The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. lumung ••.10 minutes after 3 f Evening ...27 minutes after S. * A it. , , Iceirrts SECOND EDITION: TO THE INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. Gr.NTLEnEx, ir OBSERVE, by the public press of this day, that :a it is announced that lam a czlndl.latc for the oftiee of CAll'unber lain of London. Grateful for pa,t favours, and nut insenslbls to the off ,, rs of support that I have 1 - ok:tired from so many Influential members of your body, I beg to inform you that it is not my inten tion to solicit your suffrages on this oeaslon. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your very obedient humble ,eryant, 71, Cornhill, 30th August, Mi. JOHN PISTE BROWN FOR CHAMBERLAIN', THE SENIOR ALDERMAN. THE COMMITTEE for conducting the ELEC TION of 3lr. Alderman BROWN SIT DAILY at the GUILDHALL COFFEE-HOUSE, King-street, Cheapside, where all communications are requested to be forwarded. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has kindly consented to become the Chairman of the Central Committee. The names of the Gentlemen on the Central Oammittee will be speedily announced, as well as the several Dis trict Committees. JOSEPH CROUCITER, Secretary, CAintral Committee-Room, On i 1 Allan (7otfee-house, King-street, August 30, 1811. 13, Great Marlborough-street. - URN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS m C l O ,O T it! HAI) OF ALL BOOKSELLERS . . 1. Revel:Won:l of Russia :nal the Emperor. 2, Mr. D'israeli's Coningsby. Third Edition. 3. A Winter in Italy. By Mrs. Ashton Yates. 4. Parsons and Widows. By the Author of " Peter Prlgglns." 5. Townsend's Memoirs of the House of Commons. Vol. 11. G. Hon. G. S. Smythe's Historic Fancies. Second Edition. 7. The Marchioness of Londonderry's Travels. 8. Memoirs of the Babylonian Princess. 9. Miss Strickland's Queens of England. Vol. VII. 10. The Victory. By " The Old Sailor." 3 Vols. - Also, in a few days, 11. Arthur Arundel. A Tale of the English Revolution. By the Author of " Branibletye House," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The sEvrEmisEit NLTIIBEIt of COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY %I.1C; IZINE AND HUMORIST, . . Contains the following interesting articles:- 1. Social Piracy; or the Rovings, Roamings, Motions, Locomotion, Peregrinations, Pouncings, Manceuvres, Maraudings, Great Larcenies, and Petty Laroenics, of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes and the Young Ilawkes. 2. The Miners. A Story of the Old Combination-laws. By the Medical Student. 3. Conversations with the late W. Beckford, Esq. Author of " Vathck." 4. Reminiscences of the ibte King of Sweden. By a German Officer. 5 Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-Pay. By W 11. Maxwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo." No. IV. Sketches of Character—A Ca-sa in Counought—The Three Marys. 6. Stanzas to the Memory of Burns. Written for, and intended to have been sung at, the late Festival. Ply Eliza Cook. 7. The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollop°. Chapters X., XL, and XII. B. A Spanish Criminal Case. 9. The Refugee. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." 10. Account of a Society for the Encouragement of Hearts. By Le man Blanchard, Esq. It. Revelations of Russia and the Emperor. 12. Confessions of an Italian Innkeeper. 13. Poems. By Coventry Patmore, Esq. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 ♦ols., post nvo., H E FREE L A N C E AN lIISTORECAL ROMANCE. By D. M`CARTIIY, Esq. Author of "Massaniello." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management et Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant I !I To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be repeated every Evening! THIS EVENING, AUG. 30. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, ' Stanton J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For. fescue. Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery. Dresses, &c. Principal cha lacters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi s James, Miss son, Miss Hunt, Miss Reeds, &c., &c. PRICES OF A iiMlSslON.—Balcony Boxes. 4c. • Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s.'; Gallery, Bd. Second Price—Balcony B o xes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the ltalrvany 'Der (holding eight persons). Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.HaIL Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea. The Box. 'dice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di ree- Bon of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden 'Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Nightly overflows to the wonders to the wonders of Mr. Carter, the Lion King—Mr. Batty arid Trained Stied Bede. THIS EVENING, AUG. SO, Will be repeated the Eastern Spectacle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karla, the Arab, Mr. Carter, wb rein he will introduce his beautifu Iperformance with his trained animal., lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and on the *pen stage drive a ho i in harness. Combats with the monarch of the forest, and other new extraordin ry feats. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an entire new E iuestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, *c., to realise then cent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast el 250 Lanterns. Acting and stage= maser, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Nights of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING, AUG. -0, Will be performed the Opera of GUY MANNERING ; (or, The •Ipsey'e Prophecy. Henry Bertram, Mr. D. W. King ; Gabriel, Mr. R. Honner • Julia Mannering, Miss Romer; Lucy Bertram, Miss Betts; Flora, Miss E. Terrey; Meg Merrilies, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buckstone, Esq., sir.d compe , ed by E. Htzwilliam, Esq., entitled a SUMMER. NIGHT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with T riE WA tiLOCK OF IHE GLEN. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. STRANWTHEATRF. THIS EVENING, AUG 30, W Ilbe performed MARTIN cuuzzLEwir. Young Martin thuazlewit, Mr. R inoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit. Mr. Ayliffe ; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr A ttwood, Montague nag. Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mi. Biddies; Mr. PecksnifF, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. To be followed by THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Mr. Simmot.s, Mr. Wright; Adele, Mrs. Montgomerie. After whbh, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright; Princess B.droulbadour, Miss E. Stanlzy. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Two entirely New Pieces, and numerous additions made to the Company, including Mr. J. Hudson Kirby, Mr. Binge, Mr. T. il Lacy, Mr. Aldridge, Mrs. W. West, &c., tic , THIS EVENING, , AUGUST 30, Wiil be performed a New oteratic Romance, entitled LA CATARINA ; or, The Diamonds of the crown. Henriques. Mr. T. H. Lacy; Rebelledo, Mr. Dale; Mugrtoso, Mr. Aldridge; Diana, Miss Hamilton; Catarina, Miss Vincent. After which, the laughable Farce of NO. Sir J. Doubtful, Mr. Seaman; Hurricane. Mr. James; Frederick, Mr. Binge; Lady Doubtful. Mrs. W. West. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ; or, The Lad that knew how many Beans made Five. JollibulFa, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. Private Family Boxes, LI ls. Od. and LI lie. 6,1 ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and TA URSDAY, throughout the Sea.on, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Neve Me. , : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS—UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON inthe6l:7;Eß TIME, Painted by Danson and Telbla. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former in ecedent ; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty lad fidelity of delinea tion,....ll re unanimous in prohouncing it the most wonderhil ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust; it should he seenm the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE f ONCERTS on Mon 'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays concucted uy Mr. Godfrey , are up n a wale of more than usual excellence; out words fail In doing justice to the awful representation et THE GREAT FIRE OF LriN DON. Its fearful h .racteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, 'oat delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with accla.ations, and admit that -'outl,tiy, .he Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved* matchless triumph. The tat dens and Zoological Collectien are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most at ra ttlVe lounge in or near the rr Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at }l , lf-past Four— Concert at Half-past Five. —Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. lOWAY INDIANS.-EGYPTIAN HALL. Each Night of this week, from Ilalf-past Eight to Ten, will give the SCALP DANCE (with real Indian Scalps) and WAR-DANCE, GAMES, &c., under the explanations of Mr. Catlin, who will also on those Evenings fully explain all the modes, ceremonies, games, &c., giv • n during the day at their Encampment.—Doors open at Eight. Admittance, Is. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ()Ng SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU -31, the most magnifleem. and extensive Collactlon of Histo rie.al Curiosities and Works of Art over known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of d.tborate research, at a cost of 0,000 guineas, and to complete ly illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, vI2.—CIIARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE II L, am/ the EMPEROR triresrd in 1821. This unique Mtaeum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duxe or Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Anibissa.tors, an.l their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; ruvi the Pro prietor has recently been Wile to lne; else, by several very line pictures, :ire., his previous almost incredible number amt variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude valuable Relic-. and other curiosities, in this most insirtictivi and. as hundred; have said it ought t..) be, a Natioua: 3Liseum. 3i ‘-y tiioneand have inspected it, and TIIIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS nl the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It cugh to be seen by every olio. The price of &chills lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is t.) seen only at the '• Egyptian Uall." Piccadilly. daily h om Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Aua. 30. TaxrutomETEß, Lowest, 49; Highest, 67; Noon, 65 BAROMETER, S.E. Fars.--The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the ft , lezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is acially placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. ( 1, IttninS LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST so, 1844. The whole of France is up in arms against Eng land, and for what cause no Englishman can form the slightest conception. This new passion is a wild mania as groundless as the dreams of a lunatic. For the last thirty years we have made no aggression on the French, we have not interfered with them in any way, and if England has displayed any feelings towards its nearest neighbour they have been feelings of peace and amity. When the worn-out BOURBONS were extinguished, England rejoiced as much as France, and every French journal paid the highest compliments to a country which they now denominate " perfidious Albion." This has all the appearance of madness. England has done nothing to merit the reproach. During the long period of peace England thwarted France in only one instance, by maintaining the integrity of the Turkish empire, an object which the French Government declared, at a pre vious period, it was most anxious to accomplish. What has France done durillg the last thirty years ? She has seized islands in the Pacific, about which, it is true, we care nothing, but that does not place France in a better light. She has occupied nearly the whole coast of Africa on the Mediterranean. She is threatening Tunis, bombarding Tangiers and Mo gadore, and extending her influence from Egypt to the utmost bounds of Morocco. By the most insi dious policy ESP/RTERO was driven from Spain, Queen CHItISTINA, the favourite of the French Court, made supreme ruler, and the whole of the Peninsula, not even excepting our old ally, Portugal, placed under French dominion. The constitutional Govern ment of both countries has been destroyed by French intrigue, yet the French rage as if they were the injured parties. There is no sense or reason in the present proceedings of LOUIS PHILIPPE'S Government, and they may depend upon the fact, that the other nations of Europe, are not disinterested spectators of these aggressive schemes. England, thank GOD, is able to deeend herself. She is not easily moved—she preserves for a long time that silence afreux which the French army can appreciate, but when her dignity or her interests are in danger, no country rushes to the contest with more determined courage. We should regret to see it put to the proof—we wish to live in peace with the French people, who have many good qualities, but the gasconade of their press, and the encroachments of their Government, in a sphere which affect our possessions both in the Mediterranean and India, have increased to such a pitch, that even the warmest friends of peace can no longer be silent. It would be a short-sighted and unwise policy in the present Government, indeed, to persevere in that fatal neglect of the most important of all the inte rests connected with our coasting trade, which so many preceding Governments, equally with them selves, have been so justly chargeable—on any plea of having their attention exclusively engrossed by the present aspect of our foreign relations. There are popular occupations in the welfare of which— albeit they rank among the most hardy and pre carious which are followed by the humbler classes of our maritime population—matters of the most essen tial and immediate concernment to the security and honour of the empire at large are indissolubly bound up. Among these our FISHERIES are entitled to take the very first rank. We place them, avowedly, before even our Royal Navy, for the Fisheries are the school which form the sailors who are to man our ships and to protect our coasts. Whether we con sider them merely in reference to this destination, or as the purveyors of that vast proportion of healthful and nutritious food which they supply fur the daily consumption of an immense portion of our abound ing population ;—whether we reflect upon the ready and effective reinforcement they supply to us in time of war, on an element to which they may be said to be native, and amidst whose tempests they can pur sue with spirit and confidence the service they are appointed to, whilst less practised hands shrink ap palled from the execution of any duty, through the fury of storms and the consciousness of surrounding perils--or we look upon them, only, as ministering to the first great and universal wants of all human society ;—we are bound to regard the brave and hardy seamen engaged in our fisheries with pecu liar favour. But it is notorious that we have for many years greatly forgotten our duty in this re spect. They have complained, by memorials, to the Board of Trade—petitions to Parliament—remon strances to the influential people of their vicinities ; they have shown how the larger boats of the French and Dutch fishermen have committed successive en croachments on their fishing grounds from time to time, accompanied sometimes with acts of violence to the person ; at others with the destruction of their nets and tackle. Their complaints have been too often wholly disregarded, or replied to by measures that have proved wholly ineffective : such as conven tions negotiated between our own and other Govern ments whose boats have presently treated them as mere waste paper—and been permitted to do so with all but absolute impunity. It is curious to remark how much the national value of our own Fisheries was underrated—how dimly suspected the policy of en couraging such nurseries of our maritime strength— before the days in which our PETTYS, and TEMPLES, and CHILDES, our CAMPBELLS, ANDEESONS, OSWALDS, and SMITHS, succeeded in awakening and fixing public attention to the subject. If a wholesome jealousy was aroused for a brief season, under the first of the STUARTS, to prohibit to all foreigners the right of fishing on our coasts, in twenty-seven years afterwards, under his successor, 30,0001. were ac cepted from the Dutch as the price of rescinding that prohibition, and leaving them at liberty to monopo lise the fisheries of a large portion of our coasts. The wiser Scotch had already extended and protected their herring fishery for five centuries when the " Herring Statute" of 1357 was passed; but al. though with the English this invaluable fish had be come an article of extensive commerce since the dis covery of the process for pickling them in 1390, nearly four centuries elapsed before the incorporation of our British Herring Fishing Company. In that interval the aggressions and encroachments our fisher men had to sustain had been repeatedly pressed by the Crown on the attention of Parliament as fitting objects for its intervention, and as calling for more effectual protection at the hands of the Executive. Of our ancient fishery at Newfoundland, which we have pursued in that distant colony ever since 1577, we only speak here because it has notoriously proved often a grand feeder of the Navy with able-bodied and excellent seamen, and because foreign encroach ments on the cod fishery grounds around that large island have been the actual cause of fierce hostilities and subsequent treaties between this country and the Crowns of Spain and France, the States of Holland, &c. Our whaling fishery, like the others, has fear fully declined of late years, and with it the profitable employment of some of the stoutest merchant ship ping, and the most thorough and intrepid sailors which this country could produce. It occurs to us that it would well consist with that policy of nautical preparation on which we dwelt at large in a recent article, and at the same time operate as a boon of well-deserved encouragement to a set of men whose claims upon the favour of their country have been too often and too long slighted, to adopt some ibitTledlate and general plan of registration that should include a perfect calendar of every fishing boat on every part of the coast, its tonnage, names, and numbers of present owners, and crews, occupation (or branch of fishing), limits of its usual fishing, &c. The value of this craft, when information of what is passing in the harbour on the other side of the Channel, is inappreciable. For these services, and for bounties on their volunteering into Queen's ships when re quired, &c., &c., funds should be appropriated ; and the same operation might likewise include further provision for wounds, pensions for long service, &c. We are confident that, in the disastrous event of a war, a previously-matured scheme of this sort would prove of the most essential benefit to the recruiting reserves necessary for the maintenance of our naval arm in its full vigour and readiness. For the happier object of preserving the continuance of peace, it would be an emphatic demonstration of the completeness of our preparations for war. In either case it would secure the active and energetic vigilance of a body of men whose local knowledge of the coasts of both countries, and the incidents of tides, currents, shoals, &c., at various points, would render them the best adapted corps of marine observation, if we may so speak, that we could possibly hope to organise. And not the least curious fact connected with this notion is, that the plan of such an organisa tion, and the machinery for registering such a force, are already set out in the " Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Ireland" (presented to Parlia ment pursuant to 5 and 6 Viet., c. 106, s. 122). We shall have occasion to give some extracts from this document in a day or two, and we will on that occasion more particularly commend the simple, but effective plan, of registration devised by the Commis sioners to the reader's attention. In referring our readers to the proceedings at the Gravesend Police of the 25th instant, of which we have published a very full report, we are desirous of showing in how remarkable a degree they affect the interests and convenience of that very considerable portion of our metropolitan population, which we may THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1844. describe as being, constantly, in transitu between London and Gravesend. It will not be necessary for us to devote many words to a notice of the very arbi trary and authoritative tone adopted by the commit ting Magistrates in convicting the parties, against whom warrants of distress were subsequently granted for levy of the several fines imposed upon them by the Bench. To these Magistrates, it seems—not merely, that the indelicacy and impropriety of their hearing complaints against servants of a Company which has long acted in successful rivalry to that of which they themselves are notoriously shareholders, did not occur; but, that, when this fact was distinctly urged upon their attention, and after one of their body (the Chairman of the rival Company employing the defendants) had set them the becoming example of retiring from the justice-room pending the decision on the charges, they persisted in taking the complaints (instead of allow ing them to be carried, as suggested, before the county justices). They broadly vindicated the course they had taken, and condemned the men in somewhat heavy penalties. The general outline of the case involved in the proceedings is briefly stated. For some time past the enormous increase of the passengers by steam-boats to and from Gravesend has been so rapid, that various companies have been formed to meet the demands for this river-passage accommodation, the chief of which are the " Diamond" and the " Star" Companies. To facilitate the em barkation and disembarkation of this vast body of passengers (now averaging, daily, about 12,000 persons), there are two Royal Piers at Gravesend ; the older one, situate also in the older part of the town, called the Town-pier; the more recently con structed one, termed the Terrace-pier, being erected at a point leading to the new town. The old or Town pier is frequented by the packets of the Diamond Company, the new or Terrace-pier by those of the Star Company ; and between these two bodies the usual bickerings, consequent on a vigorous competition, have naturally arisen. The public, as is usual, and in deed it is but the reasonable and legitimate result of such struggles, has derived the benefit of this energetic rivalry in that reduction of its original fares which either Association has been in duced to make. The " Diamond " Company we be lieve set the example ; of course all the other Com panies were obliged to follow it. But (as Mr. CRUDEN observed, when addressing his brother ma gistrates in a speech, the manliness, pith and purport of which did him much honour)—while the Diamond Company engaged, in its advertisements, to carry pas sengers from the Town-pier to London, " calling at Blackwall," for 9d. each, it omitted to inform the public that an extra charge would be made for the journey by the Blackwall Railway. The Star Company fairly announced "that it contracted to take each passenger by their boats from the Terrace-pier to London, for the fare throughout, "by boat and rail," of 9d. only. The Star Company, it appears, have closed with the offer of the Blackwell Railway Company, as renewed by them this season, the latter undertaking to give " a preference to such packets as should resort to their rail-pier exclusively—that is, without intercourse with any piers above Blackwall—by allowing them the privilege of remaining alongside the Brunswick wharf for half an hour, thus giving them the chance of passengers by two trains." The " Diamond" Com pany rejected this offer ; and very considerable benefits appearing to have resulted to their wiser rival from accepting a proffer, out of the ad vantages of which they have thus excluded them selves, the Diamond Company are now disposed to push their animosity to the Star people to any extent. As they forget, however, in so doing that the tra velling public generally, and the inhabitants of Gravesend indirectly, are parties necessarily injured by the lengths to which this animosity is pursued, we shall endeavour in few words to expose the barefaced character of the interested judgments pronounced by the magisterial functionaries of the " Diamond " Company. From whatever causes in addition to those we have named, the Terrace-pier is eliciting a preference from passengers beyond all calculation over the Town pier. In the month of June last there landed and embarked at the two piers 330,739 passengers; of which number, there were 41,439 more at the Ter race than the Town-pier. In July, the numbers at both piers were 463,045 ; the excess of the Tel race pier, being, again, 43,903 over the Town-pier, and of course the freights of the Star Company, which use it, being in proportion, over those of the Diamond Company which use the Town-pier. Hence abun dant and something of unscrupulous jealousy. The Star Company's office, whether by design or by chance we know not, happens to be near this latter pier; and it is pretty clear that their servants in "touting" for their packets and delivering to pas sengers cards or hand-bills explanatory of the advan tages of their single fares per boat, and per rail, both, have been just sufficiently over zealous as to bring themselves within the liability to a charge, or information, or complaint for obstructing the highway, and consequently within the enactments of a local Act for enabling the Corporation of Gravesend to prevent annoyances, nuisances, and obstructions. Perhaps, had the charges in the present instance been brought by some private individuals, —litigious over-much, or smitten with that love of " making a fuss" about nothing, which is a beset ting sin of small travellers, there would have been little matter for animadversion, though there might be much for ridicule or for pity. But it, does happen that of the five Magistrates, &c., exclusive of the Mayor, who were present in the Gravesend Jus tice-room at the hearing of the complaints now in question, preferred against two servants of the " Star" Company ;—Mr. SPENCER and Mr. OAKES, as stated by Mr. CRUDEN, were directors or proprietors of the " Diamond" Company ; and Mr. SOUTHGATE, act ing as the solicitor for the complainants, was their secretary ! Mr. CRUDEN himself, as chairman of the " Star " Company, after remarking on the mani festly vexatious feeling in which these charges against their servants were being now repeatedly preferred, and putting the Mayor in possession of the facts, very properly left the Bench before the order decreeing the penalties was finally made against the two men. Mr. TICKNER and Mr. SMITH, who con curred with Mr. CRUDEN, in holding that for the sake of decency and the purposes of justice, it would be more proper to carry the cases before the unbiassed jurisdiction o f th e coun t y Magis trates, quitted the Bench in company with that gentleman ; leaving, therefore, OAKES and SPENCER, parties flagrantly and incontestably and directly interested in an adverse speculation,—alone to concur with the Mayor, in pronouncing for penal ties on charges conducted by their own servant and secretary ! In the course of our experience we have wit nessed some tolerably striking specimens of this accuser—judge—and—jury sort of magisterial justice in other parts of Kent. We have not forgotten the scandalous oppressions and the denial of right and law practised for so many years with impunity on the poor oyster dredgers of Queenborough, by a former Mayor of that since disqualified borough. But all in good time— and Gravesend, if such proceedings as these " ex parte Diamond v. Star," as we may call them, be encouraged, will rival Queenborough. We had almost forgotten to state that in times past, when the " Diamonds" were in the ascendant, their servants used to tout pro them, and contrd all other companies ; and yet, mar vellous to tell, not one of these Diamond Magis trates, Directors, nor their Secretary, ever dreamed ofpreferring an information under their local Act against the delinquents ! We trust and hope the Lord-Chancellor may have this affair brought under his notice, for we shall then be assured that this most equitable Bench will receive a most righteous casti gation at his Lordship's hands, on behalf of the public. to the state of the country and thel unconstitutional measures of the Government, the Castellano says : " We believe that conspiracies do exist ; we believe that we are exposed to more peril than is generally thought ; we believe th a t th e Go v ernment's enemies dispose o large sums, and bring into play every possible means ; but we also believe that the means adopted by the authorities of the provinces are insufficient and in efficient, and even favourable to the conspirators. Their perpetual fears confer importance on the conspirators, make them suppose that the Government is weak, and enable them to inveigh aloud against oppression and tyranny. Persecutions, banishments, and imprisonments produce the worst effect. Let them be relinquished ; let individual liberty be respected, without neglecting proper means of severely chastising the revolutionists, when they dare raise their heads. We demand of the Government a vigilant force and resolution, but we wish that force to be lawful, at least until an insurrection break out, and render a transient suspension of the laws necessary to save the constitution and the throne." According to another paper, a great number of officers belonging to the garrison at Alcala had been dismissed from the service. A rumour prevailed that a partial change of Ministry was about to take place, and that the ex-editor and ex-Minister GONZALES BRAVO would be appointed to the Foreign-office. The Three per Cents, were done at Madrid on the 22d instant, at 27 9.16 for cash, and 271 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 191 for cash, and 19j at 60 days ; and the Floating Debt at 601 at 60 days. The intelligence from Paris is still of a very grave character, and many persons begin to look forward seriously to a war between England and France. The KING, it is understood, has relinquished his in tention of visiting England this year. This, with other symptoms of alienation between the two Courts, as well as a large proportion of the people, has caused another fall in the French funds. On Wednesday the Three per Cents. closed at 79f. 80c., and the Fives at 119 f. 75c. Great excitement, it would ap pear, prevails among the National Guards of Paris. " Last evening," says the Constitutionnel of Wednes day, " there was a grand banquet in the saloon of the Opera, given by the National Guard to the officers of the garrison who directed the school of in struction and manoeuvres of the capital. All round the room the walls were dressed out with tri-coloured flags and trophies bearing cyphers of all the legions of Paris and the banlieue. At this fete the officers of the troops of the line, the delegates of all the le gions, as well as all the staff of the National Guards, sat mingled together. The Prefect of the Seine and the Prefect of Police were amongst the number of the guests. The table was laid for 122 persons. Pieces of music, executed by the troops of the line and the National Guard in turn, were heard during the re past. Great applause was given to the famous song in the opera of Charles VI. : Guerre aux tyrans, jamais en France, Jamais l'Anglais ne regnera I' The National Guard would not allow the opportunity to escape of manifesting its sentiments. After having applauded the song, it drank toasts in honour of the Prince de JOINVILLE and his seamen, as well as of our brave army in Africa." The National gives some additional particulars of a still !more warlike cha racter, though we are glad to find that the superior officers did not approve of the proceedings. " The National Guard," according to that journal, " took advantage of this meeting to manifest its pa triotic sentiments in loudly applauding, by enthusi astic toasts, the success of the French army and nary in Morocco. We learned last evening that a parting toast was to be given by an officer to the French navy—the Tangiers squadron, and its com mander. In the developments of this toast a very energetic reply was being made, we understand, to the abuse lavished on our officers and our flag by the English. The friends of England got afraid, it would seem, that the expression of such sentiments might trouble the entente cordiale, and by means of a long roll of the drums they prevented the toast from being given. This ridiculous and brutal pro ceeding produced a certain disturbance in the meet ing, which broke up with murmurs. To-morrow we shall probably be able to give details about this scene, which is far from doing honour to certain persons be longing to the Staff." The Government journals seem to infer that the two Cabinets will come to an understanding respect ing the Otaheite affair, though we cannot see on what ground. However, we publish an article on the subject, in the Ministerial paper, the Globe, and leave our readers to judge for themselves. The following appears in that journal of Wednesday : " There has not yet been, as we have already declared, any note addressed to the King's Government by the British Cabinet on the affair of Otaheite. All the re ports with respect to the presenting of an ultimatum on this subject are destitute of foundation. Nevertheless, it is to be presumed that the question will soon be brought forward aid answered. We trust that it will be arranged, and in such a way as to insure the main tenance of a good understanding, not only between the two nations, but between the two Cabinets. We have already declared that the question itself, reluced to its true proportions, would not have required m or e th an one quarter of an hour's conversation to be set at rest. giit was n o t a quest i on , an d it on l y llßguage, now to be regretted, of Sir Parliament, and by th e exc it emen t o f an bß P e r oc o ba p em e r Properly p o en se Peel e i na e by ignorant and passionate press. With a precipitation which he has no doubt regretted, the First Lord of the Treasury gave to the affair a certain importance, as far as regards him, and he has almost pledged himself morally to obtain satisfaction from France. The French Cabi net will do all that good sense and equity command, not only to nations, but to individuals. A British subject excited disturbances in our territory,— we seized and expelled him. We evidently had this right ; nobody will contest it, not even England. Satis faction, therefore, on this point cannot be demanded, ex cept through bid faith or folly. But if the French authorities had the incontestable right to seize and re move a British subject who had excited disturbances, there should have been a certain form observed. Lieut. d'Aubigny has not observed that form, and he has been reprimanded by his superior officer, Captain Brunt. The French Government, therefore, cannot refuse to sanction the blame already expressed by his own immediate officer on this want of proper form, or the useless seve rity exercised by M. d'Aubigny : but the French Go vernment can do no more without a departure from that which is warranted by the real lacts, and the morality of their position. And, we shall ask, why should we disavow Captain Bruat ? He himself disavowed the form employed by M. d'Aubigny ; and the form is the only thing to be blamed in the affair ; for M. d'Aubigny had an incontestable right to remove Mr. Pritchard. The conduct to be pursued by France is traced by good sense. The Cabinet assembled yesterday to come to a decision on the affair. We believe we are justified in stating that the Ministers were unanimous in placing themselves upon, and holding the ground we have indicated. Will the British Cabinet confine itself to a demand of what it knows the French Cabinet is honourably disposed to grant ? If the affair had not been magnified there would be no hesitation in answer ing yes. The entire hesitation in so replying under the present difficulty arises from not knowing whether the words used by Sir Robert Peel will permit him to place such a termination of the matter before the British Par liament. He alone can be a judge of that. Neverthe less, when we recollect that the existing gravity of the affair is not peculiar to it, and has only become so in consequence of a precipitate word, it ought not to be permitted to us to fear that Sir Robert Peel would re deem an imprudent expression by conduct which would be still more imprudent. Cabinets like his exist by ho nourable conduct, and not by obstinacy, and there is too much good sense in the two countries for us to en tertain any serious apprehension as to the issue of such a miserable difficulty.' We have published elsewhere two dispatches from Marshal BUGEAUD, dated Lalla Magrania, giving de tails of the state of the two armies previous to the battle of Isly. On these dispatches the Journal des Debats makes the following remarks : " The dispatches of Marshal Bugeaud, dated the 11th and 13th, are a species of preface to the report of the battle, expected with an impatience fully justified by the importance of its results, as already announced by the telegraphic dispatch. In the meantime, the two preli minary reports of Marshal Bugeaud are of great interest. They show, in the first instance, that the Prince de Join vine did not open his fire upon Tangiers until made ac quainted with the fruitlessness of Mr. Hay's mission, a fact which was denied or denaturalised by certain Lon don newspapers. Passing to the state of things on the frontier, to the threatening attitude assumed by the Moors, their provocations, and the daily increase of their forces, it is evident that the patience and longanimity of Marshal Bugeaud have been very great- No one can blame him for this, since by hi s f or b e arance ho has placed right and justice on the s id e o f F ra nce, as well as victory, when the measure of his moderation was full. We ha ve now h ad opposed to us not only the tribes excited by Abd - el - Kader, whose personal weight and consequence have become secondary, but a whole Morocco army with its Raids and Pachas and a son of the Emperor for its Commander-in -Chief, while another son of the Sultan was in full march to join it with rein forcements. They loudly proclaimed their projects and their hopes ; they declared their desire to drive us out of the province of Oran ; to ravish from us the ancient kingdom of Tlemcen, conquered three hundred years ago by Kair Eddin (Chereddin), the brother to Bab Aroudji (Barbarossa), both founders of the state of Al geria. The tribes who have made their submission to us could not be suffered to believe that the French were afraid of the Moroccomen, already three times defeated on making as many acts of aggression : the fidelity of these tribes would have been shaken, and the enemy, by an expedition, might have got into our rear, and raised them against us, placing us between two fires. All must admire the language of the Marshal wh en speaking of the danger of remaining longer on the do. fensive ; he says, the least of all is the daily increasing numbers of our enemy. He saw and seized the precise moment for action. This foresight, the calculations and plan of his intended movements, are those of a general whose ability is matured by experience, whose eye is clear and comprehensive, whose mind is determined, and whose resolution i 3 to act with vigour. He has been taught, and knows how to bring into use, the great les sons given by the immortal campaigns in Egypt, a country in which war presented to him the same aspect." Though we have already given ample extracts from the papers, we must make room for another ar ticle, which points out the object of Lord PALMER sroN's visit to the German Courts, and urges the Go vernmen of France to be prepared for the worst. It is taken from the Siecle, and is as follows : " It would be dangerous to deceive ourselves, England is preparing for war. The alliance with Russia is eventually concluded, and it is endeavour ing to raise the spirit of Germany against France. The task is difficult, and for that reason Lord Palmer ston considered that he ought not to relinquish it to the agents of the Foreign-office. The Noble Viscount, when ever there is an opportunity of injuring France, con siders himself as holding oflice, and we are informed that the tour of pleasure which he is at present making at the other side of the Rhine is not without a political object. He is reviving all the ancient hatred ex cited in the year 1840. We trust, for all the reasons we have already given, that Germany will not suffer itself to be again deceived by the phan tasmagoria of French ambition. But if the diplo matic plans of Great Britain are yet enveloped in a veil, her maritime plans appear glaring as the sun. The Admiralty is ostensibly occupied in placing their sailing fleet in a condition to crush ours by numbers, and their steam fleet to prevent en i nvas i on , o f w hi c h the English entertain more dread than they wish to admit. They themselves, notwithstanding their pride, are compelled to proclaim the necessity of fortifying their coasts. But facts on this occasion are supremely eloquent—we shall, therefore, commence by comparing the two sailing fleets. England reckons 89 ships of the line on the books of the Admiralty. Amongst these vessels there are at least 60 which may be considered as absolutely useless, as they could not be armed again without most expensive repairs. The fact unexaggerated is, that England has 18 ships which would be ready for sea in six weeks, and might in six months be supported by 10 or 12 others. If the war should be prolonged beyond a year the Admiralty would have time to complete 7 or 8 of the 15 ships which are in a forward state of construction, and thus to increase the effective of the British navy to 36 or 40 ships of the line. The comparison appears to be esta blished thus :—At the first shock, England 18 ships-of the-line ; France, 14. After six months, England 30 ships ; France 20 to 22. After one year, England 36 to 40 ; France only 20 to 22, because the ships we have on the stocks are not sufficiently advanced to be finished in a year. Now, let us compare the steam navy. It ap pears from documents communicated to Parliament that the war -steamers amount to 48, with a power of 15,757 horses. The steam navy of France ought by virtue of Ro) al ordinances to be composed of five frigates of 540 horse-power, 15 of 450, 20 corvettes of from 220 to 320, and 30 vessels of 160 and less. Ships, 70 ; power, 18,750 horses. The 43 steam-vessels afloat on the Ist of January last represented only a power of 7,340 horses ; but we have been increasing for eight months, and at the end of the year we could oppose to England a power of 12,000 horses, represented by 60 ves sels, without reckoning thel Levant boats. That, no doubt, is an unpleasant inferiority ; but it is compensated by the necessity under which the English labour in being obliged to defend various points against our attacks. These comparisons are not of a nature to excite alarm. If peace be maintained, not withstanding the irritation existing on the other side of the Channel, it will be by the consideration that we have the means of defending ourselves successfully against England. Our neighbours, brave as they be, are not persons to undertake an affair in which they would have too much risk to incur. The English Admiralty is arm ing six ships of the line; let us in our turn arm and take advantage of the victory which crowns our arms to make friends by obtaining justice from the Moor for Sweden, Denmark, and particularly for Spain. Spain is our natural ally ; but it is particularly in Morocco that her interests are identified with ours. Let us forget nothing —let us neglect nothing. During 14 years right has been on our side, and insolence on that of our adversa ries. Let France, therefore, have confidence in her right, as well as in her courage I" TEE BOURSE—WEDNESDA.Y, AUGUST 28. First Highest Lowest - _ Price. Price. Price. Price. rresleh Five perC3nts 119 90 120 10 .• 119 70 119 75 Four per Cents. Three per Cents BO 05 .. 10 20 •. 79 75 .. 79 10 Bank of France • 3025 ..3025 ..3025 ..3025 Latlitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso6o ..5060 ..5060 ..5060 Belgian Bank ..• • • • • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .• 660 Belgian Fiyes,lB3l.. ..... .• 1031 .. 103} •• 103 .. 103 1140 Spanish Old Deferred ••• • .• 51 • • 5t • • 5 1 • • 5i Portuguese Five per Cents.. 44 .. 441 • • 44 .. 443 Neapolitan 97 80 .. 97 80 .. 97 80 .. 97 50 Ronan ...... ..... 104 .. 104 .. 104 .. 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B. L.B•• •••• • Rouen . 940 .. 945 .. 940 .. 940 Rouen to Havre.. Orleans .... Strasburg to Bale 236 25 .. 237 50 .• 235 .. 236 25 Avignon to Marseilles.- 735 .. 735 . 732 50 .. 735 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST. Bt. Germain ........ .. Versailles, R. 8... 367 50 .. 367 50 .. 365 .. 365 L. 13.•• •• •• •• Rouen ... ionei; to ILavre• . • ......... 722 SO -. 725 •• 717 50 .. 717 50 Orleans ••....... •. • ... • ... 940 .. 942 50 .. 935 .. 938 75 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 230 25 .. 236 25 . 236 25 .. 236 25 Aviation to Marseilles.- 735 .. 735 .. 732 50 • • 732 50 FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—At an early hour this morning we were informed, on what we were assured was good authority, that an important crisis has now arrived in the relations between England and France. According to our informant, the receipt of the intelli gence from Mogadore on Tuesday night was imme• diately followed by the dispatch of a special courier to Paris, as the bearer of a communication from Lord Aberdeen to M. Guizot. His Lordship is said to have demanded the immediate evacuation of the island of Mogadore by the forces under his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, and to have intimated that, in the event of a refusal to withdraw the French troops, measures would forthwith be taken, in con formity with the established usage in similar circum stances. The deep interest involved in this statement makes us regret that, at the period at which we write, it is not possible for us, of our own knowledge, to affirm or deny the truth of it.—Post. THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS. _ CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The prices of Cotton' at Liverpool yesterday were firmly supported, and a fair business was done. Sales 6,000 bales, viz„ 400 Peruvian at 44d.; 300 Surat at 24d. to 3id.; 500 Egyptian, at 6p. to 9W ; and the rest Ame rican, at aid. to 6d. per lb.—Shares were dull. Birming ham and Gloucester, 107 f 1; Chester and Holyhead, 61; Dublin and Cashel, 74; Eastern Counties, Registered, 131 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 171; Grand Junction, 2171 ; Ditto, Quarters, 541; Great Western, Halves, 82k; Ditto, Fifths, 241. 3s. 9d. ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 61; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 35/ ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 115; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 511; Sheffield and Manchester, 84k; South-Eastern, 38:k ; Ditto, New, 11i ; Trent Valley, 9i; Lyons and Avignon, 375. In the last accounts obtained from Australia, a sub ject is touched upon in the colonial journals which de serves attention. It is that the Governor in_Conneil, as announced in the Government Gazette, expressed his intention of increasing the fees upon " depasturing licenses." At a period when the entire energies of the colony were in a prostrate condition, from the late com mercial panic, this step was held to be most impolitic. Upon this subject a Sydney paper remarks : " The new regulations under this head, promulgated in the Government Gazette, will act in two ways—they will be most oppressive to the licensed graziers, and injurious to the reputation of ' Governor Sir George Gipps.' For our own part, we have on the whole been friendly to his Excellency—we have thought that he had the good of the colony at heart, and that his measures were generally conducive to that end ; we have more than once stood alone amongst the colonial journals in defence of his policy ; and not long ago, adverting to the completion of his term of office, and to the probability of his early recal, we expressed our belief that he would retire from his post with a larger share of goodwill from the people of his charge than had fallen to the lot of any of his predecessors. But this one act has changed the whole current of our feelings. Its folly has raised ourcontempt ; its cruelty has excited our detestation. As a piece of State policy, it is a despicable blunder ; as a specimen of domestic administration, it is despotism of the coolest but most insulting kind. T.► the graziers, al ready harassed with difficulties and discouragements almost beyond endurance, it will be a tortuous aggra vation of their sufferings ; to the whole colony, depend ing as it does upon the produce of its flocks and herds, it will be a dreadful check to returning prosperity ; and to the name of Gipps soon to be placed upon our annals of things past, it will be a deep, and indelible re proach. . _ - We have not received any late intelligence from abroad to-day. From South Australia we learn that the colonists were very sanguine as to future prosperity being in store for them. " Our principal topic of discus sion (states a communication) is the mining interest of this colony. There can be little doubt that the produc tion of metals will be an important feature of South Australia." Late yesterday afternoon the periodical notice ap peared from the Bank of England, announcing the in tention of the Directors to make advances upon good se curities at three per cent., to be repaid on or before the 23d of October, in sums not less than 2,000/. each. A considerable amount of business has been transacted in the Funds to-day. The prices of French Stock having come lower from Paris the market for Consols opened rather heavily this morning. At one period the price for Money and Account was at 981, but at the present moment an advance has taken place to 981 for the Account, and to 98i for Money. The Commissioners bought 5,0001. Consols at 981. This is the pay-day in the last Consol Account. The differences have been well met. The premium upon Exchequer Bills is rather heavy. Bank and India Stock arc much the same as yesterday. The Foreign Account was settled this morning, and with but a slight obstruction. The Portuguese Con verted Bonds have fallen to 434 ; Spanish Consols to 2214 ; and the Three per Cents. to 33. There is a shade of reaction also in the Dutch and Belgian Funds. South American Bonds are steady. The Share Market has presented a rather more steady appearance to-day, as the list of quotations will show. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) ___ Bank Stock..ooO .. 00000 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0.4 •• Wl* 199 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ............ ..... 141% 99% 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 8%%% 35 per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lOl% 33 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities 100%1(% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 ..... Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000...... .................. ...... ..... South Ssa Stock. Consols for Account ........ ........." 93 114 95%%34 Exchequer Bills, I%d. 154 d. 1 000 i. ...........»....».:.... •••• •••••••••••• 7 6 74 Pm. 1001. OOOO -•-• •••••••••••• -.m. •." Pla. 5ma11Ditt0 . ......... •..•..•• ••••••...... .... Pm- Ditto Advertised " — FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lO2 Columbian Bonds. 13% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. S9 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ... ......... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 4IU 433 G Spanish Bonds ' Five per Cent 1840 2 2 1,4 Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. ............ Ditto for the Account — Dutch 234 per Cents 6134 . Dutch 5 per Cent 5......... woo••••••••••••••••••••••• •• ••• 100% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester...... 100 Caledonian Dublin mad Cashel „.. 234 7% to Eastern Counties ........ ........... 23 ........ Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent l.ls. 4 . d.... 1 Grand Junction lOO 219% to Great Western .......... ............ .. 75 137% Ditto N Shares 646.11 50 •........ 122% Ditto fifths 1.9 244 to Hull and Selby London and Birmingham. lOO 220 London and Blackwall London and Brighton 5O ......... 47% London and South Western ...... 41% 82% ..... to 82 London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds 7O 122 ...... to Midland Counties lOO ........ 104% ...... to North Briti.h 2% ...... 274 Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 32% 37%% ... to Ditto New .... ........ ...... ..... .... 4 Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ... ...... 50 .........1 Ditto Selby Scrip — Paris and Orleans 2O ......... 33 1 1 % ... to Pariaand Rouen ..... ..... 20 _ JOINT STOCK RANKS. _ _ Union of London MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 29.—There has been more business done to-day without much change in prices :—Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring ton, 51s. ; Dublin and Drogheda, 731 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 51. 16s. ; Manchester and Bir miagham, 521; Ditto, Quarters, 51 ; Preston and Wyre, 17 1 1 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 85 to 841 ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 12. MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Very little Wheat has been received up to our Corn Market since Monday, while the number of samples of that grain was small. The demand, however, was in a very sluggish state, at barely the prices obtained last week. About 8,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have been received this week. Next to nothing was doing in either foreig n or bonded p arce l s , a t a l most nomina l figures. Ba rley and Malt met a retail inquiry at late rates. Oats were a slow sale, but their value, as w e ll a s that of Beans and Peas, was supported. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Earley . Oats. Flour English 2,500 qrs. 10 qrs. .210 qrs. 4,320 sacka. - 3,900 - Foreign 7,1190 11.550 4,100 -- Malt. 3,880 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts was rather numerous, but of very middling quality. Fer all kinds of Beef the de mand was in a sluggish state, and Monday's prices were barely supported. There were on offer 30 Oxen from Rotterdam, and 200 Scots from Aberdeen. The num bers of Sheep were by no means large, yet the inquiry for them was heavy, at late rates. There was a full average supply of Lambs in the pens, while the demand was unusually dull, at about previous currencies. Calves were very dull, and were called 2d per 81bs lower. For Pigs but few sales took place. Mulch Cows sold slowly, at from 161 to 1915 s each. The following official communication from Greece was received by the French Government on Wednes- " ATHENS, AUG. 20. " M. AfAvuocoßDATo and his colleagues have re signed, and their resignation has been accepted. " The ICING has empowered M. COLETTI to form a new Administration. day : " The elections for Athens have been suspended ['or some days. " The city is perfectly tranquil." Madrid journals of the 22d instant have been re ceiven, but they contain no additional intelligence from Morocco. Though the capital was tranquil, ru mours of plots and conspiracies prevailed, which would probably lead to more arrests. In reference CITY CHAMBERLAIN. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLExim,—A vacancy having occurred in the im portant and honourable office of Chamberlain of this City, I venture to announce myself a candidate for your favour, when you shall be called upon to exercise your franchise in the election of a successor to my lamented friend, the late Sir William Heygate, Bart. In earnestly soliciting your support at the ensuing election, I beg leave respectfully to state that I am a Liveryman of this, my native City ; the son, also the grandson of Liverymen—that within this City I was trained to the laborious and honourable profession in which I am engaged—that for upwards of forty years I have been a member of your ancient Corporation and during twenty- three years of that period a Magistrate of London—and that, having served the offices of Sheriff and Lord Mayor, I am now, with the exception Of my esteemed friend, Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, the SENIOR member of the Court of Aldermen. Thus long and intimately connected wits you, I cast myself upon your kind consideration, gratified by the re flection that the office which I solicit involves no political question, and while respectfully adverting to the punctuality, diligence, and impartiality with which it has been my constant endeavour to discharge my ma gisterial duties, beg to assure you, that should I by your suffrages be elevated to the station to which I aspire, I shall relinquish my professional pursuits, in order that my energies may be entirely devoted to your service.—With much respect, I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and devoted servant, ANTHONY BROWN. Mincing-lane, Aug. 29, 1844. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this Company took place yesterday, at the office of Bishopsgate-street Within. The chair was taken by Colonel Barlow, when the Secretary read the Directors' report, from which it appeared that various sheds and warehouses, necessary for the present and ex - pected business of the dock, were in progress towards completion, and the business of the company was gradu r ally increasing, the receipts for the last six months having been double those of the preceding half year. An arrangement had been come to with the South Western Company, for the conveyance of all goods to and from the docks at the rate of 10s. per ton. The Di rectors hoped that the bonding warehouses, the reduc tion of 50 per cent. upon the railway charges, and the adoption of an active system of agency, would lead to a large increase of business. The report of the auditors appointed to investigate the accounts of the Company was then read at the meeting. From the balance sheet it appeared that the total sum expended was 349,1871., and the receipts from calls and dock charges, &c., for the half-year were 23,3831., from which a balance of 4,1831. remained. After a long discussion the report was re ceived. ACTION ?OR DEFAMATION.--Mr. Davies, secretary of the Irish Society, who is at present in this country with their deputation, was, on Friday last, while in the lobby of the Corporation Hall, served with a writ at the suit of the Rev. J. M. Staples, Rector of Moville, the action being one of defamation, founded on a published opinion of Counsellor Litton. The trial is expected to take place at the next Spring Assizes.—Derry Journal. CALEDONIAN AsrLum.—The Scotch Free Seceders, it.is understood, are resolved once more to try their strength, on Thursday next, in order to endeavour to overturn the decision of the guardians at the last meeting of this institution. It is most desirable that the friends of the Asylum should muster on the occasion, and by another defeat putan end to the sectarian spirit attempted to be introduced into the Asylum. It is only by pre serving its connection with the Kirk of Scotland, in op position to the Secession, that thoinstitution can prosper, and we therefore entreat our friends to be at their post. A letter from Stockholm states that the coronation of the King and Queen of Swtden is to take place about the middle of uext month. Per Sibs. to sink the offaL a d. to a. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 8 Second qualityditte... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 2lO 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wethers 310 4 0 Prime Scot; &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers. 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calve; each IV 0 33 li Quarter oldPlgs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I 1 BSi Sheep. 1 19,680 1 Calvee. 361 I Fins. 2so 2113rWrGATE AND LEADZNHALL. We had a very heavy demand here, on the following :erms:— At per stone, by the Cum*. I. d. to s. d. s 6. to 1. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ..... 2 6 2• - midilling ..... ...• 2 6 2 8 - middling 210 3 4 - prime large ...... 210 3 • - prime 3 6 3 8 - prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 6 3• Veal ..... ........•..•.. ..... 3 4 6 4 -small ......... „ 3 8 4 0 Lamb. Si 6d to 4s.Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The accounts which have come to hand from the plan• tations are more favourable, owing to which the demand here is heavy, at barely late rates. A new pocket of Hops has been disposed of at 91 15s per cwt. The duty is called 125,0001. Weald of Kent pockets, 61 4s to 6/ 12s ; Mid Kent ditto, 715 s to 91 16s ; East Kent ditto, 71 4s to 91; Choice ditto, 101 to 111 lls; Sussex ditto, 61 to 61 103 ; Mid Kent bags, 6l 18s to 815 s. COLONIAL SUGAR—The marfcett;;Wriiia Plantation has not been quite so active, and prices have ruled rather lower this week. The sales are about 1,350 hhds, including 145 hhds Barbadoes, by auction, which went heavily at 56s to 56s 6d for low yellow, and 64s to 64s 6d for fine. REFlNED—Standard Lumps have been 74s to 74s 6d per cwt. East India, 2,056 bags Bengal sold at 56s to 66s for low yellow to fine white, and at ; 503 to 66s for damp and washed and 3,243 bags Mauritius partly sold at 61s to 63s for fine yellow, 53s to 54s for low, and 47s to 52s 6d for brown, 306 baskets Java sold at 19s to 20s for grey. FOREIGN.-31 chests 18 brls Bahia partly sold at 17s to 23s per cwt., 587 boxes 18 brls Cubas realised 27s to 28s for good white, and 20s to 20s 6d for good sound yellow, and 1,292 boxes llavannah went at 31s to 31s 6d for fine white, and 19s 6d for mid. COFFEE.—The market has been dull on the whole. At auction 26 casks. Trinidad were nearly all taken in at 62s to 63s for fine ord, and at 50s to 52s for ord, and 78 casks, Jamaica sold is to 2s, lower ord at 525, and fine ord at 71s to 735. Ceylon has been held rather firmly, but not much has been done ; 967 bags at auction were mostly taken in at A01M•0MP•100•........... I 54s to 56s fir ord to good ord pale, the rest se lling A . 57s for fine ord, and 31s 6d to 40s for some low 111 1 - sorts. There were 1,452 bags Havannah sold a t 43 5 ,,, to 44s 6d for fine ord, and 39s to 41s for good erd ; bags Brazil partly found buyers at 40s to 50s for 'l, i % fine ; and 165 bags East India at 26s for Padang; 25s 6d to 26s for Batavia. Cocoa.—A moderate business has been done in rr - rir ' ' i; dad at 40s to 465, and in Granada at 42s 6d to 46 6 per cwt. A" 0 RlCE.—Public sales of Bengal have gone off at 12s for mid to good mid white, and 6,009 bags u partly sold at is 6d to lOs 6d for mid and good wh ite ;; SPICES.—In Pimento a moderate business has 11, done at higher rates. Pepper has been rather du to common Batavia sold at 2kd to 3d per lb, and M 4lll at 30 to 3id per lb. Rum.—The demand has been rather active again' IP at higher prices generally. re' COTTON.—The sales have been limited at about $ vious rates. TEA.—Prices ruled firm this week, with a steadi c o ness doing. Public sales are expected next week. •,.1 mon Congou is lld to Hid, and ord Twankay 13 _ _ . to Is 3d per lb. 0 14 TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is stcaiy at 41s 3d to 42s P et on the spot. LLO YD'S SHIPPING.—CT HIS Di n : LONDON, AUG. 30.—Wind, N.E., light breeze, and 6 1 0 1 r DEAL, AUG. 29.—Wind, E.S.E.—Arrd. Rober t, N ; e it ford, Scobel, Havannah, for Antwerp ; New York , ;011 York, for Hamburg. Sld. Countess of Westmorood, Pernambuco ALady Seaton, Montreal; Statua, West ° fot OFF DUNGENESS, AUG. 27.—Ap0110, Matanitt s ' Hamburg. OFF HASTINGS, AuG. 29.—Oriental, Calcutta. 0 PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Arrd. Gipsy, London, the South Seas ; Prince of WaleF, Do., for Calcuttik Cowas, AuG. 29.—Indus,Africa. , •gyi SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 29.—Sld. St. Ann's anu.- -e Quebec ; Montrose (steamer), Lisbon. ad OFF THE START, AUG. 25.—Favourite, JJ. -113 for Bremen ; Condor, Havannah, for Hamburg. v oid PLYMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Wind E.—Sld. Locbli Florence, Quebec. 5 11 FALMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Wind, E.S.E. moderate.' Jane, Pictou. ebe e : PADSTOW, AUG. 20.—S1d. John and Mary, `4 n ,11 e lo BRISTOL, AUG. 29.—S1d. Dochfour and Dail Quebec. CO ° GLOUCESTER, AUG. 28.—Acrd. British Queen, Miratnichi. 1 ) 0 DARTMOUTH, AUG. 29.—The Malibran, BeecLio discharged part of her cargo in a barge, in order t° on board ballast. 1 DUBLIN, AUG. 28.—Arrd. Wa ve , Wh ee l e r, St. 10 New Brunswick. Se ° CORK, Auc. 27.—Sid. Woodbine, St. John't ; do Brunswick. Off, Letherland, Freeman, China ; St. John's, New Brunswick. MARYPORT, Ana. 28.—Arrd. Sally, Ditchburn, John's, New Brunswick. hsb pb LEITH, AUG. 28. Arrd. Rebecca, Longford. le - ABERDEEN, AUG. 27.—The Lena, from 1) 313t%. 0 id Liverpool, leaky, and with pumps choked, in r 11 2 1 „0 for this harbour grounded on the bar, and r e ' Sid. Heroine, Ichaboe. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 29.—Wind E., m oderstl. f l f ir Sylph, La Guayra ; barque Pursuit, l d . O f tina, Lima ; Thomas Arbuthnot, Calcutta • As! p e r Latham Islands ; Messenger, Brazils ; Elizabe o ,t o tto nambuco ; Furamena, Ceara ; Jane Augusta, Co River ; Royal Mint, Jamaica ; Mary Ellen, 11 11 ""Alli . Fanny, Hampden, and Caspian, New Orleans ; t ipe; ante, Savannah ; Scotia, Baltimore ; Adams, e g/s icl o Persia, Boston ; Grampian, St. John's, New Brou s " Tweed, Miramichi. AMERICAN NEWS (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOW LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING, 4 By the arrival of the Boston and Halifax 11° 4 0 1 Mail steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, At IhiSfroto last night, at ten o'clock, advices are received , 6 ;), New York to the 15th inst. inclusive, Bosto n and Halifax 18th. The Caledonia brings 45 passengers, and thet i v has experienced head-winds all the p as sage, 1, " 11g 0 ttY a very fair run. The Britannia, which to' . -11 mails 4th August, arrived at Halifax on the 17tb ' day preceding the departure of the Caledonia- _ c alf The papers by this arrival appear to be exec'', barren ; in fact, there may be said to be n ° , oo l o except commercial, and even that presents D O je of interest. °1 ; KEY WEST, JULY 17, 1844.—Ab ou t the 22d -n s on French ship Louis XIV, Jugefils, master, ran LW° Florida Reef, just this side of Indian Key. Sh° l ,”os. lfi ii New Orleans, and had in 2,030 b ales cotton, 13 " - „e-li bacco, 600 bags coffee, and 50 tons lead. About (7 ,40' the cargo has been brought into this port by our t ro oli, d 6 and stored in the fire-proof warehouse of F. A. m - w it l ' 4 " The remainder is on board the ship, which is en* i s IF sight, coming into port. It is said that the carg°4 injured, nor the ship very materially, because r u t° on the reef before a strong wind and sea, ske v'° 4 so far out of water that she could not pound. Or On Sunday, the 21st inst., the schooner Select , t , jo ell Lewis, of and from New Orleans, bou n d for Bar, with provisions, ran upon the reef and bilged., cargo and materials have been saved by th e rdr`" „ and brought to this port. b 0 Upon the case of the cotton ship Rothschild th5 t o bun an arbitration, and the arbitr a t ors h av e sg r- 13 111 give the wreckers one-third of ship and carg°' t he they have not made their award in form, becaus e d ior do not agree upon the details. The wre ckers are „ e a or tisfied, and allege that only two out of some se. eight ever consented to arbitrate at all. Whether the award will be finally ratified is tat ig ,st° The ship is ready to receive her cargo, or the ' ti e 5 1# as the case may be, and proceed en her voysg having been tem repai red JULY 30.—The poraril Louis XIV. has arrived, and is C° s :4 signed to F. A. Browne. She leaks considerablY; 150 the tobacco is damaged with salt water. A l i , ce o lsc e t been under her, and found her false keel gonel l 'j and her copper and planking somewha t chafe e%' f o r board of survey has ordered her to be hove ou t amination. Or ss ieso YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.—The hv e ,,, - Picayune of the 2d inst. says : —" S o f a r as we eaT lead' two fatal cases of the yellow fev er h a ve o ccur V 7 city, but both persons cont rac t e d the disease Oyes& Cruz. Several physicians with whom we have I n th_ j ei r inform us that they have met w ith no case la' 19 private practice, and as yet the Ch a rity Hosts' of the disease." pu b f GREAT POSTAGE MEETING AT LOCKPO D- : lines 0 dissatisfaction is universally expressed along t, e at ive communication traversed by the expresses, r,e' etes Of; the recent interruption to the progress of the le. eii sev; riers, made by the railroad conductors in oheu l st sosb the orders of the Postmaster-General. T b r he Pu b ' and deep sense of injury which pervades ''. ote tre r i lie mind, in consequence of this o dious l io htsS, ence on the part of the Government with the!'plibi, individuals, is beginning to make itself heard 2 1 0 00 0 11 4 1 meetings composed of citizens of all parties. P eee diot i , mous is the sentiment in reprobation of the prf the al to of the Postmaster-General, who, in contempt oi to es considered decisions of the Federal Courts, B s„ s er pte t :; execute the laws in accordance with his own ' ll lo l ° tion of their requirements, that not a single voice in advocacy of his course. 1 5 . NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, A"' SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGN• 11,800 New York State Fives, 1858 .............. 8,000 Ohio Sixes, 1860 ...................... .... 1 04 , 5,000 Ohio Seven's... ............................... 6,000 Kentucky Sixes ............................... 4 5,000 Kentucky Fives, p. in New York ........ 4 1,000 Indiana Bonds ............................ 80 shares Fulton Bank ........................... 1 1 1 90 do. Union 8ank..... . ..................... 150 do. United States . Bank ................ ... . 4 1 100 do. Vicsburg Bank ..................... 60 051 100 do. Farmers' Trust ..................... u 1 °6 10 do. Mutual Insurance Company•••• 1 4 0 40 do. United States Insurance Compaq 95 *' 175 do. Canton Company ..................... ... 7 do. New York Insurance ..................... 52 do. Aub. and Roch. Railroad ............ tit er 100 Harlem Railroad ........................ At the board this morning Norwich au . r d ho d f 4 ' o l. R.R. declined lf ; Canton Co. and Long 1. 5 „ sises ; and Harlem and Reading R.R. li vanced *, and Stonington.R. R. Kentucky s 'li ct United States Bank closed at yesterday's skitOorwie.. S At the Public Board Canton Co. a nd Worcester R. R. declined lf s it j C S.) 2E I 11 1, OS P THE FUNDS-(CLOSING BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 199 1 Indian Stock ..... ........• .. .0- 3 per Cent. Red 98% Ditto Bonds ..... ...:"... _ 3 per Cent. Cons. 1 1 4 per Cent. Red lOl% Ditto New Annuit.,ll.. Vno New 334 per Cent 10.;% Ex. Bills, 1,000 1 . IN . "" fis , ' New 5 per Cent. „. .... • ..... Ditto 5001. ...... • Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11............. 0 Jan 1860 l2 7.16 ;Bank Stock for Aea "' 984 Oct. 18.5'1 12% Consols for Act.....r::•21) Jan. 1860 lndia Stock for AO. .... FOREIGN FUNDS cn e Cent "•" Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... -- Portuguese , *r -r ••••••• •''iL Belgian, 5 per Cent. .... ...... 101% Ditto, New D1tt0.•••C........... 1197 Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cell ........ ..., Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent.** .... ... 9 3i Chllian, 6 per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent .... .... ~... Ditto, 1824 ."4 Ditto, 3 per Cent.... .... -_.,. ~..„ ~....-. *- Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent -- - Ditto, Deferred ..... ... ..4 , Danish, 3 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2).' Mexican, per Cent Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .r..... SHARES. 1 ' E F rx e c n h c a h n , g 5 e ue .per C e. e ; : ..t. t . ..................... i.0 f. t ; i, Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ...... ...** 80 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. . ......................... . Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ..... ....... ........... 7 Dublin and Cashel, 234 paid . ....... . .............. ,44 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid ... .............. .... n `, 9 London and Birmingham (Stock) .... ............. a''ei London and Greenwich (Ht. 15s. 4d. paid)......** 19 London and Croydon (Trunk) ..... .......... ........... 1 06 Midland Counties (100 paid) ....................... ..... ~ Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid .... '`i 6 ......... North British, 2% paid *** South Devon, 5 paid * .: ''' ''''' '''' '''''''' :••••••••.; ''' ' .." --§ South Eastern and Dover (: '' ' .25 .. 4d ' Paid ) '''''''''''' V Yarmouth Is i i , ew shares, 4 paid ................... . ........ 27% U Yorkr lea n 'u s n , tcl T l LV, l4 B w icc h o n u d( NC I 1 - - SHEERNESS, Atm. 28.—1 t is currently reP°l' for r l d (Bs e r au pa. x di , )d.l) .. pat:::::a7.........E.F... 11 / 4 , 11 the Dockyard that instructions have been receivedtfor five of the advance-ships at this port to be Ike a talge i n ward for commission. The London, 90, has been into the fitting basin. Tho Amazon has Y e ". s ioo ' ennpleted rigging, preparatory to being conalls. () fait' The greatest activity rresails in every departion' Dockyard.