cholera, which has broken out here, although not with full virulence. The Governor will have enough to do to meet so many difficulties at once, and cannot do it unless sup ported by unity amongst the intelligent of all classes." HUNGARY. The war between the Magyars and the Servians still continues. The - T 3 iener Zeitung gives the following statement of the Servian forces:— "At Cjrlowitz, in Sirmia, 5,980 borderers, 823 Servians, and 1,500 Serezans, including various volunteers, making a total of about 6,703 well armed, and 300 indifferently pro• vided. On the Croatian boundary there are 18,000 bor derers, and 7,000 National Guards and volunteers. In the neighbourhood of Pozega, 6,176 well armed. At Ceravie, on the Danube, 5,000 borderers and 2,000 Servians. At St. Thomas, about 6,000; at Melanatz, 5,162; at Jarak, on the so-called Roman encampments, the best and finest part of the army is stationed, consisting of 14,000 men, p ar tly Ser vians and partly borderers. Ihe camp at Perles does not number more than 9,000, and at Sirezthep were only 1,200. At Deliblats there were 3,4 00, mostly servian volunteers, and about 300 Servian gipsies; and, lastly, at Temlin, 1,300, and at Metrowitz, 1,090 armed men and some Servians, making a total of about 68,631 eager for combat. One point of great importance to these tribes is that they are masters of the rivers, 'and number 157 cannons." PRUSSIA. -- - Accounts were received at Berlin, on the 18th, which contradict the statements which have appeared of the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Moldavia. It is, on the contrary, asserted that Russia has a corps d'ctrmee in Bessarabia ready to cross the Pruth immediately. Several collisions have taken place; between the garri son and the inhabitants of Trevus. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 17th, the President, VON GAGERN, made the following report from the deputation which had attended the files at Cologne ; "After the Assembly had decided to accept the invitation of the central association for the repair and completion of the cathedral at Cologne, a number of Members were ap pointed a deputation to represent the Assembly at the recent solemnity. I believe it my duty, in the name of the depu ration, to which many Members spontan eousl y atta ched themselves, to render an account of the manner in which it has accomplished its mission. Last Sunday we set out —a numerous party—tor Cologne. All along the Rhine we re ceived ample testimony of the entire sympathy felt by the inhabitants of its banks with those who labour to realise the unity of Germany.—(Applause) Our reception at Coblenz was magnificent and full of meaning. I ought to add, that not i n Coblenz alone, but in every villa g e on the Rhine, the pe o pl e manifested their joy and the sentiments which animate th em. At Cologne we remarked the spirit which has ev er charac terised that city; every preparation had been made for the great influx of guests. As to the religious part of the fes tival, I confess with regret that the deputation of the National Assembly cou ld not take so great a part on them selves as the authorities of the city wished. It certain ar rangements were imperfect, and t he sp ace all otted to us in trudFd. on, we must recollect that a devout community was unwilling to be excluded from a religious solemnity, and that free access was of course left to all people. I intimated at our last meeting that the King of Prussia had promised to attend the festival. He was actually there, and the inter view between him and the Vicar of the Empire was most cordial. His Majesty's reception of your deputation, who were accompanied by at least a hundred more of your body, was amiable and warrants the fairest hopes for the future. If his Majesty remarked on the occasion that he hoped that the National Assembly would not forget that there were Princes in Germany, and that he was of the number, other expressions uttered by his Majesty showed that he fully re cognises how much has been effected by the spirit which animates the Assembly to re-establish order in Germany, and to impart efficiency to the laws. There cannot be 1 - doubt that it is the wish and intention of his Prussian Majesty that his Government should act in harmony with the National Assembly and the Government of the Vicar of the Empire to restore unity to our great country. This was shown in the most unequivocal manner at the banquet given by the Vicar of the Empire to the King and the Members of the National Assembly. On that occasion his Majesty the King of Prussia proposed the toast of the ' Vicar of the Empire and the National Assembly,' and this act confirmed our hopes of a community of action. I may therefore venture to say that the festival at Cologne, which embodied the idea of German unity, has been celebrated in its true sense. The future will show its fruits. May the completion of this magnificent cathedral, of which we have witnessed the pro gress, become and continue for the nation a symbol of its power and unity 1" The Archduke JOAN, the Administrator-General of the Empire, returned to Frankfort on the 17th. The Parliament was engaged on the 17th and 18th in discussing the draft of the Bill of Rights in Committee. The 7tn paragraph, guaranteeing exemption from do miciliary visits, except in pursuit of a criminal dis covered i❑ the act, or with a magistrate's warrant, was adopted on the 17th; and the Bth, guaranteeing the in violability of letters except under a special warrant; and the 9th, guaranteeing the liberty of the press, were adopted on the 18th. Lord COWLEY has rented a house in Frankfort, and a Russian Ambassador is expected. ITALY. PIEDIvIONT. The Opinione of Turin, of the 17th instant, announces that the Sardinian Cabinet would be probably composed as follows:—Messrs. ALFIERI DI SOSTEGNO, President; General PERRONE DE SAN MARTINO, Minister for Fo reign Affairs; MERLO, of the Interior; FRANSINI, of War; FERRARI, of Grace and Justice; PINELLI, of Public Instruction; Com.A. FREDERICO, of Public Works and Commerce; and REVEL, of Finance. The same journal states that Major ACT'S, who commands the ar tillery at Peschiera, and the Governor (FREDERIci) had refused to surrender the fortress to the Austrians, de claring that neither General SALASCO nor the KING bad any right to alienate any portion of the Italian territory. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 17th, states that General GARRIBALDI, having retired to Casselletto, on the Ticino, with 1,300 men, suddenly left that place on the 14th, taking three hostages with him. He pro ceeded to Arona. took up all the boats, steamers in cluded, and imposed a contribution of 7,000 E ; then leaving, with the intention of continuing hostilities against the Austrians. It is also said that at Luina be ordered his hostages to be shot, and then beat a body of 400 Austrians. The KING, not to be considered an accomplice in such violation of the armistice, has di rected that GARRIBALDI shall not be again admitted into the Piedmontese territory. The city of Genoa continues in a state of great ex citement. MILAN. The Milan Gazette of the 15th contains a decree of RADETZKY, ordering the payment of the first rate of the prwdial tax two months beforehand. The same paper contains a proclamation from Court THRUN t dated Piacenza, Aug. 14, announcing his entrance there, and inviting the inhabitants to tranquillity. SICILY. The following intelligence from Sicily is published in the Malta Mediterraneo:— "A manifesto, dated the 23d ult., from Ruggiero Settirno, the President of the Government, inculcates to all the Sici lians to hold themselves in readiness for the defence of the country against the threatened aggression of the Bombar dier Xing.' Besides this, the Parliament has decreed, under the same date, that all the commanders of the National Guard in all Sicily shall immediately make an enlistment of militia, composed of all citizens capable of bearing arms. Further, he has ordered a subscription to be opened amongst all citizens belonging to the National Guard, who wish to give in their names to form part of a National Guard Mo bile. These troops will be paid by the nation. The com munes are compelled to furnish lodging, light and straw, to the troops who may pass through, or be stationed in the commune or territory. In every commune a deposit of arms will be formed, munitions and in struments of war; and even artillery; the municipality will provide places for these deposits. These troops will be under the orders of the military commandants. To the Mi nister at War wilt be added a committee presided over by him, and named by the executive power, which will give the necessary orders for the public defence. The military penal statute, still in force in Sicily, and the military ordonnance to the terms of the decree of 28th June, 1848, will be appli cable to every armed force immediately the enemy shall land on the Sicilian shore. " The Minister at War has left Palermo on a tour of in spection of all the forts of the island. "The steamer Palermo, appointed to take the Sicilian de putation to offer the crown of Sicily to the Duke of Genoa, has not left Palermo, because two Neapolitan steamers were cruizing to capture her. Admiral Baudin gave the Palermi tan Government the French steamer Descartes to take the deputation to Genoa. "In the sitting of the [louse of Commons on the 24th ult. the Minister for Foreign Affairs announced that he had received an official communication that the Sicilian prisoners were in Nisida, and some in the Castle St. Elmo, and were so well treated that there was nothing to fear for them. "The brave Colonel La Masa, with his companions, ar rived on the 28th from Lombardy. lie was received with acclamations by an immense crowd of people. " The Parliament has decreed the civil list of King Albert Amedeus to be 80,000 ounces per annum, to be augmented to 100,000 when he marries, and to 120,000 at the birth of his first son. "A Bourbonic movement has taken place at Noto. The National Guards of Modica, Avola, and Licata, have marched upon the insurgent city, and it is supposed by this time that this stupid attempt has been put down." MALTA. Advices from Malta to the 12th instant have been received. Cardinal FERRETTI, the nephew of Pio NoNo. arrived at Malta on the sth, having been forced to fly from Rome on account of his opposition to the war with Austria. Several Italian Jesuits have likewise sought refuge in Malta. TURKEY. The Levant mail has arrived, bringing intelligence from Constantinople to the sth instant. This intelligence confirms the rumours of the 'renal of General DUHAMEL, the Russian agent in Wallachia, and of his banishment to the Caucasus, and of the re tirement of the Russian army across the Pruth. The Russian Consul at Jassy will, it is said, be recalled. The cholera has appeared at Adrianople, and is making dreadful ravages in the province of Rumelia. It has also re-appeared at Trebisonde. There have been several terrific conflagrations at Constantinople. On the Ist instant, 223 houses, a mosque, a church, and two synagogues were destroyed by fire. GREECE. The intelligence from Athens is to the Bth. The budget of 1848 has been voted by the Chambers. The investigations into the peculations of tho Minister RIGA. are still going on. RAILWAY rs toi: ruotae dd A deputation from the Associate Institution for improving and enforcing the laws for the protection of women, had an interview this morning with the Lord Bishop of Oxford, at hie Lordship's residence, Eaton-place, on the subject of the Bill for the Protection of Women, session. t w h h e ic H h ou l e l e is ofLoLdosrhdeip in n ha th s e e v n e g r a y ge ea d rly to praer-tinotfrodthuece nextinto In t V i i Ae character i r ab A cy L t e l r 1 30 G of z A : d last night at these gardens The inimitable Juba, im mortalised.7BupEcpvsesaleong." The impersonation was full of life and broad - fun, which created considerable andlaugwh t a e e r. . a e l; o h ni e p d a a n n i c e e d r w hy a s i, eattiredil,eciu equipped p a e d most a exquisite of the first water.. .The other entertainments were of an attractive order, consisting of the performances of the equestrian company, and a vocal and instrumental conceit. ON THE RICHMOND Considering the boisterous state of the weather, the gardens t . h w en at On Sunday night, about half-past tea o'clock, an accident occurred at the bridge. at the Putney station on this line of in wa t s he railway, by which a young man, named Frederick Gant, wev A v ir er A y L w A el c i c a l t p te E n s de r d. lost his life. It is supposed that the deceased, who was one of the guards of the train, was adjusting the luggage on the roof, and forgetting the bridge under which the train had to pass, he was standing up, when he was struck by the brickwork. He was not missed until the arrival of the bridge, with very ' severe injuries on the head. He was immediately placed • when he was found close to the t carriage rain at and de conveyed n n next ve y station. t i t o o n. t h e A 8 t s a e t a i ( r ) c n h in a and from thence to St. Thomas's H o • spite! where h e expired about two o'clock yesterday _ , morning. The unfortunate deceased is 4aid to have left a wife and four c hildren. .... vY ACCIDENT ON THE GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY.—On Tuesday morning, as the half-past nine direct train from this town to Glasgow was proceeding as usual, near to Fergus-hill, they came into collision with i mineral train, which was coming at the time. The trucks were empty, and such was the impetus, that they were cut through by the engine of the passenger train, and thrown on each side smash e d t o p i eces. Fortunately,, besides the detention, alarm and jolt, the passengers were uninjured.— Kilmarnock Journal. ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAlLWAY. — Yesterday a severe collision took place on this railway between the down express London and Edinburgh train and a local train of the Lancaster and Preston Railway, which was standing at the Bay Horse station, about fourteen miles north of Preston. Two carriages of the local train were much damaged, and unfortunately several passengers in the carriages were severely injured, one of whom has since died. No injury whatever occurred to the express passen gers, and the train was forwarded after a short delay. APPREHENSION OF A SUPPOSED CHARTIST, ARMED. —A man, upon whose persona dagger was observed, was taken into custody last night, close by the Members' entrane, of the House of Commons. He flourished the weapon in a threatening manner when questioned by the police, bu was to prevented from d o i ng an y m i s chief with it, and was tak t ea the station-house. CAPTURE OF ANOTHER CHARTIST DELEGATE. — William Dowling, who was captured by the police on • atur day, after a brief examination at Bow-street, yesterday, was remanded to the 31st instant, when he will be brought up with the other prisoners. A steam- boiler explosion occurred on Friday at the iron foundry of Messrs. L. G. Hales and Son, Cobridge, near Burslem, Staffordshire. Three men and a boy were dreadfully scalded, and wounded by the falling materials. One died on Friday are in great evening, and the others t danger. Ci)11 , 11.'111Z(.; CITY, 1,,31 , A I? HBEE. There was a dull market for Cotton at Liverpool yester day, with a good supply, and no alteration occurred in prices. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales. American reaiiseil 3d. to 5 1 / 2 d. per lb. Railway Snares were rather better, and closed firmly. Accounts from Alsace state that the manufacturers were doing rather better, but that the low prices obtained for fabrics did not leave a reasonable profit, the raw staple (eotton) being comparatively too dear. This is somewhat curious at a time when the growers of cotton, and indeed of almost every other article, are bitterly complaining of the slackened demand and reduced quotations, though it in our own impression, as the result of some reflec. tion and experience, that the whole course of English legislation recently will be to diminish to the consumer the cost of every necessary, and to the planter the expense of production. The great struggle and consequent distress falls, it would seem, upon the planter first, and until the changes introduced are in full operation, this must be the case. With a population increasing daily to an enormous extent, it was obviously merely " Hobson's choice," whether the toiling artizan should be starved or fed; and, indeed, whether from the pressure of insup portable poverty, the political stability of Euro pean nations should not be endangered. Competition has reduced the price of labour to almost the lowest possible amount, and foreign countries which received our goods were reaping the benefit by sending us dear produce in return. Even our colonies, under the pernicious system of long dated bills, were as much opposed to us as independent countries. The home merchant choked the Indian markets with British manufactures, selling them for less than they were invoiced, while he bought up every pound of sugar and every bag of rice as a return shipment, at unreasonably high values, to be sold in the mother country perhaps at two-thirds of the sum paid for them. 'Phis was literally "'burning the candle at both ends," and it is time, having suffered so severely, that 'we turned the tables. in all quarters, thanks to free trade, abundant stores of grain and other food invite us, and although a suddenly extended want of food must derange the ordinary relations of com merce, it is not to be supposed that we shall purchase our supplies with bullion alone. Reverting to the Alsace manu facturers, we find it stated that an alteration is necessary in the regulations for the transit of goods, and that the whole tariff should be reduced 50 per cent. The public securities have been heavy this morning, and there have been some speculative sales made. Consols have realised 85% to 86 for transfer, , and 85 3 / 4 to 86 for account. Exchequer-bills continue heavy. Those of 5001., dated March, have been 28s. to 31s. premium. Many parties ex• press surprise, and perhaps not altogether unnaturally, at the comparative firmness of stocks, but with the dullness of trade affecting sensibly the prosperity of other investments, railways for instance, many have no alternative but to purchase Console, and are the less disin clined to do this, because they can make certain at present prices of nearly three and a half per cent. Even a new loan, while money is so abundant, might, in this view of the case, have no very great effect. Bank Stock has declined to 197% and 196. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 86% to 86%, The Foreign Bonds are not heeded. Mexican realise 16% to 17, Russian 101, and Dutch Four per Cents. 71. The market for Railway Shares has been dull, and is still affected by the weather, otherwise an improvement would, no doubt, occur. ONE KICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Batik Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne 8 6 .86% 85 7 1', 86% 86 1 / e 3 Der Cent. Consols Annuities B6 85%7 8 85 7 / s N-w 3!‘ per Cent. Anns .. . 8 6 % 3A E h% 86 % New 5 per Cent. Annuities — 112 L.ong Anns. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 8 9-16 fndia Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,000/.. .. Consols for Account.... 85% 86 85 3 / 4 86 86 Exchequer i Blls. 2%d. & 2d. 1.000/. March ...... — I,OOW. June ..... ........... — 22 p 5001. Match. 500!. June Small, March .. 29 p 29 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLICV. PRICER. Mexican. 5 per Cent. 1846 1 6 3 /4 17 16% Russian Bonds .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... Ditto,l Per Cent. Certificates 71 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen A mber. 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 131. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Iluckinghamehire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 834 ...... Do. New 10/. Pref..... 2 1 ...... Di tto,Clydesdal e June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 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 ...... 137 ti 23% 234 141/ e East Anglia, 25/., L. & ----- E. and L. and D..... 25 ...... ... .. Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ..... Do~ 31.105. Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ...... 14 ... l4 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 .6/. 13s. 4d.... % dis. l% dis Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 1 / s dis % die Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent• Do. Quarters ... ..... 12 1 ,/ Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto..• 1 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) 2O - Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%..... - Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ...... . ...... Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent-- ...... 2% East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 1 — Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 2% East Lincolnshire ...... 23 ~ ••• •• Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... . 2% 24 is Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6'4 — Ditto, Newport l3 -- -- ..” — Ditto, ditto, New 3 3 / 4...... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Carlisle ....... ... —Bl. Bs. &L... .... Glasgow, Ditto,New Dumfries,.. ....a ... 25% .. . " Glasgow,K i 1 m a r. , & Ayr 50 . ..... Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 • — Northern 5 ni 1 ... .. . "'ce Consul. 15 -- Great ...... . ..... ~N L ondon and York 2% — .. ...... . ....... .. great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England 100 ...... 230 ...... 230 Ditto, New, 40/. ..... Ditto, New, 30/ 3O ...... Ditto, New, 151......... 14 .. .. ..... Great Western ........ „. ... 90 ... .83 " B2 Ditto, - I,6 Shares ...... 50 47 1 Ditto, 1 / 4 Shares Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. 10% Uudderstieldand Manch. 28 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .....••• 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, . 1 % Shares Lancaster and Carlisle Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & YorkshirP 10 1 4 _lre 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, th Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Quarter Shares-. 17 1 / 2 ....- ..... -.. Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 141 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ..... Do..New,Gua.6 per ct. 21 4 3 .. ......... ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 — - Ditto ih (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 38 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... —.......—. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9% ••• — Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ...••. Do., Half Shares 2 2 14......• — Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 2 1 / 2 .- - -." Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... ....... 30 - Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. VA...-. 1 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 3 1 42 Li verp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,1 2 — London &Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d.... Do. Extension ..... ... 2 2%...... ...... . . ••••••• London, Brighton, and S Do.G ou u t ar h a C n o t. as s t. . p. . c ... t. ... , 5 9 0 ...... 2 8 8 3 4 1 / 2 836 Do. Fref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — -. -. — Ditto, e r en N c ew t l., guar. 6 p 3 LondonandGreenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... .... Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100.. ...114 115 113 x.d ll3x.d Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 . ..... 5% x.d. 5 3% x:d. Do. 40/.6hares(L.sl.) 25 ...... Do. 101. (51. & B.) A. 9 — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 ...... _ ...... - Do. 101. ( 51. & B.) C. 1 ..... Loud. &S. WPstern 5O .... 39 39% 00. N m5Ol. ..... 42%.... .. 27 Do. New 404 ......... B4 ..... .....- Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... --• ... •-•- Ditto ditto ... ...... 40 Ditto. Thirds ..... 11/. 13s. 4d - ......... ...... 5% dis. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...14 13s. 4d... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 114...... ..... Londonderry&Coleraine 27 1 r 4 — ... 6% 39% LoaJouderry and Ennis k;,l,ot, ..... .... ........ 25 _ Lowestoft (4 per c t.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) an ', t. , si , r,tiii, ion.and Matlock .!tiarchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire -.100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) IS Ditto ditto (No. a)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7IA — ..... •••••• ••• Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ..;itto, Gt. Grimsby ... 35 Ditto ditto . ... ..... 11 . — ..... .......,.. Ditto ditto ..-.. Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 1214. ... Do., Grimsby Dock l7 4,.. — Do., Manchester .and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. — 1 ant !it,st . & Southampt. 2 , 4 ...... Midland ... . lou ..... 8916 90 Do. Consolidated I'ref.loo Do., do., SW. Shares... 20 ... Do 13inn., and Derby] 00 - D . Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 Ditto, Brist. &Glocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ... .. ...... 14/. 18s — Ditto,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per et.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish ........... .. ..... 42 1 / 2 — - •qiddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. N eweastleand Carlisle...loo lOB .., ~.... 108 Do. Quarters Nqwmarket ........ . .. 20 Do. Extension .........21. 125.... • • 116 1 ,4 , ewport , Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ..... Nc wry and Enniskillen 7 — — .... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk .... ....... ....100 - ••••• . ••• ..... Do. New 201. Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 — Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 .. ... 19%. 19% Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Extension O% .... — Ditto, Thirds .... .. • North & South-Western 2 — North Staffordshire 12%..... 8% North Wales ... ...... -.. 3 1 /, — North-Western ... ..... 8:- 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 45 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 7 14 6% Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 Ditto, New - .. .. .... ........ Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) ...... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... .• . Shrewsbury and Bina... 9 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsburyand Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 .....• ....»........ Ditto Oswestry ..... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union Soutn D..von 5O ......• ••- Do. Preference South Staffordshire 5% south Eastern Do., No. 1 24 — Do., N 0.2. Do. No. 3 ...... ••..•• 25 .•....• 15 1 4- •-• Do.. No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wales ...... 28 ...... •. Suuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Groole ...... 4 Swans. & Lougho r & C a - •••....•• meron's Stii. C0a1.... 6 ••• 00000000 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames }lawn Dock and Railway .... IV A...—. Vale of Neath ...... 4 Waterford aril Kilkenny 15 1 , x . — Waterford and Limerick 45 Waterfd,'Wxfrd,Wicklw. . and Dublin ..... ..... 3 .... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. * 42% — ._ Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0.... 7 3 / ..... "' .... West Cornwall West London Do. Do. Ist Class ..... •••••••••• Do. Do. 2d Class 20 Whitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 914...... Wilts, Somerset, & 'Wey mouth ....... ...... 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 25 .• ••• ....»......... Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 8 1 4 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Dv. 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 l 2 l/ . 2.....• -- .•. ........ •••• Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. • .... Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ... .. ...... .... East Indian 314 — ...... .. ...• • Great Indian Peninsular 14 Louvain Lla Sambre ... 7 1 4 — Luxembourg 7 ...„. Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 4 5 4 Northern of France."... 10 .... 5 5 4 3 4 ... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 •••••• 1% ... .. Paris and Lyons ll ..• .. Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ......... 20 ....... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. .............. . Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ..... .. 9 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan. , den, and Hasselt woo.. 20 ****** West Flanders ..... ..... JOINT STOCK BANK. Australasia 40 .. .... •••••••••••• GO British North American 50 Colonial ...... •• .....• ••• . 25 Commercial of Lodon 20 London Joint Stock s . ... 10 —14 N London & Westminster. 20 ...... 203 i N. 25 1 ,4' 652 124 114 154 67i 28% ion; 8 1 / 4 59;4 10% 6 54g I A. 1 4 1 2o LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aua. 2 3.—Wind, S.W., fry brews and squall'' , with heavy rain. DEAL, AUG. 21.—The Teresa, Rees, from Bremen to Bs% timore, arrived in the Downs, reports that the blockade the Weser commenced 17th instant, and that the same del a Hamburgh barque was taken by a Danish ship-of-war. 20, The William Crow from Liverpool to Newcastle, got oil shore on the rocks off the South Foreland, but came off with, assistance, after beati ng t wo h ours h eav il y, and h as procee d e d on her voyage, not making much water. BIDEFORD, AUG. 21.—The stern of a vessel, apparently A long time in the water, marked Wakona of Neweastle-- 4 piece of a mast, and some planks. have been washed ashore near Hartland. All the shipping rode out a very heavy ge l° from W. to W.N.W. safely. SWANSEA, AUG. 21.—1 t blew a heavy gale from W.S.W. last night, and still continues. The pilot 'Niel,: Forth, in going ou t o f th e h ar b our this morning, carrot' away her foremast, and put back with some difficulty. The Commodore, which sailed for Antigua, 10th instant, has Pu t back to the Mumbles, reported to be leaky. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 21.—The Lancashire Witch, which gr rived at Rio Grande from Monte Video Sth June, went is company with 33 vessels of different flags, some of which had been detained outside upwards of 40 days, waiting for water 1 on the 22d June there were 22 vessels detailed inside and 24 outside from the same cause, there being but 10 feet water over the bar. The.Levenside had then been waiting inside two months and 11 days. The Victoria, of this port, frool Cadiz, with salt, was lost near Rio Grande previous to 2 0 t,t June ; crew saved. Th e X ar if a , w ith a cargo o f sa l t, t h a t been refused entrance to Buenos Ayres direct from Monte Video, is reported on the 7th June to have been refused ell ' trance a second time, after being at Ri o G ran d e an d renelfine her papers. WHITBY, Atm. 20.—The ./Eolus, Allison, of Sunderlan d ' was in contact with a laden brig 18th inst. off Rockliff, e l " was abandoned in a sinking state ; crew saved. The Bedlinr ton, Thompson, of and from Shields, with sails split and veil,. leaky, has arrived off this port and tak en f our ex t ra handle '- assist in pumping. OBAN, Atm. 19.—The Isabella, of Dumfries, from Nei ; castle to Dublin, has put in here leaky, having struck 011 .4 rock in the Sound of Laing; she has not sustained U damage, and will proceed when made tight. The Jessie, 0 6 Stornoway, from Ca s tl e hill to C hester, has also put in or( leaky, having s t ruc k on a sunken rock in the Sound ° Kerrarra. WARREN POINT, AUG. 20.—The Venus, Scott, from C ar :. lingford Bay, was l ost ; i n D undrum Bay, 18th install" crew saved. PLYMOUTH, Ana. 21.—Wind S.W., a strong gale; it ble 1( a heavy gale from S. to S.W. last night..--Acrd. Brilliaot* Stewart, Shields, for Cape of Good Hope, leaky and with Icre , l ,. of sails. Th e Eli za b et h s l oop, of and from Portsolourti drove on shore on Battery Point, but was assisted off wt damage. The Active schooner, of this port, drove on sh ore at Bears Head Point, but was assisted off without damage' PORTSMOUTH. Aug. 21.—1 t has bl own a h ar d ga le today from S.S.W. to W. ....A ' COWES, Ana. 21.—Wind S.W., a h ar d g A To ronto, Thompson, Matanzas. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) EAT MAZZETS. SMITIIFIELD.--Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 17s; ne,ri ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 8s • ' Old Clover, 41 to 41 17s ; New ditto, ° lOs to 41 8s ; and Straw, 115 s to 1/ 9s per load. A inc' derate supply and a slow trade. NeW ditto, CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; 2/ 8s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 41 15s; New ditto , 31,t° 31165; and Straw, 116 s to 11 105 per load. Trade stool' at the above quotations. WHITECHArEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 161 ; ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/; New ditto, .3_1_1:1; to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 9s per load. SuPl id9 and trade dull. COLONLEM. Siloam—The market for British Plantation contin u a : heavy, only ,180 hogsheads having been disposed of, decline of Is since this day week. The public sales ha i l; only offered 2,300 boxes of Havannah, which w as all bags" in at 17s 6d to 20 s 6 d for brown and good yellow. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the Ess; and We:t India Docks was 1,951 hogsheads, 342 tierces, 657 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,223 hogs heads, 103 tierces, 309 barrels. The stock in the same pieces is 24,383 hogsheads, 2,946 tierces, 5,479 barrels. Co Lo 21 RI West takes ports 19,01 Red] nild Was Ede/ CE to Con nut that 21 her ker hal of E Kea Lib yea pie, fivi WI Inc a l,