The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-12 00:00:00

NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE OLD WORLD and the NEW. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. Author of "rather Enstace," "The Lottery of Marriage," &c. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. QURREY ELECTION. Q WESTERN DIVISION. PROCLAMATION. By virtue of her Majesty's writ under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to the Sheriff of the County of Surrey directed, for the ELECTION of ONE KNIGHT to serve for the Western Division of the said county in the present Parliament, to be holden at West minster, on the 9th day of October next, I, William Francis Gamul Farmer, Sheriff of the said County, do hereby proclaim and make known, that at a Special County Court, which will be holden at the Town-hall, Guildhall, (for that purpose only), on SATURDAY, the:22nd day of September instant, at Ten of the clock in the forenoon, precisely, I shall proceed to such Election, of which all persons entitled to vote, and others having anything to do at the said Election, are desired to take notice. Dated this 12th day of September, 1849. WILLIAM FRANCIS GAMUL FARMER, Sheriff. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYIIdARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Bele Leesee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will be performed SWEETHERiTS AND WIVES. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be fbllowed by the Farce, called THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with the Farce of THE DANCING BARBER. Lord Mincington, Mr. Boyce ; Lady Flitterly, Miss E. Harding. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. radar the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In compliance with numerous requests a t the Box-office, the po pular Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, will be pro duced with great splendour THIS EVENING, To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C :RCLE. in which Mario Macarte will appear, supported by the first Eluestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Fonr. qtage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Mader the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of liadaloz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. THIS DAY Sept. 12, the Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Fourth Grand Miscellaneous. Flower Show. ..-.- ...- Herr Herman, the Celebrated Bass Singer. Herr Ferdinand Sommer will execute a Solo on the Euphonioa. THE SEA SERPENT AT LENGTH.— This celebrated but hi therto apocryphal roster is no longer a doubt—he will appear en the nights above Efated in a gran 1 Pyrotechnic Representation. Mr. Southby will not vouch for the accuracy of the Portrait, but the effect will be prodigious. It will make its appearance on the Lake immediately preceding the Storming of Badajoz. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Vocal and Instrumental Con cert, Conductor M. Jullien—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by the Misses Wells and Mr. George Tedder— Solos by Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by Viottl and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying Ike advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack— al defence—rush to the breach by real troops —and final tableaux in honour of the " hero of a hundred fight..." REFRESIIMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could be procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct partion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock, e.ac. ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnts D A T —morning, 23 min. after 9 1 Evening, 7 min. tar 19 To-Moasow—Morning, 51 ruin. after 10 I Evea+rm, 30 min. afte7 11 THE WEATHER.—SoN 07FICE, SEPT. 12. TUERNOMETER, Lowest, 48, Highest, 64; N . ( on, 55. BARONETER, 29.09. Wind S.W.—Morning, heavy showers; Afternoon, fine. . W 1, i WA -, 01 0 6 .‘. , 5 ., F 0,4 f • J., V I f ' ; ' : - ' ~„. $ g ~k-,4:•-..., ... ril , h..... . ..-v s . #c.`. , , 'r • , t 0 ' s Rol . * (rite - fling aint LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1849 The " tontine" was a favourite mode of invest ment in the last century. Many extensive under takings and valuable improvements were effected by funds subscribed under that system, which could never otherwise have been carried into execution. There was scarcely a large city or district that had not its own tontine, in which the wealthier inhabi tants were more or less interested, and many families are now in the actual enjoyment of the prizes placed within the reach of every subscriber. The stimulus afforded to the national industry by means thereof was productive of the most beneficial results. A large joint-stock capital was collected, and judi ciously expended in the purchase of estates, or the erection of public buildings, the rents, issues, and profits of which were periodically divided among those subscribers whose nominees were then surviv ing. Each year a larger dividend became payable by the disappearance of those entitled to a participation in the profits until, ultimately, the survivor became entitled to the entire fund. It was, in fact, the converse of life assurance, for in place of receiving a considerable sum at the death of the party nominated, the interest of the pro prietor altogether ceased and determined on that event. The prospective advantages to a long lived party were undoubtedly very great, but they were too long deferred, and persons were unwilling to wait for a long series of years before they should enjoy the fruits of their speculation. It was, in fact, a species of lottery, in which the longest lives, obtained the capital prizes, and those who died early were the holders of blanks. Eighteen or twenty years should pass away before the amount of the original subscrip tion was returned, but from that time forth the share became very valuable. Obviously, however, it was not a mode by which a person in receipt of a life income could lay by a certain prevision for his family. He might, undoubtedly, nominate one of his children, who would thus beeome entitled to a progressively increasing annuity, but there were frequently conditions as to age, &c., that prevented the subscriber from selecting the per son for whose especial benefit he wished the fund to be applied ; and the life of any other nominee was subjected to casualties which might defeat the original object. Hence the system gradually fell into desuetude, while a vast increase took place in the business of life assurance. A judicious combination of the systems would certainly have guarded against every contingency. Many subscribers to tontines insured the lives of their nominees for the amount of the investment, and thus became certain of receiving back their outlay. But individual insurances were extremely expensive, and during the earlier years swept away the greater portion, if not the entire, of the dividends. No combined effort was made on the part of the entire body to insure the lives of all the nominees, which could have been effected on very reasonable terms by an arrangement with any respectable company, and at a very low rate, in deed, if the association became their own assurers ; */ which mode not only the profits to the assurance ompany, but the expenses of management and the stamp-duty to Government, would all be saved. No investigation as to the state of health of the assured would be necessary. The subscriber, by the simple act of nomination, would afford the best evidence of his perfect confidence therein. There could be no danger of fraud—no legal expenses to be incurred. All the contingen cies that must be taken into account in individual cases, and which increase the rates of premium, would be avoided. There can, therefore, be but little doubt that a system combining the tontine and life assurance principles would prove highly remunera tive to shareholders. Now it is in this manner that Mr. Wasosr imposes that the sum of 4,000,0001. sterling should be obtained, to be invested in the purchase and improvement of Irish estates. These should be divided into four classes, the capital of each class to be 1,000,000/. sterling, in shares, halves, quarters, and eighths, of 1001., 501., 251., and 12/.los. respectively, so that even the humblest farmer or tradesman might be enabled to obtain an interest in the undertaking. As all the lives of the nominees would be assured by the association, Mr. WASON sug gests that the profits should only be distributed ever y ten years, by which means all those whose nomi nees lived for t .verity years would receive about ten pe r cent. more than their original subscription, while, in case of death during any part of the interim, the original subscription would be returned without any deduction whatever, the only loss being the current interest, if the party should die within the first ten years. From the present value of Irish estates there is M. 114 doubt that at least 5 per cent. could be obtained on tbe amount invested, and that on the most satis factory security ; so that there would be at least 50,0001. per annum belonging to each class iq the rP Tory meucement, and it would be inipcs i474' Tory , . a S THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA.I7 EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1849. sible to estimate the improvement that would take place under a judicious management where the soil would be brought to the highest degree of fertility and 311-its natural capabilities fully developed. Some of the cases of charitable trusts that from time to time are brought before the Court of Chancery afford the best illustration of the enormous increase of value of these properties, the rentals at the present day amounting to as many thousands as there were for merly tens of pounds sterling. It would manifestly be contrary to public policy to bestow so vast a fortune on a single individual. Mr. WASO therefore suggests that the accumulated funds of each class should be divided when so many lives had dropped off as would leave the surviving parties entitled to estates of 1,0001. per annum for every share of 100/. ; of 5001. per annum for every half share ; of 2501. per annum for every quarter-share, and 1251. per annum for every eighth. There can be no doubt that an undertaking affording such favourable promises as a private speculation, exclusive of its vast public advantages, will be eagerly sought after if brought forward under the auspices of men in whom implicit confidence could be reposed; and we trust that Ministers and others, having the welfare of the sister kingdom at heart, will not n: g lect so valuable an opportunity of advancing the pros perity of a country that has suffered so fearfully from the oppression and misgovernment of past generations. It was somewhat amusing to notice the difficulty with which, at the recent Cutlers' Banquet at Shef field, political discussion was avoided. The fact that the assembly was in no way a political one was, how ever, strongly impressed upon all who beheld the Duke of NEWCASTLE, seated near Earl FITZWILLIAM, receiving compliments from Mr. ROEBUCK ! The latter, strange to say, was in a complimentary mood, and commented on Lord FITZ WILLIAM'S dexterity in talking of politics, even while deprecating all allusion to them, in very graceful and felicitous terms, " There have been observations made by the Noble Earl at this table with that dexterity which distin guished his artistic renown in the House of Lords — touching without affecting, leading without seeming to lead, directing instantaneously to the point without incurring the responsibility of so doing. Various suggestions of mighty import the Noble Earl dropped to ped with a sort of nice saving, that allowed him touch the rock, and yet turn round and sail away on another tack. I admired the dexterity ; I have wit nessed it,before." The raillery was certainly well deserved, for Earl FITZWILLIAM'S speech, with its " I must not say this" and "I do not say that," while by inference he was all the time saying this and that, and much more, was a compound of singu lar audacity. Yet, which of his hearers would have wished it unsaid, and what stickler for the propriety of " no-politics " at public dinners could blame such political allusions as those scattered throughout Lord FiTzwiur.ram's very admirable and eloquent dis course? When the Noble Earl declared that pro perty could not exist without industry, it might be objected that he was only repeating a well known truism. It is, however, one of those truisms w hich have need to be continually enforced, and coming from the lips of a landlord and a peer it carries double weight. " Industry," said Lord FITZWILLIAM, "is that by which all the property of this country has been created. I care not in whose hands it may be, I care not whether it is in the workshop of the manufacturer of this town, or whe ther it is in landed property, which is now enjoyed by the descendant of some manufacturer. This I venture to point out to you, and to those out of doors, that no pro perty can exist but through the medium of industry." It is not the industrious that require this information. It is on the owners of property that the fact has need to be impressed—they who, enjoying the fruits of the industry of others, would withhold from those others their due participation thereof, and " muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn." The days of class legislation are now, happily, drawing to a close. The overthrow of the corn-laws inflicted a blow upon the whole system from which no effort can recover it. Did some such reflection cross the mind of his Grace of Newcastle while he listened to these radical senti ments of his brother Peer ? If so, he wisely kept his reflections to himself, and obtained the cordial compli ments of Mr. ROEBUCK. " I was delighted," said the new Member for Sheffield, " with the suggestions of the Noble Duke. Time teaches us many things; and there are kind feelings raisedby time which I was delighted to find had made their way on the present occasion. And, finding myself here at a social board with the Noble Duke, his most humble admirer on the present occa sion, I do admire the effect of time which has brought us thus mutually here before you, a united body of our countrymen. There is no victory but the victory of truth. Time has taught it to us." These public meetings, insignificant as some may consider them, are most happily influential in promoting feelings of mutual kindness and cordiality among individuals of various political parties and different stations. They give an opportunity for the interchange of many sen timents and opinions which have no outlet in the arena of St. Stephen's, and by promoting the " union" of the various members of the commorwealth, they serve in no inconsiderable degree to develop that " strength" which is the basis of all popular power. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The Paris papers of yesterday have arrived. Wonderful to relate, M. DE FALLOUX is not only still in the Ministry, but contrary to the expectations of all, has accorded words of unconditional commen dation to the memorable " letter" of the PRESIDENT. A decree of Louis NAPOLEON, published in the Moniteur, re-instates M. DE FALLOUX, in his func tions as Minister of Public Instruction, his duties having during his recent absence in the country been performed ad interim by M. LANJUINAIS. According to the Dix Decembre M. DE FALLoux approved of the letter of the PRESIDENT of the Re public in the warmest and most explicit terms when it was submitted to the Council, and that he even said, " I would sign such a letter with both hands." Meanwhile General ROSTOLAN has positively been recalled from the chief command at Rome, the order for his recall having left Paris on Monday. The Presse states that, curiously enough, General ROSTOLAN, himself ignorant that he was about to be recalled, bad sent in his resignation. During the recent visit of the PRESIDENT along the Lyons Railway he wore the uniform of a General of the National Guard. He was accompanied by the Marquis of DOUGLAS. The following anecdote of his journey, showing the enthusiasm of his reception by the multitude, will prove interesting : At Fontainebleau a vast crowd was assembled, who shouted again and again "Vive Napoleon 1" The PRESIDENT of the Republic passed the National Guards (about 6,000 in number) and troops in re view; among the latter was a magnificent regiment of carbineers, which excited universal ad miration. The shouts of "Vive Napoleon I Vive le President!" were even more numerous and enthusiastic than at Melun. One fellow in the crowd took on himself to bellow " Vive la Constitu tion ! A bas Napoleon I" but a carbineer soon silenced him by a heavy blow on the face from his clenched fist, and the people falling on him nearly tore him to pieces. General OUDINoT yesterday paid a visit to the Minister of War, after having been received at an earlier hour by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. On the occasion of the review held by the PRESI DENT of the Republic on Monday morning in the Champ de Mars, he was accompanied by the Marquis of DOUGLAS, General CHANGARNIER, and a number of other general officers. His arrival on the ground was hailed with loud acclamati ons f rom th e troops. Before the filing off took place, the colonels of the different regiments were called toge ther and complimented on the excellent appear ance of their men, and at the same time received the thanks of the PRESIDENT for the zeal and devoted ness they had shown in maintaining the discipline of their respective corps in the midst of the serious events through which they have had to pass. As the different regiments passed by the PRESIDENT, cries of " Vive Louis Napoleon ! Vive le President de la Republique !" resounded from all the ranks. Before the announcement in the Moniteur of yes terday of the resumption of his ministerial functions by M. DE FALLOUX, there was a rumour abroad that M. VICTOR Hiroo would be appointed Minister of Instruction, and that General BED EA U would be Minister of War in the room of General RULIIIERES. All these reports are of course dissipated by this time by the circum s t ance alluded to, showing that there is ons c n t nel noimmediate split in th e Cabinet. f h as t b e e t ,eingth letter" o k writtene spoken out upon The theC istiutubjtieo by the PRESIDENT. O ne or two sentences, convey ing the opinions of M. T RIERS , briefly we may as trans late. After remarking upon those among the opposition who are disposed t o d raw the most e xtraordinary conclusions from this memorable document, the Constitutionnel remarks ;—" The Jour. , nals evidently exaggerate the complication which, in their opinion, it is calculated to produce. They triumph too much and too loudly, and upon what forsooth ? Why upon the embarrassment of France. Truly this is very honourable for their patriotism. . . . One tells us that this document re veals to us the reactionary intentions of the Roman expedition ; another tells us that this new act changes the policy of Franca ; that it substitutes a liberal colicy for that reactionary policy which until now has been followed in regard to the affairs of Italy—two statements, which are glaringly contradictory, and of which the one is not more true than the other. What, then, is this reactionary thought which has at last been allowed inadvertently to escape, after having remained so long concealed ? It is that the expedition to Rome had for an object the re-establishment of the POPE. What t it is that of which you were ignorant? Se riously, is there a man of any intelli gence who has doubted it for one instant ? The explanations given from the tribune have not; it is true, been sufficiently clear, sufficiently categorical upon this point. But the fact has been nevertheless sufficiently understood and recognised by the whole world—because it was the only and the inevitable solution M ODILON BARROT succinctly declared from the tribune that what we went to seek in Italy were the guarantees of our influence, the guarantees of true liberty. 'Of liberty, honest and moderate !' ironically exclaimed a Member of the Mountain. Precisely —of honest and moderate liberty—a liberty which should exclude a Mazzinian republic a liberty which should also exclude clerical tyranny—at the same time admitting the restoration of the greatest reformer of all the Holy Pontiffs." After a further examination and explication of the subject, the writer concludes thus : " No ! the policy of France in this matter is not changed. The only difference is that that is now said aloud which has hitherto been uttered rather in a subdued voice. This publicity, to which you yourselves have con strained the Government by your attacks, is perhaps a new difficulty ? Exult, therefore, in the obstacles which you have opposed to the liberal influence of your country ! There is one lesson which the Oppo. sition should draw from recent events, if they pos sessed a particle of patriotism ; it is that unceasingly to calumniate a Government which negotiates is often nothing less than forcing it to justify itself, and by so doing to add another difficulty to the success which might prove honourable to the country and serviceable to the cause of liberty." This is altogether the most remarkable vindication of the letter, and indeed of the entire policy of the PRESIDENT and of his Government, that has yet ap peared. In it M. Timm has done yeoman's service to LOUIS NAPOLEON. The National of Monday contains a violent attack upon M. DE LAMARTINE, an attack at once bitter and sarcastic. It terminates in this mournful and re proachful language :—" 0 Counsellor of the People, what would we not give that you might have remained itsifriend ! 0 you! great orator of the just passions and of the noble aspirations of democracy, what have you done with that heart which once throbbed in unison with our own ?" M. 13rxro, whose wound, received in the affair of June, 1848, has recently re-opened, has just left Paris for the baths of the Pyrenees. A funeral service will be performed on 'Wednes day in the Church St. Louis, for the repose of the soul of the late King CHARLES ALBERT. The Five per Cents. closed yesterday on the Paris Bourse at 68f. 25c.; the Three per Cents. at 55f. 60e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 7701.; Rouen, 5351.; Avignon, 223 f. 75c. ; Bssle, 1051. ; Vierzon, 315 f.; Bordeaux, 406 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 4401'.; Strasburg, 3571. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 3031. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 11. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian), - Bou logne and Amiens, 6 1 4—Great Indian Peninsula, sy,4—Namur and Liege, sr—Northern of France, 2% dis.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3A—Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasslett, 12. union of the Three dings, and sent its justification to Berlin on the 7th it lAVARIA. Their MA,TESTIE! were expected at Munich on the 6th from Hohenscivangen, to receive the King and Queen of GREECE, who were to arrive there about that period. The Crown Prime of SWEDEN and his Consort re. turned to Stutgarct on the 4th from Russia. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales; and included 4,000 American, 500 Penmen and Maranham at 5/d. to 50., 300 Surat at 4d. to 44d, and 40 Sea Islands at 11d. to ls. ld. per lb. The market closed heavily. Prices of all kinds are at Friday's rates, except Americans, which were a shade in favour of buyers.—The Railway Share market opened at an improvement, but again gave way and closed • weak. In the Corn Market there is no alteration, the trade being dull. The arrivals are 4,120 quarters of foreign Wheat and 15,010 of Oats. The Hibernia steamer is not yet announced, but the easterly winds would necessarily retard her in sone measure, and she is not properly due until to-day. It is presumed that we shall have something later from Mexico by this opportunity. Accounts from Belgium state that a postal convention had been concluded between that country and Spain. The franking system would be done away with, and newspapers, price currents, &c., would have to be paid for in advance. Letters weighing 7/ Belgian grains or 1 Spanish ounce will pay 4 reaux in Spain, and 1 franc in Belgium. The treaty is made for six years, renew able at the end of that period for four years more, if desired. The Amsterdam Stock market was quiet yesterday for the home securities, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 54 one-sixteenth. The shares of the So ciete, de Commerce bad been in demand at a rise of 3 per cent., owing to the ratification by the States General of the contract between that company :and the Go vernment. At Vienna on the 7th inst. the Metallics were 78/. From all quarters hitherto, the accounts respecting the grain crops have been satisfactory, and it is to be hoped that they will be secured ere the weather becomes unsettled, and of which there is now some appearance. The northern districts are those for which we have alone to fear, since there is no corn out in the south; but it is estimated on good authority, that three-fourths of the harvest in England had been secured before the close of last week, and therefore, the whole, probably, will be in by Saturday next. The business done yesterday afternoon in Bills of Exchange was at rather lower rates on Paris and Trieste, but higher on Hamburgh, Amsterdam, and Frankfort. We have been officially informed that the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders will meet on Friday next, to consider the notification in regard to the Mexican Agency. The English Stock Market has been tolerably firm to-day, but the dealings have been of no im portance. Consols have brought 921 I for Transfer, being now 924 , and 92/ I for Account. The New Three , and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 938 to 94k, and the Three per Cents. at 92/ to 92/. Bank Stock has been dull at 199, and India Stock steady at 254. Exchequer-bills have been lower again, viz , 355. to 375. premium, and the greater demand for money is well illustrated by this. In Foreign Securities the change is but trivial. Mexican Bonds have been 27/ to 28; Equador, 34; and Chilian, 97 to 98. Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 34/ to 35; and Portuguese Four per Cents., 28f to 29. Russian Bonds have been done at 108, and since at 106 k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 531 to 541. Railway Shares have been worse again, and have given way in price. Eastern Counties have been 7/ i; Caledonian, 174 to 181; and Great Western, 66/ to 65/. Others in proportion. ONE O'OCLCIC. CL , SI`.! G ;ti ES , 'F ~ R ITIBII vUNDS PRICES . Polk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A , -..ns ...... ' psr: Cent. Consols Annuities 92%4 IA 92 N.,-.-g 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus.... 9l 94W, 93& 94 ',..eng Arens. to expireJan.lß6o India Stock 254 254 Irdia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/... South Sea Stock Cons is for Account, Oct. 17 [,, xchoquer Bills. l,d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 35 37 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS GICE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent 97 98 Equador Bonds Ditto 3 Der Cent Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. Do. Bonds 35 p 38 p OLOSiI ?RILES. 96% 3% 57 51exican, 5 per Cont. 1846, with Coiipons— Ditto, Ex Coupons Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 83 Ditto, Converted, 5 per Cent — 28 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent — 9 Russian Bonds ..... 108 106% 106% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Do. Ditto 1849 10% 10% Venezuela Bonds, 2 , / ,i per Cent... Ditto Deferred 6% 6% Dividends on the above payable in London. PRICES OF n BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. E PAI— AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE-. Aberdem Do. Preference , Amber. Nott. Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 26% ...... . Berks & Hants Extens. _ (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 ~... Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds . ..... 27% — .. — Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 Ditto, New 104 Pref... 10 Di tto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... ... . 121,‘ Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 11 1 ,4 l l l4 Clarence - - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- -- . . ......._ ___ _ _ ____ month _ 514...... - - Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% East Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 — Do. 18/., E. & H. ... 18 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 314 ..... Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 7% 3 4........ ,_ 73% Do. New, Gua. 6 per et. 10 ...... .., — Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... 14 p 34 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ..... ~.. 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 - ...... 04 04 4.• • - Ditto, 1 .4 Shares Do. New 43 — ••• Eastern Union, Class A (late E.. Shares) 25 .. Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 — Ditto, Class C, ditto... 224. .... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — •• ••.. ........ Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- ference Quarters ... 6%...... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 37 .. 37 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. ........ Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport — Exeter,Yeovil, fiDorch 2 543 Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is. tilagow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... .... ..... Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., ! ) , 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7%. — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref.. 7 t it --••• •••• •• ••• ...• 'reat South. and West. (Ireland) ... 473(...... l; reat North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto. New ,15/ l5 .. .. Great Western 100 Ditto, % Shares SO Ditto, 1 4 Shares 23 ..... 13% 3 4 ...... ... 133/ Ditto, Fifths ..... .. y 4 ~ Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 8% ...... 8 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ...... ..... ...._ Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. 4 8... 93 ...... Ditto, ditto . Ditto, % Shares ...... 46 ... .. .. Do. Quarters ......... 22% — ...... ........ Do. Fifths... Do. Thirds .............. 15 ..... Do. New Guaranteed _ 6 per Cent .... ...... 10 12%......... ...... 121 Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.).. 5O -- •• Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... . Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ...... Do. IA Shares (A)... 10 ...... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk Ditto. New ..... ....... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 ...... . ..... Do., Pref. Quar., 1848 9 ...... _."--** _ Liverpool, Crosby and Southport lO London &BlackwalL..... 12% London, Brighton, and ___ South Coast... .... 100 Do., New 5/., guaran .. teed 6 per Cent 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... ... ... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - ...... Ditto, ditto..-.. 1852 50 Ditto, New 5/., guar. , . _ 6 per cent. London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... . ...... . „_ Ditto, Preference .. . 20 . — "" _ London and N. Western 100 ......118 117% Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fieths ...... 7 ••• •• •••.•.. ........ —. Do. 401.Shares(L.M.) 35 ...... ,1219. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 nu.. 3 1 4 i ...... Lona. &S. Western ..... 50 .. 331 / 4 ...... 3 3 14 Ditto, New 501....... Do. New 401. .. Ditto, Thirds Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 Loidondcrry&Culeraine‘ 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares 3 3/ — ••• I • ••I -. .. ndonderry and Ennis killen — Do. 4 Shares Slanchoster,Bumton,and Matlock... - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 1 / 2 Do. New 104 Pref..— 10 ...... 10% l O l /2 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 19 - .••....... - Ditto ditto .. Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2 2 1 / 2. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 _ _— Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s — Midland ...... .. ...... —.lOO , 56'4 L5 . 1,i ..... MIA Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 501. t •Shares 30 ... .. 13 13 l ia Do. Ilirm.. and Derby 100 — Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per et. —100 Ditto,l3risi. eiGlochtr. 42 ...... Ditto ditto ......18!.125.6d.... De.,ErewashVal.,Pref. Ditto, LeicestA Swan niugton, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Oarlisle.loo , Do. Quarters Nqwmarket Do. Extension Sewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... gewry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O Norfolk .......... ........... 100 Do. New 20/. .. ls Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 — Do. Guaranteed 5 1 h pe. 5 I, - Do.Lowestoft(4 piict) 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) 20 Do. do. Way , — Val. 2 — , o. do. . tiveney- .. Northern CountiesUmun 4 ...... N - orth British ........... 25 ...... 121/ 1 ... 12% Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........ 8 1 / 4 .... .. - Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 , , 1 lO% ...... 10% North Wales . 31% — North-Western . 13% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 (leading, Guildford, and Reigate . Royston and Hitchin 41A..... ..• ..... ...... Scotti:th Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Birra... 11 Ditto ditto. Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 4 S'lrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. bdin.) lB - Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oawestry ...... 1814 2 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 — Shropshire Union 'Kith Devon - Do. Priference - South Statford4hire Bth 4% South Eastern Do., No. 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ............. 30 ...... Do.. Registered No. 4 10 000000 ...„. ••• Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole lO Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 14% — • ... — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & roCa men's Stm. _.. C0a1.... 7 raw Vale Extonsion ... 8 rkames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17Jx...•.• Vale of itieath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw -- and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0:... 15 ..... West Cornwall N hitehaven & Furness 16 -• Windsor, Staines, and South tWestern ..... ... 14 ...... ..... « — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ........ 25 ...... 17% iii 3,4 17% Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... 12 1 4 3 12 ...... D. G.N.E.Pretorence 8 ... - 3 V 5 1,4% ... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. ...... 100 ...... _ York and North Midland a) ...... 22 21% Date, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 •••••• Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara l 7l ...... Dutch Rhenish ...... ... 8 ... .. East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... .....10s.. Louvain Ila Sambre ... VA Luxembourg .. 7l/2...... Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege Northern of France l4/. 85... 2 3 / 4 dis 2 34 dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 21... ........... 21 1 4 Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 21,.. 2,i Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ll ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West F1ander5............ 8 3 / 4 ..... Ditto ... ..... 81/ 2 SPAIN. News from Spain is up to the 6th instant in clusively. Further particulars are given of the attacks made by the Moors on the Spaniards at Mellilla. There is some intention of employing the Spanish troops now in Italy in enforcing the claims of Spain on Morocco. The Prince of JOINVILLE is said to be expected on a visit to the Duke and ;Duchess of MONI' PENSIER. The Espana contradicts in a positive manner the rumour that General CORDOVA has resigned his post of commander of the forces in Italy. The Three per Cents. closed at 27 3 16 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 111; the Five per Cents. at 11i; the Debt without Interest at 3 15-16 tor paper; and the Cou pons at 6i for cash. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA IND HUNGARY. The sistcr Of KOSSUTH and her husband, M. KUTEAT, have been arrested and taken to Presburg. It is said that important documents relative to the Hungarian insurrection were found in their pos• session. ARTHUR VON GEORGE!' is at Graz, in the full enjoyment of his infamous liberty. The German Reform states that the Hungarian renegade and traitor will enlist as a volunteer in the Caccales. The question of the recognition of Hungary fully occupies the attention of the Cabinet Council. Ac cording to the German Reform, they will not decide the question before the arrival of RADErzicr, HAYNAU, and JELLACHICIL The majority of the Council seem disposed to grant to Hungary all the political and administrative concessions that may be compatible with the charter granted on the 4th March, and to abstain from any measures in regard to the introduction of the system of centralization. It is hinted that some of the Ministers are disposed to accord a distinct constitution to Hungary ; but this is not very likely to be true. Another party in the Council, among whom are specified the Ministers of the Interior, Justice, and Public Instruction, are, on the contrary, in favour of the rigorous enforcement of the constitution of March 4. General HATNAU arrived at Vienna on the sth, and it now appears pretty certain that he will not return to Hungary. Various rumours are afloat as to his future destination ; some say that he will be appointed Governor of Vienna, others Commander in-Chief in Styria, others in Italy, and others again in the Voralberg. All the Russian troops are expected to leave Hungary and Transylvania, with the exception of the third army corps under General RUDIGER, which is concentrated at Kaschan and Eperies. Marshal RADETZKY is expected to meet the EM PEROR at Cilli, and to accompany him in his tour, and to return with his MAJESTY to Vienna. The position of Comorn is becoming more and more complicated. It is evidently not the fault of KLAPKA if the Hungarian flag continue to float over the fortress of Comorn. He has resigned his appoint ment as commander on the plea of ill health, and given it up to two Hungarian Counts. In the meantime many of the garrison have laid down their arms, while bands of insurgents and dis banded Honveds pour into the fortress, to attempt further resistance to the Imperialists. Count Nu- GENT is drawing the whole of the besieging force stationed at the Danube closer and closer round the fortress. The garrison is resolved not to capitulate on any conditions but those granted by the Russians to GEORGE/; but this is strongly opposed by HAYNAII, who arrived at Vienna on the sth, and instantly dispatched a letter to Field- Marshal,RADETzar to hasten to Vienna. This invita tion, in conjunction with present circumstances, con firms the opinion entertained by many respecting the change of the Ministry of War. The Field-Marshal had scarcely entered Vienna before it was reported as certain that he intends to place in the hands of his MAJESTY bis office as Plenipotentiary in Hungary. PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin to the Bth state that arrange ments are making for the meeting of the King of PRUSSIA with the young Emperor of AUSTRIA, at Tapplitz, in Bohemia. HAN OVER. The elections in Hanover are terminated, but the Government has not yet fixed a day for the opening of the Chambers, and it is said that it will postpone it as long as possible. The object of this is to delay the meeting of the German Parliament, elected under the Constitution of the Three Kings. SAXONY. Saxony is following a similar line of policy with Hanover. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. Accounts from the imperial city to the Bth inclu sively state that nothing has transpired yet concern ing the preliminaries that have been arranged for the transfer of the Central Power. The deliberations of the Ministerial and Diplomatic Councils are guarded with more than usual secrecy. A solemn procession of the Host was to take place at Mayence on the 9th. It is to be a day of military rejoicing and thanksgiving on account' of the vic tories gained by the Austrians in Italy and Hun gary. Senator HARNIEN i 3 gone to Berlin, to arrange for the entrance of Frankfort into the league of theTliree Kings. HESSE DARMSTADT. Hesse Darmstadt has given its adhesion to the TURKEY. According to tte Prague Zeitung of the sth inst., it has now been ascertained, upon unquestionable authority, that li(ssunr, DEMBINSKI, and MESSABOS are at Widden, under the protection of the Turkish PASIIA. They hadpreviously placed themselves under British protection and signified their intention to emigrate to England. The intervention of the Bri tish Consul has it consequence been requested, and the liberty of thei persons having been demanded by him, they are saic to have been at once liberated. ITALY. M. DE RAYNEVLD is said to have obtained some liberal concessions from the POPE, with which he had at once started forßome. News from Naps to the 4th states that great preparations were making at Portici fcr the reception of the King of N A PLES and the P OPE , b u t up t o t h e hour of our dispatch being dated the squadron from Gaeta had not appeared. No doubt, h owever , ex i ste d of the coming of tie illustrious Sovereigns. From Rome of the same date we learn that a qua rantine of seven days had been established at Civita Vecchia, and great fears were entertained of the approach of the cholera, which had already broken out at Ferrara. _ The Monitore Toscano announces the demise on the Ist of the Archduchess MARIE THERESA CHRIS TINA, third daughter of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY and the Grand Duchess MARIE ANTOINETTE, born at Pisa, February 5,1838. Prince PRALORNIO, one of the signers of the treaty between Austria and Sardinia, has been named Am bassador for the latter power at Paris. Prince METTE/NICH is, it is said, about to settle at Florence. THE BRAZILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—By the Se raphina, arrived last evening, we have advices from Pernambuco to the 4th ult. Exchange on England was quoted at 25d. Freights were nominal, at id. per pound for cotton, 355. per ton for hides, and 255. for sugar. The Andes, from London, arrived on the 30th July. At Rio Janei ro , on 27th July, Exchange stood at 2s. Id. to 2s. lid. Freights were unaltered. The Sea Gull arrived on 23d July from Falmouth. Her Majesty's ship Calypso sailed from Rio for England on the 22d. DONCASTER RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATEST ST. LEGER BETTING. 5 to 2 on The Flying Dutchman 10 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker 18 to 1 agst Thringarth 20 to 1 agst Nunny kirk 30 to 1 agst Vatican 30 to 1 agst Herbert THE CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST LOLA MONTES. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. -(THIS DAY.) This being the day appointed for the further hearing of the charge of bigamy against the very notorious lady known as Lola Montes, a considerable number of persons assembled about the court in the expectation of witnessing the arrival of her and her husband. The crowd, however, was by no means so great as it was on the last occasion, owing to it having been generally circulated that this lady and Mr. Heald took their departure yesterday morning for the continent, with the intention of proceeding to Italy. This, upon inquiry, turned out to be correct, and it was further generally understood that both parties had agreed that the matter should be settled, and that it had been arranged that the recognizances should be estreated. From the subjoined remarks of Mr. Clarkson, it will be seen that this supposition was incorrect. Shortly before two o'clock, Mr. Clarkson, accom panied by Miss Heald's solicitor, entered the court, and, after a short interval, Mr. Clarkson said (addressing Mr. Hardwick) — Through your kind courtesy, Sir, I have received a confirmation of that which I cannot but say I had some reason to believe before—viz., that the person—Mrs. James—who has been charged, at the instance of Miss Heald, with the felonious offence of bigamy, has not made her appearance here to-day, and does not intend to appear. You have been kind enough, Sir, to inform me, previously that a communication to that effect has been received at this office. I can only now state that it is my un pleasant duty, a duty however which I feel called upon e as I stated I wou ld on a bail of thi s p erson b e es t former occasion, I h mere to add, and th a t , i n tra to discharge, have ‘.t a h at word t o the pray, consequence of a rumour which has prevailed to some extent, and certainly not without some reason for it, because it was very naturally supposed that as this lady arrived in London on Friday 'last, it was her intention to ap pear at this court for the purpose of attending her further examination. The rumour to which I allude is this—that a compromise has been entered into on the part of the highly respectable lady, Miss Heald, the sister of this young man's father. There are no grounds whatever for any such rumour, and the best proof I can give of its inaccuracy is, that I now pray that the recognizances of the respectable persons who have become bail should be at once es treated; but depend upon it that Miss Heald was, and still is, actuated by the purest motives, and her only object, which I am sure will be sanctioned by yourself and every person of proper feeling, was to rescue the son of her deceased brother from a marriage equally illegal and dis graceful. Such proceedings at law as she will be enabled to resort to will be taken when further information is received from India; and if the fact can only be proved that Mr. James was alive even up to the period at which this last marriage took place, no one, I think, Kill be able to entertain a doubt that the motive s which influenced Miss Heald in instituting these proceedings were proper and correct. Her only desire is to rescue this deluded young man from the fangs of this woman ; her motives were pure and upright, as I think everybody will concur with me in thinking, and she is entitled to no less, and asks for no more, than that the recog nizances should be estreated. Mr. HARDWICX—Under these circumstances I declare that the recognizances are estreated. The parties then left the court. DEATH Or AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER. — One of the most eccentric characters of modern times died a few days ago at the Cochin Hospital at Paris. This man, whose name was Jules Andre Gueret, being possessed, when 25 years of age, of a considerable fortune, resolved never to marry. He converted his entire estate into hard cash, and, in order not to suffer any losses from failures, depreciation o f p ro p e rty, &c., he kept his money in his own possession. lie had made the following calca laden : —" The life of a sober man extends over a period of 70 years, that of a man who denies himself no kind of amusement may attain 56 or 60. Thus, the %hole of my hopes cannot go beyond that period; at any r ate, last res9rt, suicid e i s at my comman d." He di vided his money into equal porti ons f or each year's expenditure. as a This division was so n i ce ly a rrangcd that at the expira tion of the 60th year Guerot would have nothing left, and each year he scrupulously spent the sum set apart. But, alas, he had not reflected on the clinging attachment of man to life, for in 1843, having exceeded the pre scribed period, he patiently submitted to his misfortune, and, be i ng then old an d i n f i rm, h e too k hi s stan d on t h e Qum des Celestine with a small box and a few lucifer matches, living on the charity of the Tessera by. He wore suspended round his Beck a piece of pasteboard, on which were writt en t h e follow i ng li nes o f hi s own com posing : "Ayez, pitie, passaats, du pauvre Andre Gueret, " Dont la v i e est Pius longue,bilas,ne croyait." The cholera c arr i e d him off at last, to t h e great regret of the artistes of the Ile St. Louis, whose leisure hours he ~tihiled away by the relation of his youthful recollections. —Galignani's Messenger. EXTRA ORDINARY CAPTURE.—About ten days since Mr. King, of the Manor-mills, Woodleigh, was sum moned to his door by an alarm from his daughter, where, to his astonishment, a large kite had alighted on a cage that contained a goldfinch, which hung against the front of th e house. So eager was the bird fur his prey, that Mr. King ascended a flight of steps and seized him with his hand. It is a very fine bird of the kind. The extent of his wings from pinion to pinion is two feet, and his extreme length from head to tail four teen inollea.--Ezeter Flying Post. frtitrZi V2Uttton DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE ST. LEGER. Flying Dutchman • • ... ... ... Nunnykirk ... ... ... Vatican ... ... ... ... LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 12.—Wind this day at noon S.S.E., moderate breez and cloudy with rain. DEAL, SEPT. 11.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Hero, Henderson, Calcutta; Ada, Broadhurst, Jamaica; Castle Lachlan, Hart, Jamaica ; Scotsman, Jamaica ; Medora, Havannah ; an American barque, Charleston ; Ashley, O'Hara, St. John's, New Bruns- wick ; Wyke Regis, Meaders, Montreal. Arrd. from the River, 1 1 th, Abbotsford, Marshall, Singapore; Ver- non, Vos, Madras. Sld. 11th, Harpley, Adelaide, South Australia ; Gloriana, Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Janet Willis, Demerara ; London, New York ; Argo, Quebec. DOVER, SEPT. 10.—Arrd. Milo, Westlip, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—Wind, W.—Arrd. Emelie, Buster, Porto Rico. Sid. Queen, Calcutta. OFF COWES, SEPT. 11.—Sylph, Treadwell, Barbadoes. BRIIIIAM, SEPT. 10.—SId. Adelaide, St. John's, New foundland. EXMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—Arrd. Eagle, Paulson, Quebec; Penelope, Ellery, ditto. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 11.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrd. 10th, Regina, Dean, Philadelphia; Sardinia, Woodward, New York; Lady Herbert, King, Pugwash; Carthagenian, M'Leod, Richibucto; 11th, Seraphina, Taylor, Pernam buco, sld. Aug. 4th; Triton, Smith, Charleston. Sid. 10th, London, Rio Janeiro. Off Port, 11th, Pakenham, Barbadoes; Freeman, Jamaica; Jamaica, ditto; Panic; Maypo; Isabella. . COWES, SEPT. 11.—Wind W.—Arrd. Onderneming, Atkes, Havannah; Basserman, Bulling, Tobacco. PENZANCE, SEPT. 10.—Wind W.N.W., Lady Wright, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 10th, Randolph, Campbell, Bahia; N. S. de Bagona, Aintola„ Havannah. Off Port, 9th, Herald, Calcutta; Henrietta Russian brig, ditto for the Baltic ; 10th,Otto, Jansen, Potrto. London. GUERNSEY, for Bremen; llth, Woodbridge, Coppell, Calcutta , Oracle, Petersen, Santa Cruz, and sld. for GUERNSEY,_SEPT. 8. - Sld. Onyx, Adelaide, 6. A. Blum', SEPT. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Osceola, Henley, Miramichi. A rd NEWPORT, SEPT. • Phantom, Bougord, Paimboeuf; Fifeshire, Simmonds, Quebec; Sandwich, St. John's, New Brunswick. CARDIFF, SEPT. .11 --Wind W.-51d. Bth, Integrity, St. John's, Newfoundland. SWANSEA, SEPT. 10.—Wind 9tb, Golconda, Oliver, St. Jago de Cuba. HULL, SEPT. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 10th, Mirami chi, Main, Miramichi. BEAUMARIS, SEPT. 1 S.W.—Arrd. Ann Grant, Williams, Quebec. DUBLIN, SEPT. 10.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—Arrd. 9th, Wanderer, Jenkins, Trinidad; General Scott, Baltimore. OFF SCILLY, SEPT. B . — Christina, Hodge, Quebec. MUMBLES, SEPT. 9.—Arrd. Golconda, Oliver, St. Jago de Cuba. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for tha week ending September. 9, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 1,7761. 3s. 51; parcels, &c., 491. 18s. 9d.; goods, cattle, &c., 2431. 17s. 10d.; steam•boMta, 2014 10s, Total, 2,2714 100, MARKET NEWS:-(THIS DAY.) CORN - EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY This week's arrivals of English Wheat, coastwise as well as by land carriage, have been tolerably good, yet the show of samples this morning was small. The finest qualities sold without difficulty at fully Monday's quo tations. Ia the middling and inferior kinds next to nothing was doing. The imports of Foreign Wheat have not exceeded 4,120 quarters, almost wholly from the Baltic. Very few transactions took place in all description, at about stationary prices. For all kinds of Barley, the supply of which was but moderate, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at last week's de pression in value. The Malt trade ruled excessively heavy, at almost nominal currencies. Oats were very dull; but we have no further decline to notice in their value. All other Grain, including Flour, moved Off slowly, at barely stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour• Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. ' 1,620 110 970 1,550 350 English • • .. •• Scotch• • .. •• •• Irish ••••• • •• Foreign •..... 250 4,120 1,540 15,010 BoltouGa =OP MIRECET. Our market is heavy for all kinds of Hops, at barely last week's decline in value. Picking has been com menced both in Sussex and Kent. The duty is called 95,0001. to 100,000/. Sussex pockets, 3/ to 41 49; Weald of Kent ditto, 3153 to 4158; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3159 to 61 18s per cwt. lATIIXTECEIAPEL. The general demv-1 was tolerably steady to-day, and prie9s were well supported. Be e f, fro m 2 s 8d to 3s 60 Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s ; Lamb, 4s to 4s 10d ; Veal , 3s to 3s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 45 10d per Vbs., by the carcase. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) DRITTLEBANH V. HARDY. This was an action to recover 28/. l3e. 6c1,, amount of an attorney's bill of costs. Mr. BROOMFIELD, the solicitor to the plaintiff, Sala that the plaintiff was an attorney at Ashbourne; but e difficulty arose in consequence of the clerk to the London agent having died. The Learned SECONDARY said that although the de• fendant had suffered judgment to go by default, yet it would be necessary to prove the payment of the sums charged, as they were not taxable items. Mr. BROOMFIELD observed that there was strong pre sumptive evidence of the payment, as Cl. Bs. 9d. was the taxed costs in an action in which the defendant was the plaintiff; but had stayed proceedings, and unless he had authorised the payment of the costs an execution would have issued against him. He would prove the signature of the deceased clerk, who wrote to say how the action stood. The SECONDARY said it was unusual to swear an attorney as a witness after he had addressed the jury., The Foreman said that it was singular that no receipt had been taken. The SECONDARY said it appeared to be a harsh prin. ciple of law to reject evidence in a case where defendan t did not attempt to deny the dc,bt. As to 21. is. of the claim for money paid, there was no evidence, and be would leave it to the jury to say whether they were satisfied as to the 6/. Bs. 9d., but he was inclined to the opinion that plaintiff could only recover 181. 17s. 2d., th e amcunt of the taxable items; he would, however, make a remark on his notes, of which plaintiff might have a coil , and perhaps the taxing-master on evidence being adduced before him, would increase the verdict in the same men" ner as ho did for nosing a bill of exchange where evidence had not been givin at the trial. Mr. BROOMFIELD said that he did not think the to' ing-master could take notice of the L earne d S econ dary 's recommendation. The Learned ►SECONDARY left the case to the jury, who found for the amount claimed. less 21 18. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS D A Y.) (Before Mr. WITHAM, Chairman.) John Rogers and John Smith, youths of nineteen year s of age, and of respectable appearance, were indicted for stealing a pair of boots, value seventeen shillings, from the shop of Mr. Edward Tombs, of Eagle street, 15 ' lington, bootmaker, under circumstances of rather a novel character. The prisoners ostensibly obtained . 6 living by hawking sealing-wax, and in the pursuit of t 111 ,, 5 . vocation they visited the shop of the pro secu t or , in wh . lc" his daughter, an intelligent y ou n g g i r l, was attendog; Rogers gave her a note, addressed to Mr. Tombs, and. she went up stairs to g iv e it t o h er f a th er . Whilst Ms s. Tombs was out of the shop, Smith was seen by Mr' Scott, a tradesman living opposite to the prosecutor, t° take the boots in question from the door. When they were walking away Mr. Scott communicated what b e saw to Mr. Tombs; the prisoners were taken into ens' tody, and the boots found in the possession of Smith. It was attempted by the counsel of Rogers to discon• nect him from the theft, and to fix it as an independen t action on the part of Smith, but the jury found theta both Guilty. Mr. Lockyer, one of the principal officers of tho! House of Correction, stated to the Court that he should be able, by the next sessions, to communicate to the. Bench information respecting the fraudulent practices of the prisoners, which would materially influence the judge in passing sentence, if that were respited to alloy him time. Judgment was accordingly respited till next sessions• PARIS AND LYONS RAILROAD. The first section of this railroad, from Paris to Tonnerre, was opened by the President of the Repub• lic on Sunday last. This line, both from the nature and extent of its works, and the interesting localities through which it passes, merits a few lines of detail, especially as to . the traveller and the tourist it offers facilities not hitherto possessed. The Paris and Lyons Railroad, through Burgandy, may be divided into five great sections; the first, from Paris to Tonnerre, is 197 kilometres in length ; the second, from Tonnerre to Dijon, is 118 kilometres in length; the third, from Dijon to Chalon, 69 ; the fourth from, Chalon to Col longes, at the approaches of Lyons, 120; and the fifth,ie' eluding the approaches and the passage through Lyon," 11 : total length of the li ne , 5 15 kilometres. 1."6 first and third sections of the railway, from Paris to Tonnerre, and from Dijon to Chalon, '266 kilometres in length, were opentd for traffic, the first on th e 12th of August and the third on the Ist inst. T he stations, &c., are still unfinished. The section from Paris to Tonnerre is remark a bl e f or t h e b eau ty ° f the surrounding scenery, and the magnificence of the oaks. The line traverses the departments of th e Seine, the Seine-et-Oise, the Seine-et Marne, th e Yonne, the Cote d'Or, the Saone-et-Loire, and th e Rhone. The principal cities and towns in the prel L• mity of which it passes includes Melun, FOntainblea u, Montereau, Sens, Joigny, Auxerre, St. Florenti a l Tonnerre, Mor.tbard, Dijon, B eaune , Chalon, T o urnul Macon, and Villefr a nche. I n d e p en d ent l y o f 50 smal l freestone bridges there are nine bridges over rive"' and enormous viaducts across the valleys, which ilW e part to the landscap e th e s t y l e and the grandeur 0 ' the districts of Rome. Leaving the park of Bereft at the foot of Charenton, there are two bridges, completely distinct, and separated by an island over the Marne, which is here divided into two stream`' The beautiful valley of Yeres, near Brunoy, is crossed by a viaduct of nine arches, from 17 t o 18 metres in height. Opposite the house of Talma is another viaduct of 28 arches, 22 metres in height above the bottom of the vall e y. A t Avon is a via duct of 30 arches, 22 metres in height, across the valley of Change, near Fontainbleau. In the bottoul of this valley are situate the immense gardens so re nowned for the exce ll ence o f their produce, by which, ~ the markets o f P ar i s are suppl i ed at all seasons. T'.4) panorama presented by the fine valleys of Yere s, Changy, and Loing, with th e f ores t o f F onta i n bleau, is one of the most lo ve ly landscapes imaginable. Th e town of Montereau is a p o i n t o f great interest. it s noble cathedral, with its tall s pi res , i s a cons picuous object. To the arches of this edifice is suspended the sword of the famous Jean Sans-Peur, who was asses" sinated on the old bridge. Within a quarter of an hour's walk from the station, on the heights, the cha teau of Surville is one of the finest points of view 00 the Seine and the Yonne. It wes there that Nep°' leon fought in 1814 the famous battle of Mon tereau, in which, after a combat of fou r hours, he completely routed the allied armies o Austria and Russia. At Montereau commences the Troyes Railroad, 99,603 metres in length ; it leaves the Lyons line on the right, and follows the pictu• resque valley of the Seine. The bridges at Roche sur-Yonne and at Crecy are objects of admiration; at Floguy, _some kilometres distant from Tonnerre , the remains of a Roman camp are to be seen. The Gothic tower of St. Pierre de Tonnerre is soon seen in the distance, and the first section of the line is at an end. The continuance of the railway to Dijon will greatly expedite the route to Geneva; and the line from Paris to Foutainbleau will enable visitors at Paris to explore the beauties of the forest conti guous to that town without, as hitherto, losing two days in going and returning. DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT CANOE. —A short time ago, some workmen engaged in making a drain on the farm of Knaven on the estate of Nethermuir, dis covered a boat, evidently of great antiquity, quite entire. and stilt in high preservation. It was found at a dee, of five feet f rom t h e surface, in a deposit of moss, at t`'" head of a small rav i ne . I t i s formed out of a solid oat- - tree, and is 11 feet long, and nearly four broad, baying' at the stern a projecting part, with an eye in it for t he purpose of mooring. It is of a very rude m anufactur e ' and the mark of th e h a t c h e t, or i nstrument by wil l % it was constructed, is still v i s ibl e . Th e f arm o f Kaav e at is several miles from the riv er Y t h an , an d ma ny o° fit the sea, and it is difficult to conjecture what use the boa had been intended for, unless indeed there had beei": l accumulation of water below, and of which the ra vi n e was the head, and it might have been employed I:a crossing the swamp. Near this ancient boat was f°, 1 , 1 , 10 the stumps and roots of several very large oaks. writer of this was informed by en eminent s hipbutio o l. on the Clyde that there is hardly now growing in o f land an oak tree of sufficient size to produce a boi . ll. these dimensions. With the exception of the thrivulv,..l6, young plantations round the house of Netherm nothing but oat-plant or the turnip is now to be feen er this quarter. The curious relic has been pl a ced Du lr water (for ti.e purpose of preserving it) at NethertL es where the antiquarian may visit it p, n o rt fi e ct on tins log gone Oh—likerdcm Journal. may..: -_ RA t lt i oionee e e T tftraoote G es y rrrabgeow E r nuse e necii. a ::s :t tnsta.ll which Elia; purchased the occup notices tro LONDON it is originally ►erurcent, tad Genes MARK " Davii Thic Church a "And tasters, shall negl then to sforcaaid, they be glace of VAIIOII Jiz TO Ti " Tu x g op tvi I SERTy. lion. 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