The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-17 00:00:00

MNP Just mini:, in 3 vols. post Bvo , OC TOR -lIO'OK WELL, THE 'ANGLO-CATHOLIC VICAR. A 1% OVEL. Richard Bentity, New Burlington-street. Tln 64 large Bvo pages, price only is. (er, post free, Is. 6d ) rIE INCuME• TAX, with an Explanatory Introduction ; the Official Forms of Proceeding, Bnle:3 14 d re;:atiw s ; a Tolle for calculating the Yearly, Half- I" 11 3 7 , and Quarterly Payments, from I/. to 100,0001. ; and a copious' Index. By a Barrister. The whole forming essential and popular Guide to this important Act. Loudon : Jranns Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row ; and sold by all 8 001csellers. . Just published, in dewy tiro., 240 pp., price 45., Com!. 4ed by ti e IN SPECTOR-GENERAL OF STAMPS AND TAXES, AGUIDE to the PROPERTY and INCOME ACT, 5 and 6 Vict. cap. 35 ; with Forms of Proceed ing. Cases of illustration, ar d Explanatory Notes, takrn from authentic Sources, and Tables of Calculation. Second Edi !lon, revised and corrected. 'lO hich is added a compendious Index to the Act. This is the only Guide printed officially for the use of those ( a whom the execution of the Act devolves. London : W. Clones and Sons, 14, Charinc-Cross. HAMBURGH, I2Tit AUGUST, 1842. IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, win g AVI HORISED and GUARANTEED several I/IS t 111 11UTIONS of MONEY DIVIDEND, by which, 6 ugh they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES t na , be obtained, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG H, Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said JJ ST ft IBU ft UN t!.. evor.s desirous to purchase may re7cive. PREVIOUS ~,"IfiVing any order the PROi;'ECTUS with full PA 141 LARS, %iron ad ' dressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to „ - HEINE BROTHERS, at lIAMRURGH. r.S.—NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on 15th OCTOBER, 1643. , NEXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION on 15th MARCH, NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION on Ist of NEXT MONTH. SELECTION for the PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on "t JULY next. SELECTION for the POLISH DISTRIBUTION on lat MARCH next. SELEC PION for the AUSTRIAN DISTRIBU tpNI,as already taken place, namely, on Ist of JUNE, THE TRIBUTION TAKING PLACE ON IRE FIRST n tS NEXT - MONTH. _ . ~~___ THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVEISItit,,_ AUGUST 17. Will be presented the Musical Farce 41 LOVE LAUGHS AT 'Ol-:NSMI IRS —Captain Ileldare Mr J. Vining; Risk, Mr Mar. '`Yj Solomon Lob, Mr. Oxberry ; Lydia, Miss Stanley. o be fellowed by the New Burlesque allet, called . IZELLE riarac• ers by Signor Oxberrini and Madlle. Louisotta Fairbro. t aerini • • v After wLubin LO VE, LAW, AND HYSlC.—Flexibb., Mr. J. in.g, Log, Mr Harley ; Andrew, Mr Oxoerry. .0 Which will be added, BLUE BEARD.— Blue Beard, Mr J. la nd tt: ~ snackoblack, Mr. Oxb,rry ; Selim, Mr Leig Smith; Fa.. Mirs To conclude w sp ith the New Dr invi called THE BROKEN HOME,. 11, ( :baracters by Messrs. Oxberry, D ddear, Granby, W. H. Bland, 1 ~t~ne Green, Miss Tyrrell, Miss Stanley, and Miss anat. , a ;ooxes, - tit, 2s Gallery, Is. a Qua Door ersbef o r t e Nine at half -past Six; L linbisce at Seves • Half-price, rt . Privare.B.ixes to lie had of Mr Groga 1, at the Private Box-otlica ; a Li d of - Meisi s. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. tAVJDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17 R ED RI be presented an entirely New Fairy Opera, entitled LITTLE RIDING HOOD.—The Overture, and the v.laole of the Mth V I• composed by Mrs. G. a'Becket, and executed by Miss Romer. c l .l , Serlc, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Leffler, an increas d Band and orus. conducted by Mr. G. Stambury. 1 , ,,1ter which, the Comie Extrav:iganza etitled XNGELS AND Miss ClFERs.—Bijamiu Brimstone, M. (1 . Wild ; Sally Gingham, "lerrey. conclude with the peculiarly eccentric New Drama, entitled MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL, supported by the entire Com tattaces and Private 3oxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the °Mee, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 405 orroed he Nobi t lity,. Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully tha ( . 3 ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, RAND EVENING FETES Will be given, in which will be em. aled all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou. te Place of recreation its peculiar ce lebrity, with additions and in. n clitctions, which render them more generally attractive. the MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. rtant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. ing Time Five. o'clock. he Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some i. eh t fnces remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'actioa, repre. )4,l`t ng the Ptocession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman to the Castle of St. Angelo. ,oa BAN includes some of the most eminent Performers, con. ( 7,,ed by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES T he ALES selected from the noblest works of the great Masters. kr,'` .I :ILLUMINATION of ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, GIRANDOLA of ST. ANGELS, wish all the gorgeous idles and magnificent introductions that have called forth ac. ki hm , :nations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. th,°n. terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, I . 3, C C ASC ADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. t n Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. Thd Evening 6 , 8 % with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of Et. Peter's, 4 TlOla of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, .:norsdays. Admission One Shilling. Vt ATER AT LONDON BRIDGF THIS DAY. ..... 21 minutes after 11 1 Evening ... 57 minutes after 11 ed - S 0 t . 5 _ , - viallW4,kl.l ".,' • Ztt LONDON: WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1842. l!F our Government be commonly prudent, much : 11 ,We if it be wise, •it will be induced by the general excited by the turn-out in the manufacturing `‘i..triets, to institute a searching inquiry into the i k 'lldition of the people there, with a view to amend t * If the Government should not, of its own accord, s ti rldertak e it, the public will be wanting to its own int erest if it do not press on the Government such ii ' ll investigation, and compel it to find a remedy for a 41 . 4 e of things which is at once dangerous to so itletY and disgraceful to the Legislature. Either is in the power of the Legislature to ward 0, 3uch evils, to train up mankind in the ways ol :1114 1e and of peace, and to provide a full measure of 1111 'istence for all who are born on the earth, and then ; I re Legislature has grossly and shamefully neglected , :s duty ; or , it i s no t in the p o wer of legislation to ac- Mplish these grand objects, and then the sooner our egislature and the people are convinced of its ineffi eleney, the sooner both will seek some rational means t 0 attain th e en d d es i re d. A n i n finitely less evil than he tur n - ou t o f th e o p era ti ves , w hi c h, i n one s h or t week, thas paralyzed trade, and given a heavier blow to • 1 1 )11. 'lic credit than all the imputed inalversations of the ti pigs, which the Income-tax is to remedy, was no il) elit'v revealed to the country by the Commissioners f or inquiring into Mines than there was an almost Z ) lversal shout for a law to correct it, and a zealous .'ste in passing suth a law, which no considerations What was due ti) the colliers could restrain. • We cr ave a right, therefore, to expect that the con tiotr or the operatives generally, which their Present cond'.tct proves , to be pregnant with te rror for the rest of society, shall immediately lead t 7, ft diligent and searching investigation, and to the L te nglitrut suggestion of appropriate remedies. So ° 1 the Government, following that Being whom said to represent on earth, educe good out _Titling evil, and promote the present peace of ety and its permanent and ever growing pros rity. The, extension of Military power, if necessary at this moment to preserve life and property, greatly to t he discredit of the Government, cannot, it is plain, alv v ays had recourse to. A military Government iS SO . costly that it is ruinous. It may possibly s erve • for a military people, but for a 'commercial a nd manufacturing nation, which carries on its M ultifarious operations by credit and cenfidence, it Wholly out of the question. Nor does the success Z hsuch a system on the Continent, .where it degrades e pefiple without preserving peace—for we have le en 'emeutes, insurrections, and revolutions there, we enjoyed internal peace—recommend that sys rta to our adoption. For the prosperity of England, ,t is essentially necessary that confidence between the L'if:erent classesberestored, and that the attachment of t h' people to the Government be revived, which it can ' 4 i -1 37 be by the Government acting justly, honestly, 444 sincerely, and by the constable's staff again be t''')ro'ing, from ALL the people loving and honouring the a w, the emblem of irresistible power. While we do ' llll justice to the promptness by which a great mili- It4 r3' power has been assembled in the manufacturing -we must at once assert that its use can only -o tolerated as the most b-mporary expedient, and t hat successful rebellion is to be preferred to the Permanent establishment of a military tyranny. Be- Sides, , we have ourselves tried this military and police "overnment without much success. It has been gra dually growing into strength here, gradually repress ing every littl e harmless ebullition of popular feeling, till it has turned attachment into dislike, and has concentrated dislike into ardent hatred, gradually e a tilig down the multitude below the level of hu llitY, and at length has brought on a wide-spread 111sur rectiori. N or ea•A we rely on the old Tory system. That has - seen carried out both by Whigs and Tories, :11": our present condition is the result. The power , Nwzalth of the priesthood have suffered no abate It is the boast of the Tories that the influence of the Church has been wonderfully increased. Go 'verrnnent is as expensive as ever. The tax-gatherer's exactions are increased, not relaxed. Extravagance In Ilia?; ?wces is continued. Tic riches of the aris tocracy have not declined. Great fortunes are still made and enjoyed in the City. Every feature of the Tory system is yet retained, even to the corruption by which Tories obtain an ascendancy in Parliament, and yet there is great distress, great discontent, and an alarming outstand amongst the people. When the Tories left office they left a rebellion in the agri cultural districts ; they have scareely had time since their return to office to cheat the hopes they inspired when they find a rebellion in the manufacturing dis tricts. Toryism, therefore, cannot help us out of our difficulties. In truth the evils ciSinplained of are the consequences of our political systeiri, and that requires investigation. Heaven has been•hbuntiful to us. It has endowed our people withi ,unsurpassed skill and unwearied industry. Our land is fertile, and teems with mineral wealth, as our, seas teem with fish. Our commerce and our colonies - epable us to supply our wants from the whole globe., With advantages such as no nation ever before was blessed with, a great multitude of the people are sorely degraded and distressed, and their grievous dis'Ontent continually causes nlarm and insecurity. Intoq&se circumstances a solemn investigation is requir4; and if the out stand of the manufacturing labourers lead to that, it will not be without a beneficial result An Evening Contemporary, whose remarks we in tert, tries to throw the whole blame of all possible dissatisfaction and discontent on the .Whigs. It was they, according to the Standard, who taught the people to be dissatisfied with the law, and to seek their objects by violence. They must have caused, then, the progress of society, and the increase of knowledge, for it is these which have made old insti tations and old laws unsuitable to our present con dition. We have, however, •of late been boastingly reminded that our commercial code was first reformed by the Tories, and Sir ROBERT PEEL disparaged What -he left of our criminal code by what he altered. For the last twenty 'years there has been a regular and continual retreat from old posi tions, as they were successively invaded by popular knowledge. How could the people continue to re verence laws ,which they were practically taught were erroneous and unjust? Both parties have.equally lifted the boundaries of the law and the Constitution, and moved them away ; but the Tories have set the bad example of seeking to maintain a false position by violence, till they have roused threats of violence in attack, and then they have fled. • They • have been the men to have recourse to force, and by yielding they have taught the people the art of conquering the Government. lt is, however, not at all desirable at present to bandy accu sations between Whigs and Tories ; the condition of society has become troublesome and alarMing, and it is now the business of every patriot to use his best exertions to restore peace, concord, and prosperity. Without blaming either party, or -any individuals, • and without specifying the immediate causes of the existing evils, we lay it down as an incontrovertible fact, which must he the foundation of all improve ment, that the labouring classes of the community are too heavily burdened. They ;work too hard, and are too little rewarded: They ar,e not only exposed to great physical privations, but they see others re lieved from them at their .expense.' They bear, in truth all the burdens of society, ,and are scarcely 'al lowed to taste its benefits. Lawi which are for them fetters, are privileges for others. ,While the salary of every servant of Government is fully assured to him — while the income of the priest is made as certain as the return of the seasons—while The rent of the land lord is subject to very little Variation—while the owners of the national debt are guaranteed their income, and every monied man gathers in his interest with mathematical certainty, the reward of labour is not sure from day to day; and, squeezed down by profit, rent, and taxes, seems . continually growing smaller, or is kept at that pittance which barely supports existence. These are facts ; they • may - be in the order of nature; they may not be the consequence of positive enactments ; but the consequence is the' existence of an immense mass of poorly fed, badly lodged, and incompletely clothed labourers, who are filled with discontent, and whose discontent is a per-• petual source of uneasiness to others. If they be in the order of nature and irremovable, let that be demonstrated, and let the Legislature bend its exertions to lessen the evils as much as pos sible; if they be not in the order of nature, but the consequence of positive laws, it follows that some.bad laws are the causes of the national trouble. All classes are deeply interested in demanding a solemn investigation into this point, for the landlord is alarmed for his rent, the priest for his tithes, the capitalist for his profit, the monied man for his in terest, the moment the labourers begin to stir in pur suit of their rights, or even cease to labour ; and they seem incapable of fancying or finding any remedy for their own apprehensions, but the establishment of a complete military government, which must, in our judgment, be fatal to the commerce, the prosperity, and the liberty of England. It is now the duty of all these claSses, not only to inquire, but to take an in- creased share of the national burdens, and allow labour to have more social advantages. If they con tinue rapaciously to extort all that can be extorted from the labourer, expecting to keep him for ever toiling hard, and obtaining little or nothing, it re quires no search of sagacity to predict continual com motions, national decay, and ultimately national ruin. Though the mining and manufacturing districts still continue in an uneasy and unsettled state, yet, on the whole, the intelligence received from them is of a more tranquil character than could have been hoped under the circumstances. The sea still runs high, but the tempest seems to have pretty well exhausted its fury, and we may shortly expect a calm. From Hanley, indeed, the accounts furnished by our Correspondent are, it must be confessed, somewhat ominous, and things begin to wear a gloomy appearance at Derby and Nottingham; but we have every reason to believe that the prompt and vigorous precautionary measures of Government will effectually prevent any outbreak in these towns. As regards Manchester, all is quiet there ; and the proclamation of the civil authorities, warning the people of the illegality of their as sembling, under existing circumstances, in large masses, will no doubt have the effect of convincing them that to attempt to better their condition by means of a system of lawless agitation is an utterly hopeless task. The influence of Manchester is great throughout the manufacturing districts, and we may calculate with tolerable certainty on finding the tranquillity that now pervades this metropolis of the cotton tradei' extending itself to all the great towns of the north. Meantime it cannot be de nied that the danger has been most imminent, ar.d that we shall at all times be liable to its recurrence, unless Ministers take an early op portunity next session of adopting remedial measures of a far more directly efficacious character than any that they have passed in the session that has just closed. Something more is required than an Income tax, a Tariff, anUti lame and halting Corn-law Bill, to tranquillize the minds of the working classes; and if Sir ROBERT PEEL, when next he meets Parlia ment, does not meet it with a firm and generous reso lution to abandon altogether the system of class legis lation, which has already been productive of such a world of mischief, and to which we undoubtedly owe the origin of Chartism, •he will find that a spirit of disaffection will be roused in the country which it will be wholly out of his power to check or control. We have received the -whole of the French Papers but they contain no news, being chiefly occupied with the speeches of Lord PALMERSTON and Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the House of Commons on the 10th inst., and the disturbances in our manufacturing and mining districts. The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to examine the Regency Bill, held its third sitting yes. !,erday. It heard the Marshal President of the Council, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, end Keeper of the Seals, on the whole of the clauses of the Bill. The Committee adopted unanimously two amendments, the first to the effect that the Regent shall take the oath, before enter ing on his functions, and by a. solemn document inserted in the Bulletin des Lois, the oath shall be repeated before the Chamber ; the second amendment reduces to forty days the time within which the Chambers must be con ' yoked. The Committee will meet to-day (Sunday) to hear the report of M. Dupin, which will be presented to the Chamber on Tuesday. The debate may, therefore, begin on Thursday. The CoMmittee for inquiring into Elections is summoned for to-day. The Deputies of the wine-growing countries met yesterday, M. Zesmeres presided. At the meeting there wero representatives 'of the following departments : the two Charente, the Gironde, the G and, the Yonne, the Herault, the Var, the Saone and Loire, the Upper Rhine, and some others. The meeting decided that a committee should be appointed to collect all the docu ments necessary for the examination of this important branch of French agriculture, au 1 to make to the Go vernment all the representations which circumstances THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1442. may require, and which may lead to put an end to the oistress of•the wine departments.—Le Constitutionntl. The Ministry, it is said, hesitate to publish a pretty considerable series of supplementary and extraordinary credits, calculated to alarm the Chamber as to the state of our finances. We have already seen how many millions were asked by the Minister of Finance. We will add, that fur the war department, the supplementary credit for Algiers exceeds twenty-six millions. It is slid that, after the Regency Bill is passed, the Chambers will be prorogued till the 15th of January. The Minis try, we see, are resolved to take advantage of the facilities which the Opposition prepares for it, by setting aside all political disCussion.—Le Commerce. RUMOUR THAT HER MAJESTY HAD BEEN AGAIN ATTACKED.—XesIerday a rumour was extensively circulated in the metropolis that another .attack had been made on her Majesty. The " Court Circular" explains on hay small a foundation it rested. A man, who it seems could give no good account of him self; but otherwige had nothing about him to excite suspicion, had, in company with some workmen, it is supposed, found his way into the Castle. He was found there, and sent - up to town, that his case might be investigated. NONE Y and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING, The accounts in The Sun of to-day, in connection w!th the private letters from the manufacturing districts, lending to the expectation that the most serious conse quences which might have been apprehended from the outbreak in' the North have now passed, an improve ment in the Furds took place, Consols leaving off at 91i buyers for Money and for the Account ; Bank Stock, 170 171 ; India Stock, 250 251; Exchequer Bills, Old, 5153; New, - 49 51 premium. . _ Foreign securities rather improved in price upon the rates of yesterday. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents.. .51.1524-; the Five per Cents., 1014 1021; Danish, 82 83; and Brazilian, 65 66. The quotation for Mexican was nominally 35 354. The prices of shares were—London and Birmingham, 177 179, ex dividend ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 48 49 ; Great Western, 88i 891 ; the Half Shares, 63 63j-; South Western, 62 63 ; • North Midland, 57 59 ; the New Shares, 27 28 ; South Eastern and Dover, 211 . 22 ; Eastern Counties, 9A- ; Northern and Eastern, 39i 401 ; Blackwall , 8i 9A. ; and Brighton 33i 344 ex dividend. Somewhat of a novelty was exhibited sn 'Change to day, in the fact that American merchants choose to remit to this country, as a. medium for paying the amounts due upon the Continent. The result was that the amount of bills was large, and the rates rose proportionably, Amsterdam being 12 54, 12 5 ; Harnburgh, 13 114 13 11i ; Rotterdam, 12 12 ; Antwerp, 12 5i 12 4 ; Paris, 25 721 25 771 ; Frankfort, 151 1511 ; Genoa, 25 80 25 85 ; Vienna, 9 531 9 541 ; Madrid, 371; and Lisbon, 52i, all at three months. The quotations of the Bonds were—Colombian 20+ 20. ; Peruvian , 1 5 16 ; Portuguese Five per C e nt s ., 33 33i ; the Three per Cents., 19i 20 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 20+ 20 ; the Three per Cents., 19i 20. . (From The Sun of Last Night.) Besides the published accounts from the country, which are most copious in The Sun of .to-day, the contents of the private letters have been eagerly sought after. From these it may be gathered that the differences are likely soon to be arranged. One gentleman, whose avocations have .obligedliim to visit most of the districts in Lancashire, writes— :flatters have become more quiet, and scarcely any apprehension is now felt ; the generality of the people from the first were averse to the' movement ; and, although labour is still suspended, it is expected that all causes of complaint between the men and the masters will be satisfactOrily adjusted to morrow, or this day (Tuesday). The intelligence from Liver pool gives a very melancholy account of what must be the effect on trade, if the present system be persevered in. Vessels are detained, and labourers discharged, in consequence of the non-arrival of cargo, all which, had been previously ordered, - and should by this time have been received. Business in the produce market .here, as well as among the warehousemen, is virtually suspended; and the quantities of goods forwarded into the country Saturday and yesterday, were smaller than had been known for years. _ - - _ The Money Market has been very flat, and the aversion which has been shown these few days to enter into ope rations still continues. Consols, however, are 911 91i for Money and for the Account. Three perCents.Bed., 92192 i; - Three-and-a-Half par Cents., 1004 ; Three-and-a- Half per Cents, Reduced, 1001. 101 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 100* 1001 ; Bank Stock, .170 171 ; India Stock, 2491 2501 ; India Bonds, 36 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. Little has been done in Foreign Securities, Patch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have' been sold at 52 ; and the Five per Cents.. 102. There is no .official quotation for Mexican to-day. - The Share-market has been without transactions. Those reported-are only South Western, 624- ; Eastern Counties, 91 ; and Brighton Loan Notes, 104. A single quotation appears in the list of Bonds, namely, Colombian at 20k_ MANCHESTER STOCK .4XCHANGE, AUG. 15.—Great . inactivity still obtains in the Share Markets, The only transactiop reported to-day is North Midland, 58i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ....... 921 3 per Cent. Cons 9ll 31 per Cent. Red 101 A New 3/ per Cent... ..... lOOl India Stock 2soi pm Ditto Bonds ............ 36 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... 9O Ea. Bills, 1,000/....24. 49 pm Nrivr per Cen'.. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... If2i Ditto 500/...... 49 pm Ditto Small ...... 49 pm Bank Stook for Sect.— Oct. 1g59 India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860 FOREIG Consols for Acct. 7..... 911 1 FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. — Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds... 65 Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto,lsTew Ditto ,Prussian,p per cent. ~„ Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2Ol Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 351 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Russian, 5 pel cent...,. Ditto, Nletallic . . Spanish, 5 per cent...... 208 Ditto, Deferred . 98 French, 5 per cent —f. Exchange —f —C. French, 3 per cent —f. Dutch, 21 per cent. slh . .N 1 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 Pei ;Ant. 102: - --- - - . ' SHARES. . Bristol sndl Exeter (70 paid) .. ...... ... .. 41i Cheltenham and Creat Western - (SO paid)... 26 Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) ... 9k Ditto New Shares ( paid) Great Western Railway (65 paid) ..... ...... Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) iJitto Loan Notes (10 paid) London and South Western (411 6s 10d pd) 624 North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) ...... ... 6i COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTERDAY. 1 Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... .. .2 U. 12 Si:Genoa . 25 90 ... Antwerp • , 12 7i liamburgh . M. B. 13 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Hour deaux 25 90 'Milan - ' 31 IVenice Naples 'Palermo, per oz 120 Lisbon Oporto 521 Rio Janeiro 26 Frankfort on Maine... 151 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Berlin Vienna, effec. 11. 3AL 957 Trieste, ditto ... 938 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville Bahia Buenos Ayres New York,2ldays sight 46i Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER 07. Foreign Gold, bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 b New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars... 0 0 0 WOOLWICH REGATTA. The exceeding beauty of the weather, and the very attractive bill of fare of the Woolwich watermen, drew to this favourite town on Monday a vast assemblage of spectators, who could have lifid but little reason to find fault with either the quality or quantity of sport. This was the second regatta at the same place, the inhabitants having, in consideration of the rivalry between the watermen connected with the old Woolwich Company and those of tbe Watermen's Company, deemed it expe dient to let each party have a distinct match, and neces sarily prevent the chance of any disagreement amongst them. The race was in five heats, on the old-fashioned and, we think, somewhat absurd below-bridge principle,. Three started for the first heat, and the other three (making six pair of sculls) for the second, and the winner of each of these lay by, while the four unsuccessful men exhibited in the third heat, the first two men in which were eligible, with the first man of the first heat and the first man of the second heat, fir the fourth heat. It seems to us that matches of this description would be well enough to end here ; but it is not so, as the two first men of this race contend again together in the fifth and grand heat, thus, at any rate, cutting out plenty of work for the ' wagermen, and affording a whole day's amusement. At mid-day the following made their appearance in coloured dresses for the first heat :—William Hobbs, red ; Richard Alcock, dark blue ; and T. Crouey, yellow. After a very fair heat, dark blue was declared the winner. Immediately afterwards, James Young, pink ; Charles Burden, light blue • and John Limber, orange, rowed the second heat, Which was won by pink. The four losers then made a very tight match, and light blue and orange were successful. In the fourth heat, pink took the lead and kept it, followed by light blue ; and at a little before seven, these two men contested the grand heat, the race extending the whole front of the town, the distance being repeated. After about a dozen yards, pink took the lead, and kept it in first-rate style, win ning the race by 100 yards. There was an immense as semblage to witness the gran d h ea t, an d i n the evening there was a very good displ a y of fireworks On the water. EXTRAORDINARY CHEAPNESS OF THE PRICE OF FRlllT.—Yesterday (Monday) in Clare-market, ripe gooseberries of a large site were selling freely at one penny per quart ; well• flavou re d mellow pears, one hundred for twopence. Remarkably fine fresh-gathered Kentish cherries, retailed in full weight (avoirdupois), eight pounds for sixpence. Green gages at fourpence, and fine Orleans plums at threepence per gallon. Large well-flaioured apples, fit for pies and puddings, at one half-penny per dozen ; whilst sugar-loaf cabbages were retailing at three for a penny. French beans and scarlet runners at threepence per peck ; large-sized cucumbers two for a penny ; and water-cresses four bunches for a half-penny. Such a scale of prices for the same edible commodities has not been recognised by the oldest person who attends the stalls in the above market, and some of them are far advanced , in senectitude, and have frequented the same for upwards of forty years. ship-street, on Monday, with being concerned with another in burglariously breaking into the dwelling- house of• Mr. George Savage, an appraiser at Bethnal green. He was discovered by the brother of the prosecutor, who driving by at the time, when no one was in the house, observed a light in the drawing room, which, upon his knocking, was immediately extinguished. The door, a few minutes after, opened, and the prisoner and another rushed out, Mr. Savage capturing the former. Several rooms were found to have been ransacked, and the prisoner was committed for trial. Sarah Woodman, the young girl who i stabbed her brother, was on Monday admitted to bail at Union Hall, and remanded till to-day. SPOR.TING. _ Partridges and grouse are reported to be very abun dant around Newcastle this season. CO:TRT-F/I.BIIZONA.BLE. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House on Mon day for Windsor Castle. Ile Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town on Monday, from a visit to Lord Haddo. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield left town on Monday for Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Marquis of Kildare has left town for a tour in Scotland. The Marquis of Salisbury was last week on a visit to Viscount Beresford, at Bedgebury Park. Lady :Ashburton and the Misses Baring are at the Grange, Hants. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton are shortly ex pected in town. . lIVESCELLANEOUS. _ The sale of the furniture, china, &c., has proceeded at Shugborough-hall during the last three days, and produced good sums. _ The sale of last Thursday, the tenth day, realised upwards of 1,300/. ; that of Friday nearly 1,1004 and that of Saturday about 6001. The largest purchaser of the furniture appears to have been Colonel Anson. London-bridge is at present closed to vehicles, for the purpose of repairing it, which will be accom plished in the space of a fortnight. COURT CIRuULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY —The Queen and Prince Al bert walked this morning in the Great Park Slopes, and to Adelaide Lodge. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken their ustial airing. Prince Albert, the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the Prince -of Leiningen, attended by Colonel Wylde, rode to Virginia Water to have some rabbit shooting. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of Norfolk, the Maids of Honour, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Meynell, rode in pony phaetons and carriages into the Great Park. The Duchess of Norfolk has succeeded the Vis countess Jocelyn as the Lady. in Waiting ; and Cap tain Meynell has succeded Captain Hood as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, Lady C. Dundas, and Sir G. Couper, will dine with the Queen this evening. The town has been excited to-day by a rumour that a person had been found within the Castle on the ground floor, in the vicinity of, the principal entrance ; that when noticed, hessaid he had come for his pension, and had walked from Woolwich for it. He was searched, but it is stated that nothing of in terest was found upon him. He was attired in a fustian jacket and trowsers, and at one time stated that he entered the Castle in company with some workmen. Mr. Speed, of the police, kept him in custody last night, and took hum to London this morning by an early train. Ws Royal Highne .s the Duke of Cambridge ho noured Sir George Scovell with a visit on Monday at Sandhurst, and afterwards proceeded to the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Bagshot Park. Yesterday morning his Royal High ness took leave of his Royal sister, and returned to town. _ _ _ Yv The Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, visited Sir James Graham yesterday at the I fome-office. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, left town yesterday morning, for his seat, Wortley Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord and Lady Hamilton Chichester arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday, from Malta. SU -. MARY OF NEWS AND ttb t C Vptittott. " Wbo reins 7:4 read." PORXIOZ.T. The Levant Mail brings news of an expected im provement in trade at Alexandria, on the arrival of the crops, and the establish men t • of prices .for the hiflik produce. 'The projected canal through the Isthmus of Suez has been favourably retwted on to Mehemet Ali by Colonel Gallia Bey. Large cora..., missions for machinery have been given to Captain Engledue by the Paella., who has also made some new and very excellent regulations, whereby the bag , gage of English and other passengers by the steamers will in future pass through the country uninterfered with by. the Custom-house. Arif Pacha has been displaced, and llitouf .Pacha,. formerly Grand Vizier, appointed President of the C( nea Ina Malta letters of the sth init. contain no news. They state - that the officers' of the navy would, by order of Admiral Owen, go ; into mourning for three days, as a tribute of respect for the late Duke of Orleans. During the,same period the colours of the fleet were to be hoisted half-mast high ; the yards to be " topped on end," the peaks to be pointed down wards, and the grand march in " Saul" to be substi tuted for the National Anthem. _ _ The Monitcur publishes a Royal ordinance, dated the 13th inst., directing, - in conseq ue nce of the coin mercial treaty concluded between France and Bel gium on the 16th ult., that the Customs' offices situate along the land frontier, extending from Dun kirk to Longwy inclusively, shall cease to be open for the export of flaxen and hempe n manufacture of a third count r y, i n trans it u , through France. yarn and linen of the The weather continued to be magnificent in Paris, but extremely warm (86 degrees. of Fahrenheit in the shade). Notwithstanding. the superior quality of the Wheat the failure of the oat and barley. crops had occasioned a sinall advance in the price of flour, and a proportionate augmentation in. that of bread. The accounts froth Madrid are of the 7th instant. The Gazette publishes a decree of the Regent fixing the standing force of the army for the present year — namely, infantry, 67,177 then;- artillery, 7,828 ; en ginbers, 1,239 ; cavalry, 13,760 men, 11,730 horses ; reserve 40,000 men. PIM= OPXNZOIc The Chronicle remarks, in a leading article, on the the subject of the riots in the manufacturing districts " Every day we see more and more reason for be lieving that those formed a correct estimate of the present disturbances, who saw in them only con fusion. Resistance to authority is not to be appre hended. But though the movement does not threaten the horrors of political convulsion, and there may be no immediate violence beyond the ability of the police and military to control, we cannot shut our eyes to the causes which led to the movement. The out break may be quelled, or the storm blow over • but they must regard it very superficially who ihink that we shall then have arrived - at the end. • The disease is too deeply seated for its cure to be in ferred from the.repression of one external symptom.. And we are yet waiting anxiously for that repression to beaceom?lished. To. keep such a subject from en grossing the thoughts is impossible, even were it de sirable. And yet its discussion is difficult with any chance of a good result. Negatively, however, the path is plainer. There are suggestions and remarks of which the mischievousness is not at all problema tical. For instance, the intimation that the recent reductioh of wages is a needless attempt of the master manufacturers to prolong the popular distress, is an assertion so gross as to imply the densest ignorance in its belief—if it be believed—and so noxious as to indicate the foulest wickedness in its iteration." The Herald says :—" The outbreaks in Lancashire have, it is to be hoped, spent their violence and passed their climax. But just in proportion as tranquillity is returning does the desire to trace their origin, primary and ultimate, increase; as danger is disap pearing, so does the necessity augment of knowing why the public peace has been endangered, and why the seat of the cottin manufactures has been the scene of a quasi insurrection. The most searching investigation, the most fearless and impartial 'inquiry, must be at once instituted and prosecuted, regardless of all consequences. Months ago we warned the Legislature and the Government that the general ignorance as to the moral, religious, social, and physical con dition of the manufacturing operatives was a dangerous experiment—that such condition formed a subject of inquiry far more worthy of royal commissions and reports than the infinity of costly blue books that had been published—and that the deplorable heathenism of Lancashire and Cheshire would not and could not ' come to good. We then stated that the preservation of peace, and good order, through the instrumentality of charity and public : , übscriptions, would fail, and we over and over again declared that there was no reliable safety for society until the State should attempt to make these operatives as good. Christians and citizens as they are unrivalled artisans. The investi gation, then, that we desire to have immediately' commenced should not Le confined to these riots and disturbances—should not be limited to inquiries into their causes, progress, and the suppressive efrorts of the authoritie—these are certainly matters for inves tigation which must not and cannot he delayed—but it is, we repeat, unwise, impolitic, and unsafe to hesi tate in ascertaining the state of society which ex ists in these districts—their political sentiments, organi sation, and designs—their trading combinations and objects—their lawless thoughts and antisocial doc. trines—and their educational and spiritual destitution." We take the following from the Times :—" The latest intelligence from Manchester is, on the whole, of rather a favourable description. The presence of the military appears to have prevented any further act of open violence, though the turn-out still continues. Meanwhile the orators of the Anti-Corn-law League and the' teachers of Chartism continue their endea vours to convert the strike on the part of the work-people into a demonstration in favour of their own interested views. It seems that they have been essaying, but ineffectually, to seduce the turn-outs into a resolution or resolutions not to return to work until the objects of the Charter are conceded. Nov, when things were in the state in which they were last week, when resistance to the authorities had been carried even to bloodshed, and the deluded victims of the demagogues of Chartism and the League were in the act of suffer ing the punishment which those leaders themselves most truly merited, it might have been expected that these dastardly fomenters of this unhappy outbreak would have had the decency not to thrust themselves and their doings too prominently upon public atten tion. But this has not been the case.- While the rioters are actually in collision with the authorities, the subtle instigators proceed to promulgate a docu ment in the shape of a summons to attend a public meeting, of which the treacherous cowardice is only to Le equalled by its mischievous malignity." Some app re h en sion is, we per- The Post says :—" ceive, entertained at Manchester that some desperate effort will be made by the turn-outs to-day, which is, it appears, the anniversary of Peterloo. We think the recollection is far more likely to inspire a disposi tion to quietness ; for the authorities have shown a de termination, should the same necessity arise, to do their duty fearlessly and vigorously in the present instance, as their predecessors did . theirs on the occasion alluded to. The arrangements made by Government for strengthening the hands of local authority have been judiciously conceived and carried into effect. with a degree of promptitude and vigour that is calculated, by its example, to inspire the Magistracy with a determination to discharge their duty with effect, whereVer tumult or ipsolent defiance of the law shall dare to rear its head. There is now no cause for subordinate authorities to speculate on the hope of applause from the State for showi ng with riot, or to dread t he censure of their sympathy superiors for manifesting a stern determination to put it down. The days of such feelings, and of the paralysis they must always occasion, ar e fortunatel y at an end." MONEY-TRADE-CODINImacE. At the meeting of the London Grand Junction Railway, held on Monday in Basingh a ll street, i t ap peared, from the Report, that the accounts for the half-year exhibited a balance in the Company's favour of 3,565/. 175., after payment of 5 431, Ils. IW. for general expenses. All operations have, however, long ago been abandoned, and it was proposed that a special meeting should be convened, in order, to dissolve the Company. punzac _ The Ordnance survey of Limerick is completed, and with such precision as to exhibit distinctly the site and position of every house_ and t enement i n t h e respective parishes. Capta in Stothard, Royal En gineers, with the gentlemen and artificers under him, have now left Limerick to proceed with the Ordnance survey in England. EzE cnoNEERanG, It is said that Lord Chichester will retire from the Belfast election. The Ipswich nomina tion took place o n Monday, when Captain Gladstone, Mr. S. L. Fox, and Messrs. Vincent and Thornburg advanced themselves as can aidates. TAW' AND FOLIGE, A Mr. Henry Bailey was put upon his trial at Dublin last week for bigamy. His first marriage in 1831 was celebrated b y a Presbyteri an minister, and the second in the Church of England. He had cal culated on the invalidity of the first, but as both the parties were found to be Dissenters, the marriage becatte lawful. He was accordingly sentenced to seven years' transportation. John Tyler,lin Qlderly man, WM charged at Wor- HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new one act farce from the practised pen of Mr. Bayle Bernard was produced with decided success at this theatre last evening. Although its title is Locomotion, it has no machinery either me chanical or supernatural ; ; but it is, propelled by the " push along, keep moving" attempts to get business of Mr. I loss (Mr. W. Farren), an auctioneer and house agent, " adapted to the age," who, by continuing for some months keeping himself and his people hard at work, doing nothing, at length gets the reputation of doing a great deal, and the reality, as a matter of course, speedily follows. Next door to his warerooms, reside Mr. Leicester (Vining) and his lady (Miss Charles) a newly-mar ried couple, who, having quarreled, determine to separate, and Floss is applied to by the husband to sell the furniture. This he undertakes to do, and at the same time let-, the husband a chateau in France, and the wife a cottage in Devonshire. Vernon (Brindal), a cousin of Mrs. Leicester, interferes to bring about a reconciliation, which is effected at length by the in strumentality of Floss, the "generalageni n of the piece. It ii a lively, pleasant trifle. The character of Floss, which is evidently a sketch from life, was most artistically acted by Farrell. His advertisement writing was the ne plus ultra of elaborate puff. Ile was excellently supported by Mr. Clark, as Dot, the auctioneer's clerk, and bv Vining and Miss Charles as Mr. and Mrs. Leicester. V The piece is well got up. The auction scene is, especially, admirably managed. At the conclusion, Farren announced it for re petition every evening until further notice, amidst the unanimous applause of the house. Loco motion was preceded by Douglas Jerrold's drama of the Housekeeper, and followed by Webster's admirable drama of Peter and Paul, which increases nightly in 'attraction. This is one of those sterling dramas that will more than survive the season. It will doubtless become a stock piece, and deservedly so, as it is the best domestic drama that has been produced for years. The house was well filled. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Can you inform me why the situation of Bailiff of Southwark is not filled up; , are they going to make a City job of it ? The appointment of one of the Aldermen to the office would be certainly very objectionable; they have more duties than they can perform, if the pub lic may judge from the frequent complaints which are made respecting the want of Aldermen on many oc casions to administer justice in the City Courts, &c. The duties of the Bailiff of Southwark are local, and ought not to be held by a City Police Magistrate. A VOTER FOR SOUTHWARK. [We can give our correspondent no information. We see, however, that Alderman Sir William Hey gate is a candidate for the office, with many professions of disinterestedness, which inspire much suspicion. We are not aware of any good rea son why the salary, which comes out of the pockets of the people, should not be pared down to that al most nothingness which corresponds to the high Sheriff's duties.—En. Sun.] RIOTS AT MANCHESTER. MEETING OF THE LONDON CHARTISTS. Yesterday evening, a numerous meeting of the working men of London, and the friends of the Peo• plc's Charter, was held upon Stepney-green, " to take into consideration the conduct of the authorities, in violently assaulting an unarmed populace, whose only crime was want of food." About 8,000 to 9,000 persons assembled. A num ber of the K division of police were on duty in the immediate neighbourhood, but the greatest order prevailed throughout. Mr. Drew was called to the Chair about seven. Mr. BLACKMORE proposed the resolution for the passing of which the meeting was convened. It was deprecatory of the conduct of the authorities at Man chester in firing upon the people, and praying that her Majesty would withdraw the troops and ameliorate their condition, by adjusting the disputes regarding wages, and passing the People's Charter as the law of the land. The speaker alluded to the countenances of the workmen, on which famine was depicted, and complained of the gross inattention of Parliament to the miseries of the people. Mr. MAissm, seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. Several working men spoke in support of the reso lution, after which the meeting separated. THE CONDEMNED FEMALE IN CHESTER CASTLE.-- The warrant for the execution of Elizabeth Barrett, tried, found guilty, and condemned at our late assizes, for the murder of her infant chili, has been received. It appoints Saturday se'nniOt as the day of execution. _—Macclesfield Chronicle. THE APPARENT MOTIONS OF JUPITER AND SA TURN.—The retrograde motion of the planet Jupiter has for some time past been very conspicuous, in consequence of his proximity to the planet Saturn. Although Saturn has been retrograding at the same time, yet his motion is much slower than that of Jupiter. These planets will be at their nearest approach to each other on the 9th day of September next—the distance between them being about five degrees and a half. After the 9th September, when Jupiter will begin to move eastward, the gradual separation of the planets will be as apparent as in the approach at present. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Igndhurst have ' left town for their seat near lieuley-on-Thames. 1. ; ......-------...--- . tdcl wish to stop lit any of the . int any further tranglliptn ent, to Mayence, if he silo; happen to feel no . er— !rp mediate cities. 'The traveller raihoad to Cologne , 2 or Ostend may proceed by .. who lands at Antw( md, )y, he riVer p!oceed down t __ . there embark in the boat of the Dusseldon CoTpa. with which lie may to bin Rotterdam, or up the river fiod the steam coats of Mavence to Basle he will -to Mayence. , Fl. • another . Company (the Eagle .ComPanY). at , his 'London, Liverix , c 4 disposition. 'llms, by the way' 4. 4. - - in Switzerla- ace and Brlste4, the city of bask, may be said to keep up a constant - ',,ib u ral u t i a l r th!, , by steam with Havre, Bordeaux, ).- ~n d all the com - v --- icat • i on Mediterranean, Canada, the United States, ' 6a t i th af principal parts of the West Indies. There 1. -its, ~,n e' l steam-boat company on the Rhine, called the .. .. . ( 7 0.. Company, whose boats run constantly betweer. lope and Basle, and the competition between tl. 7 . different Companies can scarcely fail to secure rei. sortable price(f. and good accommodations. DANUBE ST 1:A Ni•DOA TS.—On the Danube, the highest point to ivhich the steam-vessels of the Austrian Com pany ascend is Linz. From Linz to Vienna, a steam boat starts every fourth day, and from Vienna to Pesti), in Hungary, every third or fourth day. The heats of this Company descend to Orsova, where, partly on account ofquarantine regulations, the passengers are transferred to other boats, by which they proceed to Galacz, near the mo u th of Imoube, and thence, by other steamers to Constantinople, to Smyrna, to Salonica, and i'rebizond. All these boats, we believe, are the property of one company. The passqz,e from Vienna to Constantinople, in the chief cabin, costs 125 florin, or about twelve guineas English money. On the Danube a system has been introclueed similar to that already described in speakin t 4. of the Rhine. The traveller, namely, who books IfiLlself at Vienna. for Constantinople, has a right to lan,J iNt any of the principal stations, to remain there as long' L'* , he pleases, and to continue Iris journey with any o f .`tw subse quent. boats of the C o mp an y th a t may b e pa ceog the same way.- ' Tits CoAL-MLEs or LANCASHIM—It has bt calculated that the available coaWleds in Lancashire . " amount, in weight, to the enormous sum of 8,400,000,000 tons ; the total annual odnsumption of this coal, it has been estimated, amounts to 3,400,120 tons ; hence it is inferred that the coal-Geld of Lancashire, at the present rate of consumption, will last 2,470 years. The typhus fever has been very prevalent in Devon poet, and has swept away six of the children of Mr. Dawson, late manager and lessee of the Devonport theatee. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected in town to-day from the Isle of Wight. The retirement of Lord Hill is again spoken of at the Clubs ; and the Duke of Wellington as his Lord ship's successor pro tem. It is further stated that Prince Albert will eventually succeed to the office; and wc tvay add, that this appointment would give general satisfac tion. It is also rumoured that the Gallant Marquis of Anglesey will be appointed to the command at Malta, or receive some other post.—Naval and Military Gazette. The City of London United Temperance Amocia— Lion bad a very full attendance at the meeting of this Sul-. eiety, Albion Hall, on Monday evening, Mr. Hawkes Nonage, the author of " Addresses to Youth," was in the chair. THE ABSENTEE TAX.—Some of the gentlemen of the Bank of Ireland, employed in the payment of divi dends upon the various kinds of stock, complain of the great trouble imposed on them by Sir R. Peel's tax upon the Irish absentees, which is likely to realise a round sum in due time, provided the truants ,shall continue to sojourn in foreign lands.—Dublin Paper. HOUSEHOLD SERVICE OF A DOG.—" I say, strap - gee," said a cottage urchin to a Yankee pedlar, "don't whistle that ere dog away." "Why he aint no use sio how, he's too ugly." "0, but he saves heaps of work?' " How ?" "NV iy, be licks the plates and dishes clean, so that they never want washing, and mammy says she! would'nt part with him no how, for our new dog Milne got used to mustard yet."—Montreal Paper. STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.—AS was to be expected at this season, a slight improvement in the shawl trade has taken place, but, we must confess, far below what we had expected. So far as things have yet gone, all that is done is entirely on speculation, and great caution is observed on all hands. First-rate weavers find no difficulty in getting work ; but the ordinary hands, and those whose poverty prevents them from put ting up webs, without assistance from the manufacturers, cannot get work.—Glasgow Arguß. Monday evening, between eight and nine, as the Thunder steamer was returning from Putney, heavily laden with passengers, she struck her larboard side against the pier of Battersea-bridge ; the concussion was so violent that both paddle-boxes were shattered to. atoms. The vessel was loaded with passengers, and the immense crash arising from the concussion created the greatest alarm on board, the screams of the females being terrific. Two passengers on deck, one a gentle man and the other a lad, were by the violence of the concussion forced . overheard. A waterman named George Elliott, a coxswain at Searle's boat house, who was boating two gentlemen, picked up th e l a d, an d t h e gentleman was picked'up by a lug-boat, both in a very exhausted state. Several boats put off' to the assistance 'of the steamer, and she was towed ashore to the White Swan-stairs, where her passengers were safely landed. Mr. Baker, who is well known on the Cons Ex change as a large speculator in grain, regularly announ ced yesterday the necessity of a suspension of payments. i'he cause of this is said to be that he purchased too i large a stock of foreign grain to work Off in the market, the condition of which was not such as to meet his anti cipations. It is generally believed that he purchased wheat to the amount of 120,0001, and other grain to the amount of 30,0001., on a supposition that the market was I favourable for the import of foreign grain at the prices which he bad paid, but the revulsion of prices in favour of the market purchaser, partly caused by the appearance of the. weather for the coming crops, caused the unfortu nate event just described. He is not supposed to have many connections in the London corn trade _Whe will suffer by his failure ; but it is thought that in some of the pro'riucial towns the occurrence may be More Seeersly felt.— noes. THE Ilium.-- -Last night about eight o'clock. considerable excitement was created in the 'Vic toria 'Theatre by the sudden departure of a number of soldiers of the 'Fusilier Guards (about fifty), eho lead assembled, it being for the benefit of a Mr. Rowell, for merly connected with that Regiment. The soldiers were not aware why they were sent for. They pro ceeded along the Waterloo-road in companies of about a dozen each with all possible speed, and arrived at Port man Barracks in less than half an hour, where they were instantly ordered to get under arms, and hold themselves in readiness for any emergency. A crowd quickly col lected in the immediate vicinity of the Barracks, and remained there under the impression that the troops would depart to the riotous districts. Up to eNven o'clock last night the soldiers had not quitted the Bar racks, but remained ready for service at a moment's notice. Rumours were afloat that a detachment of the A Division of Police were to proceed to Scotland. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A poor mower, em ployed in thecounty Wicklow, a few days ago accidentally cut his wrist while sharpeninghis scythe. The blood coagulated and stopped - the wound after some time, but at dinner hour he went to the Lacken, a small mountain stream near where he was at work, to wash his hands. This opera tion (spelled the wound afresh, and from loss of blood he fainted and fell into the water, which at the place was but a few inches deep. On being missed at meal time his Icompanions proceeded to search f or hi m , an d f oun d hi m dead, lying with his face in the water.—Dublin Monitor. ---- - SUICIDE or A YOUNG Lany.—On Monday after noon an inquiry was (Tone into before William C a rt er , Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the White Hart Tavern, Kennington-cross, respecting the death of Miss Hor tensia Cordelia Haskoll, aged twenty-two, who de stroyed herself by taking a large quantity of laudanum on Saturday evening. Mr. Hyde Williams, of No. 17, Chester-place, Kennington-cross, merchant, stated that the unfortunate young lady had resided with him as a frtend of the family for upwards of three years. He then proceeded to detail the circumstances. She was found in bed on Sunday morning. She was sensible. but it almost amounted to a state of stupor. He asked her if she had taken anything, and she said " Y es ." He questioned her as to what she had taken, and she said, "Laudanum." She died on Monday morn ing at three o'clock, and he had no doubt from the effects of .the laudanum taken by herself. She always conducted herself with great propriety and de• eorum in his family. He asked her why she had taken the laudanum ? and she said, " I was very unhappy, for my parents had desired me to return home and leave you, where I am so happy, and the anguish and pain of the separation was so great, and my de sire not to hurt the feelings of my family, that it induced me to take the laudanum." She had seen her parents a few days before. He never heard her express a wish to destroy herself. She was of a particularly sensitive disposition and of very religious feelings. When he remonstrated with her ofi the wicked mss of the act, she said, "I could not help it ; I did not know how to leave your house." The Jury were unani mously of opinion that the deceased destroyed herself' while in a state of temporary insanity. DUNDEE.—On Friday last a large concourse of in dividuals assembled in the High-street about two o'clock, carrying a banner plainly indicative ot their purpose, an d seemingly conscious of the cause of their misery. Con siderable alarm having been felt for the preservation of the peace of the town, every precaution was taken to suppress a riot, should one take place ; and with this view, the military, and a large force of police were in readiness. We are happy. to say, however, that the multitude "have borne their sufferings with exemplary patience," and quietly . dispersed after the lapse of two hours, —Dundee Advertiser. N is Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, accom panied by the Duchess of Inverness, is expect e d t o l eav© Rensington Palace the second week 'in Septe m b er , on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrew s b ur y, at Al ton 'rowers, and thence to Newstead Abbey. DIbTRESS Iti CHEsTERTIELD.--During the pre.%ent, week a number of the unemployed operatives of this town have been going round collecting subscriptions from inhabitants to maintain themselves and their (testi tnte families.—Derhyshire Chrenicie THE CONDEMNED FEMALE IN CHESTER CASTLE.— The warrant for the execution of Elizabeth Barrett, tried, found guilty, and condemned at our late assizes, for the murder of her infant child, has been received- It av points Saturday se'nnight as the day of execution. understand th 4 at she has conducted herself in a most exemplary manner since her confiner:wit, and has excited Much commiseration in the minds of all who have had to visit her.—Macclesficti Chronicle. TgE RAILROADS OF GERMANY :1 HAMIWRGH TO LUBECK.—Perilaps the most im portant railroad that could, at the present day be pro jected, or ha .constructed, in Germany would be one that would connect the Baltic and the North Sea. Such a railroad need not be longer than forty miles, and would run the whole way upon nea r ly a d ea d levelnamely, from Hamburgh to Lubeck. The ad vantages of such an undertaking are so obvious that the necessary capital would be raised in twenty-four hours in London alone, if the King of Denmark could be induced, even for a moderate consideration, to give his consent to the execution of the plan. lIAMBURGH TO BERLlN.—Another of the projected railroads of Germany, for which capitalists would be ready enough to advance the necessary funds, is that from 1-lamburo to Berlin, which would open a rail road communication with Stettin, Dresden, Leipsic, Breslau, and eventually with Vienna, and the very heart of Hungary. This would connect the Elbe, the Oder, and the Danube. Of this railroad the first eight miles, to Bergedorf, running over Hamburgh territory, have already ,been completed. When the remainder will be completed it is difficult to say. HAMDURGH TO HANOVER.—AIIOther pntjected rail road of considerable promise is that from Hamburgh to Hanover. This would run all -the way through Hanoverial territory, with the exception of v some five or six miles over a few sandy islands in the Elbe, that belong to Hamburgh. This railroad would lo 'g ago have been undertaken, were it not for the anxiety of the Hanoverian Government to prevent Hamburgh from deriving any material benefit from it. Out of Germany, there is probably no country more interested than England in the three projected railroads of which we have just been speaking. For the last 16 years there has been a regular steam com munication between London and Hamburgh, and were the railroad from Hamburgh to Lubeck once constructed, there would be a regular periodical in tercourse by steam-boats and railroads from the West Indies and New York, by the way of Bristol and Liverpool to London, thence over to Hamburgh and Lubeck, from which place, - except when the Baltic is frozen up, there are steamers constantly running to Copenhagen, Christiania, Stockholm, St. Petersburgh, and to various other of the Baltic ports. THE MAGDEBURG RAILROADS.—The principal rail roads from Magdeburg are one from Berlin, and one over Halle and Leipzig to Dresden. As far as Coe then the two roads are one and the same, but at Coe then they diverge. In point of fact, these railroads are three and not two ; that is, they belong to three different Companies, but they are so intimately con nected with each other that they may almost be looked upon as one concern. THE MADGEBURG AND LEIPZIG RAILWAY.—The principal of these three railroads is called the Madge burg-Coethen-Halle-Leipzig Railroad. The first stroke of the spade was struck in the month of April, 1838. In fourteen months afterwards, on the 29th June, 1839, the road was opened as far as Schone beck : in September following as far as the Saale ; in June, 1840, as far as Coethen ; in July, as far as Halle; and on the 18th August, 1840, the road was opened to the public in its entire length of 161 Ger man geographical (724 English) miles from Magde burg to Leipzig. The road rims all the way over level ground, the highest embankment not exceeding 30 feet in height, while the deepest cutting is one of 24 feet in depth. There are three trains daily from Magdeburg to Leipzig, and each performs the journey in about three hours and a quarter. Each of these trains is in im mediate communication with the trains from Coethen to Berlin, and by these two lines the distance from Magdeburg to Berlin (26.1 German geographical, or 123 English miles) is effected in 61 hours. Between Magdeburg and Leipzig there are eight stations, between Coethen and Berlin ten. THE DRESDEN AND LEIPZIG RAILROAD.—The Dresden and Leipzig Railroad is 154 German (711 English) miles in length. The first stroke of the spade was struck on the 29th of February, 1836, and the road in its entire length was opened to the public on the 7th of April, 1839. More than half the railroad runs upon embankments, some of which it has been necessary to raise to the leight of 20 ells. There is a tunnel at °berm', 900 ells, or about a third of an English mile in length. On this road there are two mail trains, and three goods trains daily, each way. BERLIN RAILROADS.—On arriving at Berlin the traveller will find three other railroads running off in opposite directions from the Prussian capital. THE I'OTSDAM RAILROAD.—The first of these is the short railroad to Potsdam (19 English miles), on which the trains run daily six times to Potsdam, and as often to Berlin. The latest train from each place starts at ten o'clock in the evening, for the conveni ence of persons returning from the theatre. Of the traffic on this little railroad some idea may be formed from the fact that 14,000 passengers travelled by it I during the week ending on the Ist of August. THE BERLIN-STETTIN RAILROAD:The second the railroad from Berlin to Stettin, which was opened on. the 30th of last month (July), and which will place the Prussian capital in immediate connection with the sea. When we say that the railroad was opened on that day, we ought perhaps .so • far :to cor rect ourselves as to say that it was opened as far as Neustadt Eberswalde, six German (27 English) miles from Berlin. This, however, is a good third of the whole distance. THE BERLIN AND FRANKFORT RAILWAY.—The last of the four railroads to which the Prussian capital forms the central point, is that from Berlin to Frank fort on the Oder, a distance of about 50 miles, and I I which it is intended to extend to Breslau, and even tually to Vienna. Part of the intermediate road is already completed, namely, from Breslau to Oppeln, and from Vienna to Olmutz ; but though these three fragments coicprise more than half the distance be tween the capitals of Austria and Prussia, there does 'not appear to be any immediate probability of the completion of the remaining portions of the road. CONVENIENCES AFFORDED IIY THE RAILWAYS.— The tourist, by the system of railroads we have de ' scribed, may visit Itamburgh, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Dresden, Halle, Berlin, Potsdam, and Frankfort on ' the Oder, and every mile of the way by steam. From Frankfort to Breslau the roads are excellent, From Breslau to Oppeln he again travels along a railroad. From , Oppeln to Olmutz, over the Moravian moun tains, if the roads are not the best, the picturesque scenery will afford abundant compensation ; and from Olmutz to Vienna (about 130 English miles) the tourist is again conveyed with the accustomed rapidity of railroad travelling. THE VIENNESE RAILWAYS.—The railroads really in existence from Vienna are two in number. Of these, the principal is the one already mentioned to Olmutz, with a lateral branch, about thirty-five miles in length, to Brunn, and a smaller branch, which it is in contemplation to extend to Prague. This railroad, orginally undertaken by the house of Rothschild, will be carried to Bothnia, in Gallicia, and perhaps even .as far as Lemberg. The other railroad runs from Vienna to Raab, in Hungary, and will probably , be carried out as far as Pesth. _ _ _ The above are the only railroads of magnitude that have been really carried out in Germany, but there are several smaller ones in full activity, all of which are intended at some future time to form parts of a large system. These railroads are : From Hamburgh to Bergedorf, about nine English miles in length, which his to be extended to Berlin, whenever the consent of Denmark and Mecklenburg can be obtained ; From Dusseldorf to Elberfeld, about 20 miles in length ; from Aix-la-Chapelle to Cologne (not quite com pleted), about 50 miles in length, and already in cor respondence with all the railroads of Belgium ; From Wiesbaden to Frankfort-on-the-Maine, about 25 miles in length ; From Manheim to Heidelberg, about 15 miles in length ; From Brunswick to Holberstadt, about 30 miles in length ; From Munich to Augsburg, about 35 miles in length ; and The miniature railroad from Nuremburg to Furth, about five miles long, and remarkable as being the first that was opened for public use in Germany. Seine smaller railroads have been completed in Saxony and other parts of Germany, for the service of individual mines, &c., and there are likewise horse railroads horn Linz to Budweis, from Linz to Gu munder, and from Trentshin in Hungary to Teshin in Moravia. The above may be taken as a list of all the Ger man railroads as yet finished, or nearly so, in Ger many ; but the list could hardly be considered com plete, without some account of the Belgian system. THE BELGIAN RALLROADS.^III comparison to its extent, there is no country in the world in which the system of railroads has been carried out further than in Belgium. Of this system, Malines forms the cen tral point, from which railroads branch off—west ward, over Ghent to Ostend ; northward, to Ant werp ; westward, over Lovaine and Liege, to Aix la-Chapelle ; and southward, over Brussels and Mons to Quevrain, on the frontier's of France. All these roads are at present in full. activity. In connection with the railroads of Germany and Belgium, are the steam-boats of the General Steam Navigation Company, from London to Hamburgh, from London to Ostend, from ,London to Antwerp, and from London to Rotterdam ; and the internal steam navigation of the Elbe, the Rhine, and the Danube, by means of which almost uninterrupted steam communication is constantly kept up between the British capital and nearly all the principal cities of Belgium, Holland, and Germany. STEAM N AVI GATION ON THE ELBE.—To the Rhine, the facilities of the tourist who starts from London, arc vari ous. On his arrival at Rot terdam, he may at once transfer his per son and luggage from the vessel of the General Stearn Navig,ation Company, to that of the Dussel dorf Rhine _Company, which will carry_ him, without 1, a , r ~i,y r"j. 11......