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** ploy. In on. TO., COMptleing M much matter u twenty erdl• hAry Niulamee, with 1,500 Engrarlnge of Isms. 38e. bound, BURKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE, FOR 1848, NEW EDITION, Revised and corrected throughout from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, Scc. " The most complete publication of its class we possess."—Atlas. "No other Peerage can be compared with that of the Messrs. Burke for correctness and completeness."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE SECOND EDITION. In 2 vols. Svo., with Portraits. Stc.. price 325., THE HISTORY of the CONQUEST of PERU. By W. IT. PRESCOTT, Est., Anther of " The History of Ferdinand and Isabella." " We can most conscientiously recommend this present work." — Quarterly Review. " Mr. Prescott is terse and lucid, vigorous and elegant."—Times. " A monument of genius."—Daily News. •' • The Conquest of Peru ' may take a foremost place amongst the histories of the present day, and will not shrink from a eonaparisen with many in past ages."—Spectator. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty). ur ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. jui tkoNobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take plaoe oz SA TURDAY, Aug. 12, when Mdlle. JENNY LIND will appear in a favowite Opera. With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the talents of 31dile. Carlotta Grisi, 31dlle. Carolina Rosati, Mdile. M. Tagtioni, Mdlle. Cerito, &c. &c. Applications for Bates, litalla, and Tickets, to be made at the lox-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectitlly informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, on which occasion Mdlle. JENNY LLND will appear as AMINA, in Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA, Amine, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera ; Count Ilottoipho, gig. F. Lablache Elvino, Sig. Gardeni. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. The Fr* List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets are to be made. Doors open at half-past Seven. and at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Leases. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TUE FLOWERS OF . TITE FOREST. To conclude with the Burlesque, entitled TAMING • TARTAR. count Cracovieninski, Mr. Worrell ; Kickerwhiski, Mr. Paul Bed ford ; Maaourki, Mr. Wright ; Ivan, Mr. Manyard.; Monsieur Cou pee, Mr. C. J.. Smith ; Strelenski, Mr. Culleaford ; Countess Craco vieninsk!, Miss Woolgar ; Mmogrjra. Madame Celeste. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT HOUDIN continues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQITES, which, on account of his provincial engagements, must unavoidably terminate on Menday next ; the remaining per ormances will be arranged in the tilluping order:— THIS EVENING. Commencing at Half-past Eight; and a Day Performances, on Friday Morning, commencing at Halt-past Two. An Evening Per formance on Saturday, and a Grand Farewell Morning Performance on Monday, August 14. ]loxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Jiltchell'e Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. XOYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. • Engagement of Mrs. THIFITZWILLIAM EVENING and Mr. BETCKSTONE. S Will be performed THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, In which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform. Alter which, a Comic Mama. called A ROUGH DIAMOND, in which Mrs. Fitzwillisin and Mr. Duckstone will perform. To conclude with THE IDIOT OF TIIE MILL. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrether. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A.MPIIITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new end completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, th• new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR /SION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS• TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To cunciude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GOD/TA. AND PEEPING TOIL OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. Box-once open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND. GRAND MONSTER CONCERT. New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Continuation of the Engagement of Miss HUDDART. Engagement' of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW if ROME, by Dansou. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. .onthby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, 'focal and Instrumental, Conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Sole Per formers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Ciofii, Collinet, Kcenig, Lazarw, Richardson, Sonnenberg, &c.—Two Solos each Evening. —Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower and Miss Iluddart during the Evening.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie--Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole Concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Glrandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Ten A.si., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Ceneert at Six—Fireworks at Nine. Admission. as usual. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 70. Bigorornut, 30.05.—W1ND W.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 9 min. after 10 Evening .. 44 win. after IC) 4-fr • - • vi e . v . z.c . -;-'1 .1) ,'"-V, wil„ look ~..-1. I r ' 44, - 7., - • ... ... illi i ,, , • .., . ' ..... •?..,..::.;:•trtileja*,,,, , ...• IS • '' -e , t' .l. " -.: ..*..!:,.- '- 1 " ' . ~ (4' With% 2int LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1848. Coupled with last night's discussion upon the Naval Estimates, the questions put to the Govern ment—on Wednesday evening, in the Upper House, by Lord STANLEY, and yesterday evening in the Lower House, by Mr. URQUIIART—in reference to the intended policy of Great Britain towards the Sicilians and their late SOVEREIGN, acquire a pecu liar significance and importance. In answer to those inquiries, we are rejoiced to observe that the leading members of the Administration speak only in the language of evasion and mystification. Neither the Lord President of the Council, nor the Fii:st Lord of the Treasury evince the smallest dis position to satisfy a curiosity, which would, if frivolously gratified, not only tend to compromise ourselves, but also in a peculiar manner to prejudice the destinies of a noble and illustrious race. It is asked—pertly and indelicately asked—what course her MAJESTY'S advisers intend to pursue in the event of an outbreak in the Mediterranean between the King of NAPLES and the recently liberated Sicilians ? Lord STANLEY is particularly anxious to know whether the British Government are prepared to take part with the belligerents in the event of such an outbreak, and whether in so doing the fleet, com manded by Sir WILLIAM PARKER, will be placed atthe disposal of FERDINAND, King of the Neapolitans, or of AMEDEE, King of the Sicilians. Now supposing, for the sake of argument, that the inquisi tiveness of my Lord STANLEY were satisfied by an ex plicit avowal of the intention of her MAJESTY'S Government, supposing that the impertinent and spite ful pertinacity with which the question is reiterated by the Hon. and Learned Member for Stafford were successful, and that the revelations of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE were corroborated on the following evening by Viscount PALMERSTON himself—what would be the inevitable consequence of that pre cipitate and premature explanation? Why the consequence would be precisely what Lord STARLET might rejoice to witness—the erabarrassment and discomfiture of the present Administration. It would cause exultation to warm the very cockles of the heart of Mr. URQUHART, by placing dais old enemy Lord PALMERSTON in a bewildering and disgraceful dilemma. The projects of England would be recog nized by either the reigning Sovereign of Naples or by the Monarch-Elect of the Sicilians, in sufficient time to enable one or the other of them to frustrate the designs of the British Government. Fortunately for the character of England and for the credit of her statesmen, the insidious tendency of these inquiries has been at once perceived, and their malign fnfluenees have been evaded by the tact and sagacity ofour administrators. Lord L ANSDOWNE , by sblunt refusal, bewilderment, and Lord Joule RUSSELL, by a 151 refusal, have entirely baffled their antagonists. English di plomacyremainsuntrammelled, and Eng lish generosity continues to act effectually behind the curtain of Ministerial reserve for the glory of the Saxon name, and the furtherance of Italian liberty. BUT—(observe the solemnity of thewarning ex pressed in the m ere sequence of theconjunction!)— But, baffled as the opponents of hissefcolleagues, Lord e rkLMERSTON are by the ingenious evasions t ea e gu h es, they i have one weapon of assault l e f t t o them-- h weapon of bitiniidatio4; They threaten Ing a la v nd if she dare oppose the will of the Neapolitan Monarch. And their threat is, in all truth, absolutely tre mendous. They—these politic al wisemres—aver distinctly that if the Government take pal t with the old Sicilian patriot, Admiral SEPTIMO, if e fleet of Sir WILLIAM PARKER is transformed into a fleet of, King AstEDEE, if the dream of Sicilian emancipation and Sicilian nationality is countenanced , by the Ministers of Great Britain—What ? Why that war will be declared against England by his - Majesty the King of NAPLES That is the dire alternative placed before the rulers of this great ann fr , THE empire great In its magnanimity as in its magnitude —by there pudding-headed and jolter-brained poli ticians. England is threatened with the wrath of Naples if she presumes to sympathise with the brave and generous Sicilians. _ We thank Heaven that this paltrjr and farcical attempt at intimidation—this preposterous and idiotic attempt at intimidation, ' has been uttered by the opponents of the foreign policy of Lord PALMERSTON. It will only offer an additional inducement to a perse verance in the only course befitting an empire like that of Great Britain. It will only impart a fresh impetus to a magnanimous effort on behalf of the Sicilians. It will only excite the Government to op pose by all the awe of British diplomacy, by all the majesty of British arms, and by all the might of British puissance that brutish and unprincipled des potism which is a disgrace to Europe, a horror to Christendom, and an abhorrence to humanity. The recent intelligence from Ireland is of a per fectly peaceable character. Every additional state ment corroborates the opinion to which we gave ex pression on Monday last, " that the captqre of Mr. O'Bitux brought the Irish rebellion of 1848 to a conclusion." We will now venture to add, that if the Executive use their triumph with moderation, there will not be the slightest attempt to disturb the public tranquillity, or again to venture an armed re sistance to the authorities. It is stated, and with apparent truth, that the Rev. Mr. Micirsz, parish priest of Clonoulty, a gentleman who exhibited the most praiseworthy anxiety to induce his parishioners and all others whom he could hope to influence, to refrain from participating in the recent movement, was charged with a mission to the Irish Government from Messrs. MEAGHER, DILLoar, and DOMINI', who after Mr. Sum'. O'BaxEN —Proximi sed longo intervallo—were the principal leaders of the party who desired to effect a separa tion between the countries, to the effect that they would immediately surrender themselves provided an assurance were given that the extreme penalty of the law would not be inflicted upon any of the parties implicated in the late outbreak. Should this state ment be well founded, and we see no reason to doubt its authenticity, it would afford the most conclusive evi dence that there no longer exists the slightestintention to appeal to physical force, or to have recourse to arms in opposition to the law of the land. We do not sup• pose that the Executive will enter into any parley with outlaws charged with the highest offence known to the law, or enter into any compromise whatsoever with them, so long as they remain at large, and keep up even the semblance of defiance to the constituted authorities. Mr. MACKA.T'S mission will, therefore, undoubtedly prove a failure. But there is no reason why an intimation may not be given as to the future fate of Mr. O'Baum, who is now a captive at the disposal of the Crown—a hopeless and unresisting prisoner. If his life should be spared it would give the strongest assurance that no person in an inferior position could be subjected to a more stringent punishment than , that to which the chief leader had been made liable. This could easily be effected without any departure from the ordinary precedents. Nothing is more common than to admit a person against whom a capital charge, and one of an inferior degree, are pending to plead guilty to the minor offence, and thereupon to abandon the more se rious accusation. Such a compromise, if compromise it can he called, is of every day occurrence, and it has never for a moment been asserted that the law officers of the Crown had been guilty of any unworthy or undignified concession in receiving the submission. The Commission is now sitting in Dublin. Mr. O'BRIEN might be indicted under the Treason Felony Act, for open and advised speaking, thereat, and, upon his plea of guilty being recorded, he might be sentenced to perpetual banishment. We have no doubt that such a course would be hailed with universal approbation throughout all parts of the country. There is a general feeling against the execution of any persons for merely political offences. The veteran Free-trader, the zealous and enthusiastic Reformer, Colonel PK/MONET THOMPSON, gave expression to the desire of persons of all shades and varieties of political opinion, when, on Tuesday evening, he said " that he hoped we would not be behind France in the exhibition of moderation, after the resistance, such as it was, had been put down." The cheers and acclamations which this praiseworthy sentiment elicited from every side of the House proved that the popular represen tatives in this respect sympathised with their con stituencies, and that the extension of the Royal mercy to that unfortunate gentleman who so recently participated In their legislatorial labours would be received with approbation both in and out of Parliament. We have already, to the utmost of our power, advocated the same line of conduct, and if it should be adopted, we unhesi tatingly declare our conviction that the Government will have acted in the manner best calculated to effect the complete and permanent pacification of Ireland, and earned for itself the lasting gratitude of a large section of the Irish nation. The Levant mail brings Constantinople journals to the 24th, and Athens journals to the 27th ult. They contain no intelligence of importance. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID Buss, AuG. 4.—Three per Cents., 19i cash ; after Boles, 19 18i cash. Five per Cents., 11 paper ; after Boise, 10! cash. Passives, 4 paper. Discount notes, 77i per cent. Exchange on Lon don, 60 days, 45 paper. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary from the French Republic to the Court of her Britannic MAJESTY, in the room of M. DE TALLENAT, and leaves , P ar i s for London this day. The Journal des Deices announces that on Tuesday a courier arrived from London, bringing the official assent of the English Government to the articles pro posed by the French Republic as the bases of the joint mediation of the two powers between Austria and Sardinia. An Estafette was immediately sent off with dispatches to Mr. AMBERCROMIIIE and M. REIZES at Turin, directing them to go to the head quarters of CHARLES ALBERT and Marshal Its.- DETTRY, to notify officially to them the offer of the mediation of France and England, and to negotiate an armistice. Dispatches were also sent to the English and French Ambassadors at Vienna, direct ing them to offer simultaneously the common media tion of their respective GrOvernments. The Club of the Rue de Poictiers has determined to support the motion for the printing of the docu ments end evidence taken before the Committee on the insurrection. The Club of the Institute has determined to vote against the publication of the documents. In the: Committee of Inquiry of the Assembly, eleven out of fifteen Members are in favour of pub lishing the whole of the documents and evidence. The National Asaembly yesterday rejected the amendment proposed the day before by M. PASCAL DUPRAT OD the subject of the deposit of caution money by the newspapers, by a majority of 402 to 342. After a very violent discussion, the Assembly determined that all the documents and evidence on which the report of the Committee on the insurrec tion of June is founded should be printed. S evera l of the witnesses charge CAUSSIDIERN with having given the insurgents description by which they should know General CAY.SIGMAC. General BBDEAU has had a relapse, and his life is now despaired of. The Massager contains the following on the at tempt recently made to assassinate M. TDIERS:— " There has been found, on the flight of s t e p s leadin g to the house of M. Thiers, the mark of the point from which the ball on Saturday glanced, and on calculating the angle of ;incidence, it may be concluded that it was discharged from a houde in the Rue Neuve St. Georges. There halm *also been found in the house next to that of M. Thiers the traces of several balls, which must have been directed at this house from a building being con structed ;in the Rue d'Aumale. The window which these Willi touched was taken, through a mass of trees which au: rround it, for that of the bed•chamber of M. Thier.9 ." AnothE .r journal states that eight balls, similar to that whic h struck the young girl, were found in the bedchamber above referred to. The Pr E , fe c t o f P o li ce , i n hi s wee kl y accoun t o f th e state of P 1 says that•the aspect of affairs in the capital i s d o il y i mproving. The Press,' states that a courier left Paris last night for Con, stantinOple, with instructions to Gene ral Aunca, tt ie French Ambassador in Turkey, to demand his paosporta and return home, if, within ~t SUN, twenty-four hours, the French Republic was not recognised by the Ottoman Porte. BOURSE—PARis, 2 WEDNzsDAY. _ THREE O'CLocK.—The funds were very firm at the commencement of the Bourse, in consequence of the confirmation of the mediation of France and England in the affairs of Italy; but afterwards they became weaker on the rumour that Marshal Radetzky had entered Mi lan. Compared with yesterday, the French Three per Cents. for the Account have risen 50c. the Certificates for the Loan have mounted COO f. For Money, the Three per Cents. have risen 25c.; Bank of France Shares have risen 30f. Belgian Bank Shares not quo ted. The Five per Cents. have risen per cent.. Spanish Funds not quoted. Roman are the same as yesterday. Rothschild's Receipts have risen per cent BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE , .LONDON, LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AUG. 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 614 —Namur and Liege, 4 1 ,4 Northern of France, 5% —Paris and Orleans, 28—Paris and Rouen, 16%—Rouen and Havre, 7%—Sambre and MOWS, 2N. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. RUMOURED ABDICITION OF THE EMPEROR. The Aix la Chapelle Gazette of the Bth of August, quotes the following from the Deutsche Reichtags Zeitung of the sth : " We have just received intelligence from Vienna that the Emperor has abdicated in favour of his nephew, Francis Charles." Letters have been received at Vienna from Verona, which estimate the losses of the Austrians in the late Italian battles at 3,000 killed and wounded. PRUSSIA. - -- - ---- There was an attempt on the 6th to renew the nocturnal disturbances on the Linden of Berlin, but the Burgher Guard and the police soon dispersed the mob. The majority of the compositors at Berlin still re fuse to return to their work. They appear to have plenty of funds. The cotton printers have also re solved to strike, in consequence of their employers having refused to give work at half wages to the unoccupied portion of the trade. The workmen de tnand also the diminution of machine work, and the consequent increase of hand work. . . It is officially stated that the plenipotentiaries of the Central Rhine Navigation Commission have re solved not to allow any steam-vessels to navigate that river, except such as plied on it before the lit of August last, and such as are now being constructed according to agreement. Accordingly, no new licenses for the navigation of the Rhine will be issued for the present. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It is said that the Archduke Jonx, the Adminis trator of the Empire, has sent orders to General WRANGEL " not to recommence hostilities, as the Administrator intends sending an ambassador to Copenhagen to arrange about an armistice if the Danish Government acknowledges the Central Power (or the Provisional Executive): HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, AUG. 6.—M. DONKEIL CURTIUS, yielding to important political considerations, and re sponding to the manifestations of sympathy which have been so generally and so energetically expressed in his favour by the public, has decided to retain his portefeuille of Justice, and his office of President of the Cabinet. ITALY. CAPITULATION OF MILAN TO THE AUSTRIANS. Accounts were received in Paris last evening that Milan was in possession of the Austrians, having capitulated on the sth. The terms of the capitulation are not known. LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT. The Journal dos Debats states that a battle was fought on the sth, between the Piedmontese, under CHARLES ALBERT, and the Austrians under 14- DETZKY, in the neighbourhood of Milan, in which the former were defeated with great loss. The division of Savoy, consisting of 6,000 men, was cut to pieces, only eight officers, it is said, escaped with their lives. CHARLES ALBERT, after this defeat, retreated to Milan, and is now, it is said, shut up in that city. Prince EUGENE, of Savoy, has issued a decree or dering a levie en masse of the whole Piedmontese population for the defence of the country. NAPLES. The following appears in the Patria of Florence of the 2d inst., under date of Leghorn the Ist :—" A steam-boat arrived from Naples, announces that the English fleet presented itself before that city, desiring that the Neapolitan fortress should first salute its flag, and giving two hours to the Neapolitan Go vernment to decide. The same time was given to the KING to release the Sicilian prisoners taken by the Neapolitan ship under British colours. The fleet had claimed 450,000 ducats as an indemnity for the damages of British subjects at Naples on the 15th." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) IV 11V7GATH AND ZNA.DENEAZ. I. We had a slow demand for each kind of meat to-day, at but little alteration in prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 35 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 55 4d; Veal, 35 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. r _ EVENING, rATJ'GTYST-710,-1848, CT sr Midland, Bristol and Glonc. 3il ... .. Ditto ditto 141. 18s. .. Midland, Leiees. and Swan nington (8 per ct,gua.)....100 .. . . Mi d Id. Great Western (Irish ) 42 1 / 2 — Middlesbro' and Redcar. C per cent. guar....... ......... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 125....... ....., to Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk 100 Ditto New 201. lO Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,4 per ct. 5 .. Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Unien .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares 1 2 1,E — ... .. to Do. Quarters' 6 IA ...... ...... to _ . . . Ditto, Extension s ii — Ditto Thirds .... ........ —.... 4 1 A..... 214. to North and South-Western... 2 .. North Staffordshire—. .. ...... 12 1 /.....„ North Wales 3,/ .e ..... ..... to North Western As• Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhampton Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 7%...... 6/ to Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1%...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto,New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7 l' /2.... -•••• . . to . Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 - Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . to Ditto, Uswestry l6 Ditto (New) Ditto 8 per C - ent.Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union South Devon Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire... South Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 - Ditto, New, N 0.2 -- Ditto, Nero, No. 3 25 Ditto New, No. 4. — 8 3 4 — South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole . Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... . 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 5 1%...... —. Waterford and Limerick..... 45 ..... Waterford, Weaford,Wiehlw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 4 2 34...,.. Do. do. do. Do. do. de. ...... .. 7 3 / 4 _ .. _ West Cornwall Xhitehayen and Furness l3 ..... ..... to —. Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ............. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 35 fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ... .. -- Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 6% to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .. Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7% — to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular bs. Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ii. la Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege........ 2O Northern of France lO ...... 514 to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .......... ..... 20 Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 ...... Rouen and Havre 2O - Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes .. . .. 9 ••.... to ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt ...... .. 20 ...... ...... to West Flanders B% — to JOINT STOCK 15ANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial .... ... ... 25 ..... . to Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..- lO Loudon and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 2214 — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ...... .. ...... 10 Union of Madrid --- -- UTNE& Anglo Mexican lpp Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian 214 ..... to Blaenarvon Iron mid Coal ... 60 Bolanos Scrip — British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... Ditto St. John Del Rey Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unreglotered . .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentu res — United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Auc. 10.—Wind W.S. W., light breeze and fine. PDXTSMOUTH, AUG. 9.—Wind W. to N. W.—Sld. Tudor, Say, Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. PLYXOUTH, Au°. 9.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Civility, Beale, Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, AUG. 9. Wind W.S.W.—SId. Bth, Henrietta, Surinam ; Courier, Rio Janeiro. LIVEttLOOL, AuG. 9.—Wind N.N.E. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Safeguard, M'Cawley, Pernambuco; Fidelia, Yeaton, New York ; George, Henley, Pugwash ; Coromandel, Hubbock, C.B. ; Laurel, Sydney, Miratuichi ; Margaret and Ann, New- foundland ; 9th, Swatara, New Orleans; Joseph Porter, Reed, St. Stephens, N.B. ; Svmmetry, Thomson, Quebec ; Ticumoch, ditto. Sld. Bth, iforsburg, Callao; 9th, Bellaire, Rees, Calcutta; Echo, Bickford, Newfoundland. UMULBS, AuG. 7.—A quantity of wreckage, amongst it a green chest, apparently but recently in the water, was passed 6th inst., twenty miles W.N.W. of Lundy Islands, by the Selina, Green, from Swansea to Fahnouth, put back to this place. A large ship's bowsprit, broken in the knight head, and apparently but a short time in the water, was passed by the Adelaide, from Swansea to Northam, which put back here yesterday, after having been forty-five West South West of Lundy Island. PARISH OF KnrsslNGTosr.—At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, held yester day, a memorial to the Government was adopted, praying that the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Fulham, and Chiswick, should be constituted a borough, and represented by two Members in Parliament. APOLOGY FOR SMITH OTRIEN.—The courage of Mr. Smith O'Brien in slinking, under the fire of the police at Boulagh-common, among the cabbages in Widow Cormack's garden, may be questioned, but it is to be remembered that the hero, if he crept out of the way of the bullets, betrayed no fear of the slugs.—Punch. CRICKET. —The match between the Eleven of England v. Fourteen of the county of Surrey, which was commenced on Monday, was brought to a conclusion-yester.. day, at the Kennington Oval. On each day there was an assemblage of several thousands of spectators. and as the game progressed towards its termination, the excitement arrived at a height which is not easy to describe. Few matches have been played wherein there has been so brilliant a specimen of the finer beauties of the science displayed, By all those to whose names long scores are attached, the hitting was of the most magnificent character. The follow. ing was the state of the score :—England, first innings, 129 ; second ditto, 77 ; total, 206. Surrey, fir s t i nn i ngs, 131 ; second ditto, 76 ; total, 207. Surrey won by eight wickets. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN ST. LUKE'S.—Yes. terday afternoon the inquest opened at the George, Old street, before ,Mr. Baker, coroner for Middlesex, touching the death of Amelia Merrick, who it was stated had died from the violence of her husband, was resumed and concluded. The jury returned a verdict of" Manslaughter" against the husband, William Merrick. MELANCIIOLT ACCIDENT.—FOUR MEN DROWNED. —a, few minutes before twelve o'clock on Friday night, as the Thetis (steamer), from Belfast, was coming up the Clyde, when about a mile below the Cluch, one of the watch observed a small boat, with four men in her. He shouted to them to move out of the way, but they paid no attention, and before the steamer could be backed her bows caught the sail of the small boat, but merely turned her about a little, and in another second or so the boat was beneath the larboard paddle, and crushed to pieces. As soon as the Thetis could be stopped her boats were lowered, and the steamer remained in that spot fully an hour in order if possible to get the men saved, but no trace of them could be found, and of their boat only a few frag ments were picked up. The night was very dark, and it was possible the unfortunate men might not have seen the steamer; this is, however, very improbable, as a great quantity of flame gene rally issues from the funnel of the Thetis, which would make her distinguishable at a considerable distance, even on the darkest night. It is therefore conjectured that the men were either intoxicated or asleep. There was no sound whatever heard from any of Ahem, except when the boat was just beneath the steamer's paddle, when something like a sharp cry was beard. One of the men, it is supposed, was Dun can Cook, who had been previously, for a long time, in the police force of this town ; another was one WFarlane, a spirit dealer. We have not heard the names of the other two. When they left Greenock in the even ing they had two women in the boat, whom they landed at Gourock. They were going to Rothesay to .purchase herring?, and were about a rude from the shore when the steamer struck their frail craft, and sent them to a watery grave. Cook, if it be he, has left a wife and family.— North Britith Daily Mail. MEAT DIAR.METS. SouritALL, AUG 9.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs, commanded a steady sale, at full prices. In other kin of fat stock only a limited business was doing. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs, t• sink the oflal. _ _ ROMFORD, Auc. 9.—We had only a moderate demand to day, yet last week's prices were well supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 45 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 41 Id to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 17s to 255; Quarter-old Store Pigs,l6s to 225; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 171 each. _ _ LEWES, AUG. B.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 43 2d; Mutton, 43 4d to ss; Lamb, 43 8d to 5s 4d; and Veal, 33 8d to 4s 2d per Blbs. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. HAT bI:ILIt/LEICS: - ShirrimELD.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 17s; new ditto, 2153 to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto, 3 410 s to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 114 s to 11 103 per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. CU3IBERLAND. — OId bleadow Hay, 31 to 41; New ditto, 2/ 8s to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 154 ; New ditto, 3/ 104 to 41 8s ; and Straw, 116 s to 11 101 per load. Supply tolerably good and trade rather dull. WfirrlccuArst.—Old Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 16s; New ditto, 21. 5s to 3/ 7s; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull at the above quotations. COAL MARK ET. —Y ESTEZDAT. .. . l6s 6d Chester Davison'sWestHartley 143 3d Haswell edadtleer's Main W. Hartley.. 143 Od Bel mont 17s id Holywell Main ... ..... 14s 6d Hetton .... .............. 17s 3d New Tanfield l2s 9d Jonassohns..... ......... 15s 3cl Ord's Redheugh Percy Bensham...." lss 3d Russell's Hettoa ..—. 17s Od • Tanield Moor .... l4n tkl Stewart's .............. . 171 3d Townley l3s 6d Whitwell ... ........... 15s 6di Wall's End, &c Caradoc ..... ...... ..... 16s 9il' Elm Park Framwell Gate ......... 16s Od Heugh Hall Gosforth ..... , Hedley , .. 15s ,9d Seymour Tees Killingworth ' 155 9d South Durham l5ll 94. Riddell's ..... ... ...... ... 15s Gd West Cornforth Washington Eden Main Lambton Primrose CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Agu. 9,1845, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England an Wale. per Imperial Quarter. I WrIZAT. I BAILEY. OATS. 1111. I MANS. 1 PIUS. PRICE .. I 495 id 29s 11d 211 Od ' 291 4d I 351 3d 34s 54 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. wnEAT. BAILEY. I OATS. I air.' I NXIIIII. I r ii " . 55 Oct 31 111 20 64 I 31 Od 1 35 ed I di 01 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, ♦uc. 9.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and suite landed from the Fairy yacht this even• ing, under a salute from the Royal Yacht Squadron battery. Her Royal Highness was received by the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, and a number of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Her Royal Highness and the Princess Mary proceeded with Lady Wilton in her carriage to Gothic Hall. The Duke of Beaufort has taken the 7th Cottage on. the West Cliff. The Duchess of Montrose is en a visit to the Earl and Countess of Glengall, at Harriet Lodge. Lord Newport arrived yesterday at York House. The Duchess of Kent and suite are expected at Pauliaze House to-morrow ; part of tbe establishment and the car riages arrived to-day. A general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron is to take place at the Squadron House on Friday. The Commodore will hoist his flag ou board the Louisa, 125 tons. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—WOOLIVI C II AUG 9. —The gentlemen cadets belornegeoinngunteonetebde their studies Theo retical. e e i t r s s o tid b ies after hu will rs d r a ej , o f t i rejoin prac tical next. the At the Royal their 8t studies d A i e r s s o e Arsenal, al r , Class, 164 in number, the vacation yesterday. The gentlemen cad the vacation this class consisted of twenty cadets, 3 'for which acade c n l l as y, , a s n t d u c d o y n i i n i g ne i n n c number alone the quarters in . the Royal - Arsenal furnishd accommodation, but extensive additions have been made, a nd double that number can be accommodated . Th e e l an for the ensuing session will consist of thirty-six, th e follow ing sixteen gentlemen having recently passed their ex im i.. nation for the practica l class, in addition to the twenty 'who formed the class at the end of the last session :-21140 B. Higgins, Charles F. 33irch,, Thomas Longworth , Davies, George A. Koe , Jam es W. Greatorex, Charles Carpenter, Henry Heberden, William G. Andrews, Frederick Luard, Alexander H. Murray, John A. P. Adams, William J. St. John, Falkland Carey, Williarn G. Lo Meunier, Roderick Mackenzie, Robert E R. Rowley. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy. Sales 3,500 bales, all to the trade. American realised 4#d. to sad. per lb. Former rates , were generally maintained, though buyers had a slight advantage in some instances. Rails ay Shares still had a downward tendency; the business doing was small, end prices were heavy. The accounts from abroad received to•day . are of an interesting character. Private communications from German merchants state that from the support which Austria hopes to receive at the hands of the German Confederation, there was some reason to doubt whether the terms proposed by England and France, if at all liberal to Lombardy, will be accepted, Marshal Radetsky being now in a position to dictate. The possible calamity of an European war may however have a great influence, and we have a right to look to the brightest side. How the Danish matter will eventuate no one can tell, the letters re ceived stating that active preparations for war are still prosecuted. There is mention made in the advises received to-day from Belgium, of an intended rapprochement between Holland and Prussia, by menus of a commercial treaty. Such, it is conceived, must prove highly injurious to Belgium, which will have to regret the non cultivation of stricter relations of trade with Holland, according to the apparent inclination of the latter power, arid even the offers made. The premiums established by the French Republic, in its .decree of the 10th June last, upon manufactures exported, are likely to produce the effect alµ aye to be anticipated in such cases. The Zollverein States, it is reported, will raise materially the duties upon textile and other French manufactures, and as early, it is said, as next month. The Corn Market,is likely to rule duller to-morrow, and the return of fine weather operates decidedly upon confidence in mercaetile circles. The Consul Account is being arranged to-day, and there is a very heavy contango, the money prices not being higher . than 86H, while for the September Account 86i to 87 has been paid. The pay ments take place to-morrow. The weather and foreign politics will now rule the market, and possibly act in antagonism. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 87i to Exchequer bills have been 40s. to 425. premium for those of June, and India Bonds 28s. to 325. premium. During the account Consols have been es high as 898, and as low as 85k. The Foreign Securities are quite neglected. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 21k, Mexican 161 to 168, and ,Braailian 71. ])utch Four per Cents. have been 69 to 69i. Railway Shares may perhaps be called a little steadier, but there is very little doing, and no appearance of buoyancy. These, however, are securities which ought to be directly affected by fine weather. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 6 3 4 1 / 2% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns s6 3 / 4 1 / 2 3 /4 New 3 1 4 Per Cent. Anna. S7 t A IA% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 15-16 7 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Console for Account Exchequer Bills. 214 d. '2d. March. June. 1,0001. 500/ .. . 34 p Small 39 p 34 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account 1 6 5,47i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2l y9 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild 43% Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates RUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY !SHARKS AT ONLY O'CLOCK RAILWAY/. PAID. Pis Slum Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 3 3 /4 to Ayrshire and Galloway ~. . . _ Belfast and County Down .. 16 .. .. 11irmingnam & Oxford Junc... 20 Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . 14;i to Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 131.14 a.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juncti0n............ 10 Boston, Stunt., & Binning—. 5 7i ~ . . . . .1 : t 4 n n t t t o to o o _ .. _ Bristol and Exeter Do., Third s ......... ..... ... 25 Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian ...... Ditto, Half Shares 141 .5 80 4 34 5 . . 25. 72. 13 Ditto, Now 101. Preference 2% 3 .. ... t.) Ditto. Clydesdale J unction 50 Chester and H01yhead......... 47 1 ,4 ..... to Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Got. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 514...... Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — to _ _. ... .. ... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., sad L. & D Ditto, 181., E. is H. l6 ...... Ditto, 31. .10s., E. & H... 3% — ...... to Eastern Counties . Do. Now Guarant. tipecCt. 5 Do. Yerpet.,sporct.lic. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — ...... to Do., do N 0.2,61. 133:4d .. Do., Northern & Eastern-. 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ...... . ..... 124.,. _ Do., New .....to— Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shaves) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 , Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 1714 — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto ......... ......... 20 •.,_ Ditto (C. & L.), 5 Per et. 2% _ - East Lancashire ..... Do., New Quarters Di t t o , New ... .......... .... . 2 1 5 9 Do., 6 per Cent. Preference to -- Quarter Shares 2 14 — ...... t o _ E ast Lincolnshire 2s Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 4 0 Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12I,i Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, Sew Yeovil, & Dorcheater 2,,,, 6!4 — ...... to Ditto, NOW port l3 Di t t o , ditto, New 3N to GElaspeitgte.tr,c;bNumestfries, Es C.1 . 1 . 1..8/. 2%-".. 6e.8d... Glasgow, Kihnarnock, lk Ayr 5() ...... Ditto, New - Do.Preterence Consolidated 15 ..... .. 41reat Northern-- .... ......... 15 Do. London & York Ezten. 214 — ..• ... to Gt. South. & West. ( Ireland) 421 A — Great North of England 100 -to Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New 301 3O „ .. Ditto, New 154-- ... 11t,‘....... . Great Western 9O "• ... .. to Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths '2o Do. New 171. Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. ... Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Halt Shares ..., ...... 25 „,...„ Ditto, Quarter Shaies 1 2 1,4 — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.,Thirds..... . - I,llllCadhire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .. - 43 Ditto Quarters ... ..'„.., 17 It• I•—.% .. . . Di t t o Fifths • , Di tto Sixteenths ......... 614 _ ..... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% 3 14 to - Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 - . ... to - Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 39 - ..... to - Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and G001e........ -. . ...... 50 - - Do., West Biding Union-. 6 .... . - - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 - _ Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% - to - Leeds and Bradford ....- ...... so ..... - - Leeds,Dewsbury,& Munches. 50 - Do., Half Shares - - Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 21,4 - - Leeds and Thirek ...........••• 45 Ditto, New ..... .... .. 30 . - - Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... - Liverpool. Crosby, andSout h port. ' 3% - to --• Liverpool. Manchester, and Newcastle Junction.. ..... ... 2 1 ,E - to - London 8t Blackwall ......131. 6s. 8d.... 4% to - Do. Extension ........••..... '22%. - to - Lond., Bright., & South Cout 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 ...... - ... - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ~.... - - De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - - - Ditto, ditto ........... 1852 50 ..... .... - Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 3 ...... - ... - London and Greenwich-. 12/. 15s. 4d... - - Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... - ...... to - London & North Western.....loo 124 ... .. to 123% Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - - Dl. New - Do. Fifths - Do. 401. Shares... ..L. & M 20 ...... - - Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 9 ..... - - Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 - Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western.-- 50 - Ditto, New 504 42%...,.. - - Ditto, New 401..............34 - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ..- - - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 ...... - - Ditto, Thirds ... .. ...... 11 1 . 13 s. 4d ... •-• - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Ca115......1/. 13s. 4 d.... - - London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% ••••• . - - Londonderry and Coleraine-. 27% - ...... to - Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - - Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) '2O - to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 - - Manch. Buxton, & M a tlock 4 - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto I,‘ Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 ...... - - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - - to - Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3 )... 7 % .. • ... - Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ....• - - - to - D D i i t t t t o o , G di r t i t m o s . by....: .. .. ......... 3 1 5 1 - •••••. to - Ditto, ditto ................. 3 4 - to - lii D Dd li i ta t t t i ao o d, Sh e ffi eld ,sBoic. m and Line. 12 1 / 8 .... . . - to - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 17% - -to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Unio n 41. 2s - Manchesterand Southampton 21,i - .. ... to - Mid1and......... ............. „Am - Ditto, Consol. Preference... loo .. ( 20 :-- - - to - Sharesa ß d ri p s - t e. o.rlb.y - Derby. .1W - Midland, Cons ul. Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 1 00 117% to -- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Tea Minutes after Twelve o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the Edinburgh Police (Amendment and Consolidation of Aets, and Police and Sanitary Improvement) Bill, and the River Nene Im provement and Drainage Bill, were considered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. Nicholson's Divorce Bill and Waterhouse's Charities Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. SECOND READINGS. Jervis's Divorce Bill and Lugard's Divorce Bill were read a secund time. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Lord MO IiYETH brought up therepo;t — Of the Com mittee appointed to draw up reasons for dissenting with thv House of Lords on certain amendments which had been made by their Lordships in the Health of Towns Bill. The report was read by the clerk at the table. _ PETITIONS. Mr. CAREW presented a petition against the Copper Ore Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition from a place in Northumberland in favour of the Scotch Mar. riages Bill. Mr. ANSTEY presented a petition from the high sheriff and the grand jury of the county of Sligo at the last Summer assizes, stating that they viewed with great alarm the increase of able-bodied paupers in that county, and praying for some amenument of the pre sent Irish poor-law. The Hort. MEMBER also presented a petition from the same petitioners, praying for the abolition of the office of coroner in Ireland, by which 25,0001. might be saved annually to the cess-payers of Ireland. DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, Chairman of this Committee, moved for leave to adjourn the sittings of the Committee until Tuesday next, in order to allow time for witnesses to come from Ireland, the evidence of whom was required for a fresh branch of the case. The motion was agreed to, and leave given for the Committee to adjourn to Tuesday. SUPPLY. On the order of the• day being read for bringing up the report of the Committee of Supply, Mr. HUME called the attention of the Howse to the great expense of the army, and also to the manner in which it was at present managed. Commissions had been appointed on different occasions, particularly in 1837, to inquire into the grievances of the army, and they had recommended various alterations to be made, with the view of applying a remedy; but those recom mendations, which would have greatly economised the expense and promoted the efficiency of the army, had not been carried out.—(Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wellington had so long been at the head of the army without effecting any improvement, that un less the House interfered no attention would be directed to the complaints which had been made with reference to the army. He did not intend at that late period of the session to bring any substantive motion before the House, but he could not help expressing a hope that his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. F. Maule) would con sider it his duty to bring the matter before the Govern ment during the recess, in order, if possible, that some reduction might be adopted. He believed it the recom mendations to which he had alluded had been carried out the army would have been greatly benefited, and a saving of nearly a quarter of a million effected. The report was then agreed to. COURT OF JUSTICIARY (SCOTLAND) BILL. The report upon this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CRIMINAL LAW ADMINISTRATION AMEND DIENT BILL. The report upon this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a thi r d time tomorrow. REGISTER OF SASINES, &e (SCOTLAND) BILL: The report upon this Bill was brought up and agreed to. and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. RECOVERABLE LEASEHOLD CONVERSION (IRELAND) BILL. Upon the order of the day being read for going into Committee upon this Bill, Mr. LAW opposed the further progress of the mea sure, which, he said, involved difficulties of no light or trivial importance. The Bill was brought in on the 13th of July, and it was now presented to the attention of the house for the first time, in order that it might be discussed. He should have thought, taking into account the magnitude of the interests which it involved, and seeing that it would have the effect of converting the fee simple of an estate into a mere holding of a fee farm rent, and transferring to the middle man that fee simple which at present belonged to the proprietor, that the Secretary for Ireland would have stated the grounds on which he intro duced the measure at that late period of the session, when four-fifths of the Members who were interested were absent from the House. He contended that it would be a complete spoliation to give such a right to a middle man, to the prejudice of the real owner or occupier. The rents derived from the lands of the Irish Society were devoted to public purposes, unlike those derived from other estates. He urged the House not to consent to the further progress of the Bill, but to leave the. owners of the estates which it would effect in the same condition as they had held them during the last 240 years. The preamble recited that the Bill was necessary for the purpose of preventing litigation; it would have a contrary effect, inasmuch as it would lead to expensive and destructive legal proceedings. The Irish Society were the best landlords in the district, and no complaint having been made against them, he could not well see with what justice this Bill could be proceeded with. It would be subversive of the rights of property, and, looking at the fact that the Bill for the Enfran chisement of Copyholds had been withdrawn, and the exhausted period of the session, and the absence of Irish Members, he implored the Noble Lord not to proceed with this Bill, or at any rate to exempt the Irish Society from its operations for the reasons he had stated. If the Bill were proceeded with, those who opposed it would be forced to seek justice at the hands of the House of Lords. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said, the dates the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had given were perfectly correct, but the session was not 40 near its close as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman seemed to suppose. If the Hon. Gentleman were acquainted with what had of late years taken place in Ireland respecting land, he would be aware that a measure of this kind was imperatively called for on public grounds. Having quoted the opi nion of the late Mr. Lynch with respect to the tenure of land in Ireland, to show the necessity of the Bill, he said Gentletnem seemed to impugn the justice of some of the Courts in Ireland. Mr. LAW—We do not try our own causes in England. Sir W. SOMERVILLE—Neither do we in Ireland. —(Hear.) The object of this Bill was to give in creased security to property in Ireland ; and he could not bat think, in all the observations of the Hon. and Learned Member, he had given the go-bye to what were the real objects of the present measure. The statement of the Hon. and Learned Member that this species of tenure was not calculated to create litigation in Ireland was contradicted by every authority on the subject. The report of Lord Devon's Commission was also deci dedly against this species of tenure in Ireland. Especial pl c o a rre r ds e had senotredt b ho e et e . nts the takensociety powers toyw te i hr n es t tl h hi is Billeoynpreviouslyaand d not Learned to e deprive arnpeod s Memberss thepos ses se d. d. land r id e I (LIFT IiriIAXIXG.) ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed yesterday, but the petitioners did not succeed in striking off any additional votes. _ - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,—lf I dare intrude on your valuable time, I would wish to call the attention of the immediate inhabitants, and those interested in the suppression of such nuisances, to a very great one existing in Newcastle street, at the corner of Wych-street, Strand. On the spot to which I allude there are three street gratings, opening into the sewers, constantly emitting such an effluvia that any one passing that way, as I am in the habit of doing, must be painfully aware of, and as if to make the nuisance the greater ; there has lately been in • serted another outlet in the centre of the street; in addition to this, there is no sewer for some distance up Drury. lane ; the water thus flowing such a distance, collects a quantity of filth on its way to the spot, ',flukes the drain, and the water thus flows down the street instead of passing into the sewer. It I might urge anything as to the baneful effect of such a vile nuisance, I would mention the significant fact, that while at one corner of the street flourishes a gin-shop, at the other a baker's vainly endeavours to raise its drooping head with an apology for intruding thus much. I remain, your obliged servant, H. HARDING. 1, New Inn-buildings, Aug. 10. ELECTION or Sinaurrs.—Yesterday the Livery assembled in the Guildhall for the purpose of receiving the declaration of the result of the election just concluded, when the Recorder declared that the election bad fallen upon Mr. Thomas Quested Finnis, alderman and bowyer, and Mr. Jacob Emmanuel Goodhart, citizen and grocer. Both these gentlemen duly returned thanks to the Livery, and the Hall WAS then dissolved. SINGULAR FACT.—It is not, we believe, generally known, and indeed it would appear almost an incredible fact, that mice, in the absence of other more appropriate articles of food whereon to exercise their denies molares, have been actually known to gnaw through leaden gaspipes. Such, however, is the case, and we have this week examined a piece of gaspipe from the shop of Mr. Hall, of Mary - le-Port-street, in this city, which had a hole in it fully an inch long, gnawed by these destructive little creatures, who thus fully rebutted .11:sop's contemptuous appellation, " ridicul us mus ." Consumers of gas, bearing this f ac t i n m i nd, would do well to snake a practice invariably of turning off their gas at tho main.—Bristol Mirror. LONDON JOINT-STOCK. BANK. --A special general meeting of the proprietors was held to-day, at the Banking Offices of the company, in Princ e ' s - street, Bank, to supply a vacancy in the direction, when Mr. W. Blunt was unani mously elected. METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONERS or SEWERS (THIS DAY.)—The Metropolitan Sanitary Commission, held a Court of Sewers this morning; Lord Morpeth in the chair. After the transaction of some routine business it adjourned. EITHER WAY Do.—A Mr. Day advertises the loss of his dog, whereupon an editorial wag says he hopes he will succeed in finding him; for if "every dog has his day," every hay ought . to have his dog. The _Great ,Br tain _steam-ship is advertised for sale by auction in this town in September.—Liverpool Standard. ENCUMBERED ESTAVgki• (IRELAND) BILL. From this measure it is expected that the land now so inconveniently tied up in a few hands that cannot use it, will be opened to the enterprise of hundreds or thousands of little capitalists, anxious to become the owners of small estates secured by a Parliamentary title. The great fact sot forth is, that the nominal owners of the land in Ireland are not the real owners ; and that this Bill, if carried into a law, will convert nominal into reel owners, and leave all the conflicting interests of the ex.- isting incumbrances uninterfered with. This great and effectual change is to be made in the most expeditious and cheapest manner known to the law; sad the change of ownership will at the same time to some extent bring about, or even compel, a division of the land. The 3 000 owners may be expected to be indefinitely multi plied; and each of the new owners, all of whom are sure to buy the land with a view of making a profit by cul tivating it, will be an employer of labour. What the effect of this will be was well explained by Mr. C. P Villiers. " When Captain Kennedy (he said) took the management of the Devon estate, he found the populr6 - tion on it redundant to excess; but ho set to work drain ing and inclosing, and carrying on the other iniprove ments familiar to English agriculturists. He then found that, so far front havit g a redundant population of labourers, he had not a man too many." Now this measure is calculated to plant a Capt. Kennedy, if peace be preserved, on every one or two hundred acres of Ireland, and thus be the means of employing the bulk of the Irish in the only labour in which they are proficient• We bave shown in another article, with reference to other countries, that prosperity and peace go hand in hand. There can be no doubt whatever that the check which in later years has been given to the progress of population in Ireland, previously stimulated into excel• sive activity, is at the bottom of all the unquietness, in surrections, and rebellions, on which demagogues have thriven. A measure, therefore, which promises to era ploy the people, and provide means for employing an in creasing number, which beginning with the improve• ment of land, then extends to the arts in the towns that supply the immediate wants of the agriculturists, thus encouraging enterprise to explore the mines and fisheries, for which an enterprising agricultural population supplies the means and the market for the produce, is precisely that which is most requisite for Ireland, and most within the compass of ordinary legislation. It is quite pas' sible that a more sweeping measure of dealing with the land might have been more efficacious; but it is equally certain, as the opposition given to this measure shows► that no Government could now pass a more sweeping measure. The Incumbered Estates Bill seems exactly adapted to the times and circumstances of Ireland; it promises to be the most efficacious, economical measure ever passed for that country; and we see, with deep re gret, that the promise of improvement it holds out for the people is likely to be marred by turbulent agitators , who, pretending to be their friends, are their worst ene' mies.—Economist. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES.-WZDNISDAY. The Ladies Plate of 401., one mile, was won easily, in tfo heats, by Mr. Bosley's -Conquest, 3 yrs, let Ilb (Brooks) , beating Mr. Rice's Black Cat, 5 yrs, Bst 81b, Mr. Death's' Lady Frances, 3 yrs, 7st 11b, and Mr. Waller's Columbus, 6 yrs, 9st. The Berkshire Stakes of 20 revs. each, h ft, and only 5 i f , declared, with 50 added. Two miles. (25 Subs., 16 er whom declared.)' Mr. Elwes's Antagonist, 4 yrs, Ist 10lb ... (Donaldson) Mr. Parr's Sponge, 3 yrs, Est 121 b Mr. S. Scott's Tot, 3 yrs, sst 101 b .• Mr. Drinkald's Marquis of Gonyngham, .5 yrs, Bst 61b ••• 'The following also ran :—Mr. J. Day's Milliner, 5 yrs, 7 51 81b—Mr. Adams's Ellerslie, 3 yrs, 7st—Lord Strathmore! Lattitat, 3 yrs, 6st, and Mr. Etwall's Acanthus, 3 yrs, bet SW; Betting-5 to '2 agst Tot, 3to 1 agst Sponge, 7to 2 east Ellerslie, and 5 to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham. Ant" gonist made nearly all the running, and won by a neck, ' l(4 a moderate third, and the rest tailed off. Match, .50 sovs. One mile. Mr. Elwes's Conveyancer, 3 yrs, lest 31b (Owner), but Mr. Harrison's Hippona, 3 yrs, 10st, by a length. The Easthampstead Park Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 35 added. Heats,. once round and a distance. ( 8 Subs.) , Mr. 'Turner's Foxwhelp,6 yrs, 7 st 121 b (Wakefield) 0 ! Mr. Southby's Cupid, 3 yr s , 6 st Ilb 0 1 , Mr. Death's Urania, 3 yrs, 7st 81b ..„ 2 4 a. Mr. Drinkald's Moodkee, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b ... 4 0 ". Mr. Parr's Mr. Caudle, 3 yrs, 6st 41b 0 0 Mr. Hussey's Embrace, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 3 3 rif Mr. S. Scott's Daughter of the Star, 4 yrs, ist Ilb 0 2 dr Mr. Stanley's Frank, 5 yrs, Bit 31b... ty dr Each heat won by three lengths. The Borough Plate of 25 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each ; winner to be sold for 801. Heats, three quer , ters of a mile. ( 7 SubS.) 1 Mr. Wood's Amaaement, 6 yrs, Bst 13Ib ... 0 5 1 Mr. Drinkald's Man of my Heart, 5 yrs, Bst 1 llb 2 1 2 5 Mr. J. Day's Mignon, 4 yrs, Bst 51b 1 6 3 Ae Mr. Hussey's Ploughman, aged, Bst 131 b 0 2 0 `" Mr. S. Scott's Grammar, 3 yrs, 7st 71b... co 3 0 'I di! Mr. Jones's Ellen, 4 yrs, Bst slb 0 4 0 ' Mr. Bray's Cerberus, 5 yrs, Bst Illb 0 dr .. Won in a venter: • LEWES RACES. —WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 50 added; the second t° save his stake. Heats, one mile. (3 Subs.) . 1 Mr. Clarke's Self-defence, yrs... ...(W. Pl an ner) I / Mr. Hall's Widred, 5 yrs, 7st Blb .. * 3 Mr. Smith's Lady Constance, 5 yrs, 7st Blb 2 Won by half a length. The winner was claimed. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. H ea t s , t h e N ew Course; Mr. H. Hill's Pyrrhus the First, 5 yrs, lOst (A. Day) A 1 2 Sir J. limwley's Miami. 4-yrs , 9st 61b Mr. Clarke's Alpheia, 3 yrs, Bst 2113 . 3 t"' Won by two lengths. • The Sweepstakes of 3 soy's. each, and 35 added, T.Y.C;' 4 subs., were won cleverly, in two heats, by Mr. Bartley Grit, 3 vrs, Bst 21b (C. Hornby, jun.), beating Mr. Dor ritn's Sylvia, 2 yrs, sst I.llb, Mr. Nevin's Princess Chi r lotte, 2; yrs, sst 71b, and Mr. Dockeray's Awkward, 3 Yr* ist 1016. • CHELMSFORD RACES.--.WEDNESDAY. • Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two mile! , I Lord Exeter's Tophana, 3 yrs, 7st 51b .. (Pettit) 0 Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 4 yrs, 9st 111 b 0 Lord W. Powlea's Franconi,3 3 rs, ist 51b ... 3 3 The first was a dead heat, the second won by a length s" a half, and the third by a length. The Mark's Hall Stakes of 10 sow. each, 5 ft, and 25 a ddei' About two miles. Gentlemen riders. (4 Subs.) Mr. Sail's Khondooz, aged list... •• (Mr. C. Brooke) y Mr. Dyson's Kimblesworth,4 yrs, lOst 41b 5 Mr. G. Simpson's The Witch, 6 yrs 10st 41b Won by a length. The Cup Stakes of 10 sove. each. Three miles. 5 Phi' Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie, S yrs. Walked over. The Maldon Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added, the s— to save his stake. The straight mile. 7 B ibs. Sir S. Spry's m, by Sir Hercules, 6 yrs, Bst-121b (Nat) Mr. Hobson's Bowstring, 4 yrs, Bst 191 b Mr. Cook's Faunus, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Peter's Velure, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b Mr. Wilson's The Hind, aged, Bst 31b . ••• 'Wen by tw o lengths. " The Town Plate of 301. was won easi!y, in two heats•g Mr. Snsith's L ove l ace, 3 yrs (May), beating Mr. Pe'rs Genuine, 3 yrs :(Di an), and Mr. Nevin's Hecuba, ‘3 (Dockeray, juur.) WEYMOUTH RACE S.—Wzror ESDAY. The Members' Pl ate of 501., added to a Handicap of 10 °- m'S• each. 5 ft.,_ and 3 only if d ec l are d. T wo m il es . Mr. Whieldon's Wvke, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib;: ,„ „, , Sly/ Mr. Parr's Lethargy, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b •.. ••• 3 Mr. G. King's Fallow the, 3 yrs, bat 121 b... A Free Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a dis. Captain Sands's Royalty, 5 yrs... Sly Mr. Smith'i G aze ll e, aged ... ... • • 5 Mr. Parr's T w in, 4 y rs ... ••• ••• " Mr. G. King's F a ll ow D oe , 3 y rs bo lts t ° I On Friday sleeper was thrown across a par It the railway near Cashel, by some evil disposed persons., r , bruashed the protectors of the t ra i n w hi c h d rove up , but i° innately no other injury was sustained. 110 THE WEATitua.—The weather since our last he continued of a very unplea san t an d unseasona ble ratter. The temperature has been low, the maxi°, having been on Saturd a y 65 d eg., on Sunday 63 ue'; and on Monday 63 deg ; and rain has descended dal, a great part of the ti me , b ot h h eav i ly and co-mimic:4ls"i; no less than 1.71-5 i nc h es of rain having falle n A v i , Friday, Saturday, S un d ay, and Monday. Satilrff was throughout gloomy, and some l ong and 10 ,40 showers fell durin g th e d ay an d the following night- "'„c, early part of S uu d a y was g l oomy, and in t h e ceeding part of the day it rained nearly conti n o ously. The morning of Monday was showery ; afternoon and evening wer e , h owever, fine ` al clear. The early part of yesterday was gloomy and. r o rain fell; the evening, however, was fine. There of from various places, by electri c t e l egra ph , show tllider, seven o'clock yesterday morni ng , th ere was a priV° he ance of fine weather at the different places througr d eo country; this preponderance was even more decide , i be Monday morning, so that it would appear tbfa i o unfavourable state of the weather us Manch e 'r has been but local :—Glasgow, N.E. very hazy 1;11 1 burgh, S.W. very ha z y ; N ewcast l e, W.N.W. I rain ; York, S.E. very fine ; Hull, S.W. by W. 1. :4 Normanton, S.W. very fine ; Leeds, S.W. by S. l O , cloudy ; Rotherham, S.W. fine ; Manchester, ef t fine ; Liverpool, S. very hazy ,• Lincoln, N.E. :„ I fine ; Norwich, S.W, fine ; Brandon, S.W. " A les Lowestoffe, W.N.W. fi ne ; Nottingham, S.W. Derby, W. by S. tog ; Birmingham, N.N.B. very fi nit, Rugby, N. fine; Landon, S.E. fine; Chelmsford , very tine; Colchester, S.W. fine; Gosport, S.W. ell ' s: Southampton, N.E. fin e; Weymouth, W. fine.-"'- chester Guardian of yesterday. BIRTH.% - fE. On the 'kb inst., at Leo-vill a , K en ti s h-t own, t h e 16. r 1 ' 2 Huggins, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth i ns t., a t Clapham-road-terrace, Kenwrio the lady of J. Samuel, Esq., of a daughter. „..,,, ro On the sth i ns t., a t Portsmouth, the wife of the i''' W. Milner, of a son. lid/ °I On the sth inst., at St. C a th er i ne ' s, D um f r i es, the J. Lindsa Scott, of a daughter. .bifer On the 6 th inst., at Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorgsr3l' Mrs. H. A. Bruce, of a daughter. " t the - On the 6th inst., at South-pl ace , Kennington-corny° wife of Mr. F. J. Chester, of a daughter. gre' On the Gth inst., at Woburn-place, Russell-squir e ' W. Rutty, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at lielli na - v ill as , K ent i s h-t o wu t 2411 °' I. llawkes, of a ion. DIRD. Of apoplexy, on the 28th [of May, at Katagne''', Southern India, Theodora Amelia Mary, wife of l olio Frere, Esq., Madras• Civil Service, and eldest dau Lord Bishop of Madras. On the 2d inst.,. at, Wydale, Emma, wife of E. S. Esq., M.P. Nicol S' s ' On the 3d inst., aged 50, Sir Nicholas Harris G.C.M.G. and K.H. c ceil On the 4th inst., at Wellow Vicarage, near Bath, Fri Began, wife of the Rev. Charles Paul, vicar of We11°,":„.," wet, On the 7th inst., at Parson's-green, Sybella G. I .`" - eldest daughter of the late J. A. Hammet, aged IS. A ( o at On the 7th inst., at Hastings, aged two years an" ' months, Emily, daughter of D. Anderson, EN. , o f the On the 7th inst., at Portland-place, Emma, relict ERaenscroft, ghter 0 a, London: Printed and P u bli s h e d b y AIURDO-1[9,v . 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